period and the Atlanta Thrashers earned their first regulation win in Montreal
in over five years, 5-4 over the Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Armstrong scored his second of the season to restore
Atlanta's one-goal lead just 24 seconds after Montreal drew even for the second
time in the third.
Rich Peverley had a goal and two assists, including his
third point of the game with a cross-crease setup pass on Pavel Kubina's
power-play goal that gave the Thrashers a 4-3 edge 4:10 into the third period.
Tomas Plekanec drew Montreal even at four with his fourth
goal at 12:40.