Time: Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Montreal 4-5-1; Atlanta 4-6-0.
With the previous five-game slump, no one has been particularly hot for the Canadiens, other than Andrei Kostitsyn, who has five goals and two assists in his last five games, including two against Atlanta on Dec. 12. … Thrashers defenseman Pavel Kubina had a goal and an assist on Saturday, for a three-game point streak. Ilya Kovalchuk is riding a six-game point streak and has nine points during that span. The Canadiens and the Thrashers wrap up their four-game season series Monday in Atlanta, with the first three games having been decided by one goal. The Habs took the first game in the shootout, 2-1 on Oct 20, while Atlanta won the next two, 5-4 on Nov. 3 and 4-3 in overtime on Dec. 12.
With Toby Enstrom’s assist on Pavel Kubina’s goal Saturday, he passed Frantisek Kaberle for the Thrashers’ all-time leader in assists by a defenseman with 83.
Andrei Markov’s return to the Habs’ lineup on Saturday put a huge grin on the face of every Canadiens’ fan. The All-Star defenseman, who turned 31 on Sunday, scored two goals against the Islanders after having been out since the first game of the season with served ankle tendons. Results and goal’s highlights, will be available soon.. stay tuned.