Ottawa Senators vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, December 20, 2005 · Centre Bell

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3–4

Final/SO

SOG 37–36

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at Centre Bell. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 37-36.

Goals came from Jason Spezza, Andrej Meszaros, Zdeno Chara, Niklas Sundstrom, Michael Ryder and Alex Kovalev.

Cristobal Huet made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 33 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
OTT	1	2	0	0	0	3	37
MTL	0	2	1	0	0	4	36

Scoring

1st period

Jason Spezza (13)Unassisted1–001:29 OTT

2nd period

Andrej Meszaros (2)Daniel Alfredsson (26), Brian Pothier (11)2–004:22 OTT · PPG
Zdeno Chara (5)Daniel Alfredsson (27), Dany Heatley (26)3–012:45 OTT · PPG
Niklas Sundstrom (5)Alex Kovalev (13), Mathieu Dandenault (7)3–113:50 MTL
Michael Ryder (16)Andrei Markov (14), Alex Kovalev (14)3–216:03 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Alex Kovalev (8)Andrei Markov (15), Michael Ryder (9)3–304:13 MTL · PPG

Team stats

OTTMTL

37Shots on goal36

56%Faceoff %44%

2/6Power play2/7

14Penalty minutes22

23Hits28

19Blocked shots22

23Giveaways11

19Takeaways18

Penalties

1st 00:43Zdeno Chara · hooking2 min
1st 01:20Craig Rivet · holding2 min
1st 09:56Christoph Schubert · holding2 min
1st 18:12Niklas Sundstrom · hooking2 min
1st 18:51Craig Rivet · high sticking2 min
1st 18:51Craig Rivet · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 18:51Craig Rivet · misconduct10 min
2nd 03:19Alexander Perezhogin · hooking2 min
2nd 12:25Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
2nd 15:00Zdeno Chara · holding2 min
2nd 16:03Antoine Vermette · hooking2 min
3rd 03:59Andrej Meszaros · high sticking2 min
3rd 03:59Andrej Meszaros · high sticking2 min
3rd 17:04Wade Redden · hooking2 min

Season series

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

11Daniel AlfredssonR	0	2	2	-1	1	1	0	0	–	24:36
15Dany HeatleyL	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	33	23:39
19Jason SpezzaC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	67	05:22
2Brian PothierD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	15:59
3Zdeno CharaD	1	0	1	-1	7	4	4	4	–	33:34
14Andrej MeszarosD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	2	4	–	26:26
12Mike FisherC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	62	22:14
16Brian McGrattanR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	03:06
20Antoine VermetteC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	67	13:54
21Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	59	16:40
22Chris KellyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	44	14:45
25Chris NeilR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	15:18
26Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	10:11
27Peter SchaeferL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:53
44Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	09:33
5Christoph SchubertD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	09:56
6Wade ReddenD	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	2	–	24:41
24Anton VolchenkovD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	0	–	20:02

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ray EmeryG		0	0	0	–	–
39Dominik HasekG	O	36	33	3	.917	64:56

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

27Alex KovalevR	1	2	3	0	6	1	1	2	–	26:36
73Michael RyderR	1	1	2	0	4	3	1	0	100	19:15
79Andrei MarkovD	0	2	2	0	1	3	1	0	–	30:19
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	–	19:44
37Niklas SundstromR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	17:07
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:28
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	52	22:30
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	100	11:44
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:17
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	07:20
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:32
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	33	11:53
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	39	26:42
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	08:53
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	28:10
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	4	0	–	26:19
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16	–	16:45

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Cristobal HuetG	W	37	34	3	.919	64:56
75Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	–