Phoenix Coyotes vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, December 13, 2005 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5–2 on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at Centre Bell. The Coyotes outshot the Canadiens 29–28.
Goals came from Andrei Kostitsyn, Tomas Plekanec, Niklas Sundstrom, Michael Ryder, Boyd Devereaux, Mike Ricci and Jan Bulis.
Jose Theodore made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 23 of 28.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
 MTL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 28 |
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Chris Higgins (3), Garth Murray (1)0–106:39 MTL
Tomas Plekanec (4)Unassisted0–210:55 MTL ·
2nd period
Niklas Sundstrom (4)Sheldon Souray (7), Jan Bulis (5)0–311:44 MTL
3rd period
Michael Ryder (13)Mike Ribeiro (16), Andrei Markov (12)0–406:29 MTL
Boyd Devereaux (4)Dave Scatchard (8), Sean O'Donnell (4)1–407:26 PHX
Mike Ricci (3)Geoff Sanderson (7), Mike Johnson (11)2–418:49 PHX
Jan Bulis (4)Tomas Plekanec (8), Richard Zednik (5)2–519:05 MTL ·
Team stats
PHXMTL
2928
52%48%
0/62/5
2618
2018
815
1514
1419
Penalties
- 0:56 into the first periodCraig Rivet · hooking2 min
- 3:50 into the first periodSean O'Donnell · holding2 min
- 9:14 into the first periodGeoff Sanderson · hooking2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodJan Bulis · tripping2 min
- 15:34 into the first periodAlexander Perezhogin · hooking2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodDenis Gauthier · high sticking2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodMike Johnson · hooking2 min
- 2:20 into the second periodMike Komisarek · holding2 min
- 12:30 into the second periodAlexander Perezhogin · broken stick2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodAndrei Markov · roughing2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodMike Comrie · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the second periodRichard Zednik · high sticking2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodFrancis Bouillon · tripping2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodLadislav Nagy · tripping2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodSteve Begin · roughing2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodPaul Mara · roughing2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodLadislav Nagy · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodShane Doan · gross misconduct10 min
Phoenix Coyotes
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:05 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 15Boyd DevereauxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 40Mike RicciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 16Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 19:57 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 28Mike LeclercL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 3Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:46 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 22:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David LeneveuG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:16 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:44 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:47 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:18 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:35 |
| 26Pierre DagenaisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:55 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |