Anaheim Ducks vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2005 · Savvis Center
Game summary
The Anaheim Ducks beat the St. Louis Blues 5–4 in a shootout on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at Savvis Center. The Blues outshot the Ducks 34–33.
Chris Kunitz scored twice. Jamal Mayers, Andy McDonald, Vitaly Vishnevski, Dean McAmmond, Doug Weight and Mike Sillinger also scored.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Curtis Sanford stopped 26 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Jamal Mayers (10)Dennis Wideman (6)0–100:23 STL
Andy McDonald (12)Teemu Selanne (13), Francois Beauchemin (10)1–107:40 ANA
Chris Kunitz (5)Joffrey Lupul (14), Francois Beauchemin (11)2–107:50 ANA
2nd period
Vitaly Vishnevski (1)Unassisted3–107:27 ANA · 
Dean McAmmond (12)Scott Young (17), Doug Weight (23)3–219:32 STL ·
3rd period
- Chris Kunitz (6)Todd Marchant (11), Joffrey Lupul (15)4–206:13 ANA
Doug Weight (7)Mike Sillinger (13), Scott Young (18)4–306:50 STL · 
Mike Sillinger (12)Doug Weight (24), Dennis Wideman (7)4–410:51 STL ·
Team stats
ANASTL
3334
43%57%
0/33/7
2123
2118
1115
1519
55
Penalties
- 4:23 into the first period
Scott Niedermayer · hooking2 min - 8:18 into the first periodTodd Fedoruk · boarding2 min
- 8:18 into the first periodTodd Fedoruk · fighting5 min
- 8:18 into the first period
Matt Walker · instigator2 min - 8:18 into the first periodMatt Walker · fighting5 min
- 8:18 into the first periodMatt Walker · misconduct10 min
- 14:28 into the first periodDoug Weight · interference2 min
- 14:28 into the first periodDoug Weight · slashing2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodPetr Sykora · hooking2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodBryce Salvador · hooking2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodChris Kunitz · hooking2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodJonathan Hedstrom · holding2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodTodd Fedoruk · holding2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodSamuel Pahlsson · hooking2 min
- 9:45 into the third periodRuslan Salei · hooking2 min
Season series
Anaheim Ducks
| 15Joffrey LupulL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 15:24 |
| 38Chris KunitzL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 13:33 |
| 23Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 27:48 |
| 13Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 19Andy McDonaldL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:11 |
| 22Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 5Vitaly VishnevskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 17Jonathan HedstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 25Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 28Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:39 |
| 29Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 39Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 7 | 17:37 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:11 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 28:01 |
| 33Joe DipentaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya BryzgalovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
St. Louis Blues
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 | 24:35 |
| 18Mike SillingerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 23:33 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 22:56 |
| 25Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 23:48 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 11:59 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | 20:36 |
| 9Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:06 |
| 10Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 15Peter SejnaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:05 |
| 17Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:23 |
| 22Jeff HogganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 26Petr CajanekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:29 |
| 42Mark RycroftR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 27:26 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 6Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 27Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:41 |
| 28Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Curtis SanfordG | O | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 30Jason BacashihuaG | 5 | 2 | .600 |