Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2005 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Friday, December 23, 2005 at MCI Center. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 43–31.
Goals came from Richard Zednik, Mathieu Biron, Dainius Zubrus, Steve Begin, Matt Pettinger and Alex Ovechkin.
Olie Kolzig made 41 saves on 43 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Richard Zednik (10)Francis Bouillon (7), Pierre Dagenais (6)1–004:39 MTL ·
3rd period
Mathieu Biron (3)Jamie Heward (14), Jeff Halpern (17)1–102:11 WSH · 
Dainius Zubrus (6)Brooks Laich (3)1–204:24 WSH
Steve Begin (8)Andrei Markov (16), Michael Ryder (10)2–206:17 MTL
Matt Pettinger (8)Chris Clark (6), Jeff Halpern (18)2–312:21 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (20)Jeff Halpern (19)2–413:45 WSH
Team stats
MTLWSH
4331
45%55%
1/91/9
2727
2118
1214
1115
911
Penalties
- 3:20 into the first period
Brian Willsie · hooking2 min - 7:40 into the first periodBryan Muir · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 11:51 into the first period
Sheldon Souray · cross checking2 min - 11:51 into the first periodSheldon Souray · fighting5 min
- 11:51 into the first periodChris Clark · fighting5 min
- 11:55 into the first periodAndrei Markov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 14:19 into the first periodMatt Pettinger · slashing2 min
- 1:02 into the second periodJeff Halpern · tripping2 min
- 2:34 into the second periodRichard Zednik · hooking2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · boarding2 min
- 4:29 into the second periodMichael Ryder · hooking2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodJeff Halpern · holding2 min
- 7:46 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · holding2 min
- 7:57 into the second periodMike Ribeiro · interference2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodGarth Murray · slashing2 min
- 14:46 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · holding the stick2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodBrian Sutherby · tripping2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodRichard Zednik · interference2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodSteve Begin · roughing2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · roughing2 min
- 2:08 into the third periodAlexander Perezhogin · holding2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodSteve Begin · diving2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodBrendan Witt · hooking2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodIvan Majesky · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15:32 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21:45 |
| 26Pierre DagenaisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 04:14 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 28:17 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:24 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:34 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 10:43 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:42 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:39 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:41 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:11 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:54 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Cristobal HuetG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:32 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:14 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:01 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:47 |
| 34Mathieu BironD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 24Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:40 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 23Ivan MajeskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:45 |
| 47Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 43 | 2 | .954 |