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The Montreal Canadiens hope to keep their recent hot streak alive on Tuesday when they head south to take on the Atlanta Thrashers. (Wikimedia Images)

Montreal has won six of their last seven games after downing Ottawa 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday night. Alexei Kovalev scored his 12th goal of the season for the Canadiens, and he also found the back of the net in the shootout.

Atlanta is on a short hot streak of their own after racking up back-to-back wins over Toronto and Nashville. The Thrashers blasted the Predators 7-2 on Saturday. Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist in that game, while Rich Peverley burned his former team with three assists.

The Canadiens and Thrashers faced off in Montreal in December when the Habs edged Atlanta 5-4. Montreal jumped out to a 3-0 lead in that game before nearly blowing it after Atlanta scored three unanswered goal to tie the game 3-3. Montreal quickly bounced back with two more goals to secure the win. Montreal has won their last three matchups with the Thrashers, but they’re just 2-2 in their last four trips to Atlanta.

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