Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Monday, January 23, 2006 · Wachovia Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Monday, January 23, 2006 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 36–26.
Goals came from Michal Handzus, Petr Nedved, Mark Recchi, Michel Ouellet, Mike Knuble and Simon Gagne.
Antero Niittymaki made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Michal Handzus (8)Mike Knuble (20), Freddy Meyer (6)0–119:14 PHI
2nd period
Petr Nedved (3)Mike Rathje (14), Randy Jones (3)0–205:07 PHI · 
Mark Recchi (14)Rob Scuderi (2), Michel Ouellet (7)1–214:02 PIT
3rd period
Michel Ouellet (12)Sidney Crosby (31), Mark Recchi (24)2–212:18 PIT · 
Mike Knuble (22)Derian Hatcher (10), Peter Forsberg (46)2–317:55 PHI
Simon Gagne (33)Unassisted2–419:55 PHI ·
Team stats
PITPHI
2636
48%52%
1/51/5
1717
1710
2210
611
56
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Shane Endicott · holding2 min - 3:37 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · high sticking2 min
- 9:35 into the first period
Chris Therien · tripping2 min - 9:50 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodPetr Nedved · holding the stick2 min
- 16:15 into the first periodPetr Nedved · interference2 min
- 17:07 into the first periodMark Recchi · hooking2 min
- 3:33 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · hooking2 min
- 13:11 into the second periodSami Kapanen · diving2 min
- 13:11 into the second periodSidney Crosby · holding2 min
- 1:02 into the third periodFreddy Meyer · holding2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodRandy Jones · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodMike Richards · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodShane Endicott · fighting5 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Michel OuelletR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 20:40 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:32 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 11Guillaume LefebvreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 14Shane EndicottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 71Konstantin KoltsovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:42 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:46 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 31Sebastien CaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 27:33 |
| 3Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:16 |
| 29Randy JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 34Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:59 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:52 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:44 |
| 19Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:40 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 41Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 07:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 42Robert EscheG | 0 | 0 | – |