Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, January 3, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-4 on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 36-33.
Sidney Crosby scored twice and Michel Ouellet scored twice. Shane Endicott, Max Talbot, Jan Bulis, Steve Begin, Sheldon Souray and Jonathan Ferland also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (20)Tomas Surovy (3)1–004:33 PIT
Shane Endicott (1)Mark Recchi (20)2–010:43 PIT · SHG
Max Talbot (5)Ric Jackman (17), Colby Armstrong (1)3–013:17 PIT
Jan Bulis (7)Radek Bonk (7), Michael Ryder (11)3–119:40 MTL
2nd period
Steve Begin (9)Francis Bouillon (8)3–202:26 MTL
Sheldon Souray (3)Andrei Kostitsyn (1), Jan Bulis (7)3–305:30 MTL
Jonathan Ferland (1)Chris Higgins (6), Steve Begin (6)3–406:43 MTL
Michel Ouellet (6)Sergei Gonchar (14), Ric Jackman (18)4–418:52 PIT · PPG
3rd period
- Sidney Crosby (21)Matt Murley (5), Ziggy Palffy (27)5–401:58 PIT
- Michel Ouellet (7)Max Talbot (2), Andre Roy (1)6–414:57 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
36Shots on goal33
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits34
13Blocked shots5
21Giveaways14
19Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 00:51
Alex Kovalev · roughing2 min - 1st 09:26
Josef Melichar · tripping2 min - 1st 16:01Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:18Andre Roy · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:38Sheldon Souray · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:25Radek Bonk · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Michel OuelletR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:04 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11:06 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:59 |
| 22Ric JackmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 14Shane EndicottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 17Matt MurleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:00 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:02 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:05 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:33 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:49 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:46 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 60:00 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve BeginL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:39 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 86Jonathan FerlandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:12 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:01 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:29 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:12 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:26 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:37 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:52 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 23:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 36 | 30 | 6 | .833 | 58:08 |