Los Angeles Kings vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 3, 2005 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Kings 31–30.
Pierre Dagenais scored twice. Eric Belanger, Jeff Cowan and Jan Bulis also scored.
Jose Theodore made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Dagenais (3)Mike Ribeiro (13)0–119:00 MTL
2nd period
Eric Belanger (9)Aaron Miller (2), Sean Avery (9)1–101:17 LAK
Jeff Cowan (4)Joe Corvo (8)2–103:32 LAK- Pierre Dagenais (4)Mike Ribeiro (14), Mathieu Dandenault (6)2–207:47 MTL ·
3rd period
Jan Bulis (3)Steve Begin (5), Craig Rivet (8)2–304:35 MTL ·
Team stats
LAKMTL
3031
50%50%
0/31/6
148
2323
816
1713
1624
Penalties
- 4:12 into the first period
Jean-Philippe Cote · interference2 min - 7:31 into the first period
Derek Armstrong · high sticking2 min - 6:10 into the second periodEric Belanger · boarding2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodSean Avery · roughing2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodMattias Norstrom · hooking2 min
- 16:50 into the second periodTim Gleason · tripping2 min
- 19:31 into the second periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
- 3:50 into the third periodMathieu Dandenault · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 8:36 into the third periodMattias Norstrom · interference2 min
- 10:24 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Los Angeles Kings
| 15Jeff CowanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 04:48 |
| 19Sean AveryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:40 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 6Joe CorvoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:51 |
| 7Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:45 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:41 |
| 23Dustin BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:37 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:58 |
| 53Jeff GiulianoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:18 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:05 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mathieu GaronG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Pierre DagenaisR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 17:54 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 23:17 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28:13 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:37 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:03 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:14 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:41 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:31 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:29 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:49 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:22 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:47 |
| 64Jean-Philippe CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |