Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2005 · Mellon Arena

5–4

32–26

Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Friday, December 23, 2005 at Mellon Arena. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 32–26.

Peter Forsberg scored twice and Sidney Crosby scored twice. Simon Gagne, Dennis Seidenberg, Tomas Surovy, Erik Christensen and Mike Knuble also scored.

Antero Niittymaki made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 of 32.

Goals
PHI	2	1	2	5	32
PIT	0	2	2	4	26

Scoring

1st period

Simon Gagne (25)Kim Johnsson (15), Sami Kapanen (8)1–005:34 PHI ·
Peter Forsberg (11)Dennis Seidenberg (4), Mike Richards (12)2–011:01 PHI

2nd period

Dennis Seidenberg (1)Peter Forsberg (38), Freddy Meyer (2)3–003:42 PHI ·
Tomas Surovy (2)Sidney Crosby (20), Ziggy Palffy (19)3–110:17 PIT
Erik Christensen (6)Mark Recchi (19), Michel Ouellet (2)3–215:58 PIT ·

3rd period

Sidney Crosby (15)Ziggy Palffy (20), Ric Jackman (15)3–301:43 PIT
Sidney Crosby (16)Brooks Orpik (4), Erik Christensen (5)3–402:27 PIT
Peter Forsberg (12)R.J. Umberger (7), Derian Hatcher (8)4–415:27 PHI
Mike Knuble (19)Mike Richards (13), Simon Gagne (16)5–416:36 PHI

Team stats

PHIPIT

3226

42%58%

2/111/6

1727

722

1019

Penalties

0:39 into the first periodMark Recchi · tripping2 min
4:23 into the first periodJosef Melichar · holding2 min
6:02 into the first periodJeff Carter · roughing2 min
9:37 into the first periodMike Rathje · slashing2 min
10:26 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
12:59 into the first periodRic Jackman · hooking2 min
18:42 into the first periodMike Knuble · hooking2 min
3:05 into the second periodShane Endicott · high sticking2 min
4:37 into the second periodBen Eager · fighting5 min
4:37 into the second periodMatt Murley · fighting5 min
7:17 into the second periodLyle Odelein · hooking2 min
12:00 into the second periodShane Endicott · high sticking2 min
15:08 into the second periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
17:50 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · interference2 min
0:38 into the third periodTomas Surovy · hooking2 min
1:08 into the third periodJeff Carter · hooking2 min
6:27 into the third periodRyan Whitney · hooking2 min
10:01 into the third periodMichel Ouellet · boarding2 min
12:26 into the third periodDennis Seidenberg · holding2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

21Peter ForsbergC	2	1	3	0	5	0	1	0	47	22:26
12Simon GagneL	1	1	2	+1	7	1	1	0	–	22:45
18Mike RichardsC	0	2	2	+1	4	1	0	0	100	12:40
28Dennis SeidenbergD	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	2	–	17:00
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:09
22Mike KnubleR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	29	23:03
24Sami KapanenR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	100	20:17
2Derian HatcherD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	2	0	–	18:21
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	2	0	–	25:14
34Freddy MeyerD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	17:08
11Jon SimL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	05:59
17Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	30	13:57
26Michal HandzusC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	39	18:17
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:55
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	06:12
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	05:31
3Mike RathjeD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	18:44
6Chris TherienD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:32

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00
35Jamie StorrG		0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

87Sidney CrosbyC	2	1	3	+3	4	1	1	0	48	20:55
16Erik ChristensenC	1	1	2	−1	3	0	0	0	62	14:09
33Ziggy PalffyR	0	2	2	+3	4	0	1	0	–	19:28
7Michel OuelletR	0	1	1	−2	0	1	0	2	–	18:48
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	2	100	19:20
43Tomas SurovyL	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	2	–	13:40
22Ric JackmanD	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	–	17:21
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+1	0	5	4	0	–	20:59
10John LeClairL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:38
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100	13:31
14Shane EndicottC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	4	68	16:09
17Matt MurleyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	06:01
28Matt HusseyC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	67	06:14
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	0	–	03:00
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	19:08
19Ryan WhitneyD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	4	2	–	22:34
24Lyle OdeleinD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	2	–	18:35
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	4	–	22:16

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	L	32	27	5	.844	59:01
41Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–