Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, March 4, 2006 · St. Pete Times Forum

6–2

22–29

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 29–22.

Chris Higgins scored twice. Ruslan Fedotenko, Vincent Lecavalier, Richard Zednik, Mike Ribeiro, Alex Kovalev and Jan Bulis also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 16 of 22.

Goals
MTL	1	1	4	6	22
TBL	0	1	1	2	29

Scoring

1st period

Chris Higgins (10)Michael Ryder (14)1–000:12 MTL

2nd period

Chris Higgins (11)Sheldon Souray (19), Michael Ryder (15)2–004:54 MTL ·
Ruslan Fedotenko (18)Vincent Lecavalier (26), Pavel Kubina (26)2–116:35 TBL

3rd period

Vincent Lecavalier (26)Brad Richards (44), Dan Boyle (29)2–200:55 TBL ·
Richard Zednik (13)Mathieu Dandenault (11)3–203:16 MTL
Mike Ribeiro (11)Mathieu Dandenault (12), Alexander Perezhogin (7)4–206:42 MTL
Alex Kovalev (16)Unassisted5–208:56 MTL
Jan Bulis (16)Tomas Plekanec (15)6–216:57 MTL

Team stats

MTLTBL

2229

50%50%

1/41/8

2022

1712

1611

913

Penalties

4:05 into the first periodAndrei Markov · holding2 min
6:30 into the first periodRichard Zednik · hooking2 min
9:19 into the first periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
18:38 into the first periodMike Ribeiro · interference2 min
1:05 into the second periodVinny Prospal · hooking2 min
3:14 into the second periodTim Taylor · hooking2 min
8:56 into the second periodAndrei Markov · holding2 min
11:28 into the second periodJan Bulis · holding2 min
19:16 into the second periodAlexander Perezhogin · holding2 min
12:47 into the third periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
12:47 into the third periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
12:47 into the third periodMike Ribeiro · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
12:47 into the third periodVinny Prospal · high sticking2 min
12:47 into the third periodVincent Lecavalier · misconduct10 min
12:47 into the third periodRuslan Fedotenko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
14:37 into the third periodDan Boyle · hooking2 min
17:35 into the third periodEvgeny Artyukhin · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

21Chris HigginsL	2	0	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:46
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	15:18
73Michael RyderR	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	0	–	14:09
20Richard ZednikR	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	2	–	14:21
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	10:16
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	50	14:26
38Jan BulisC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	2	–	10:41
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	2	–	10:24
71Mike RibeiroC	1	0	1	+3	2	0	1	4	53	11:45
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	2	–	20:29
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	65	13:59
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	38	20:04
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	2	0	–	18:36
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	–	06:20
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	21:18
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:15
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	4	–	20:54
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	5	4	–	22:51

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
39Cristobal HuetG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00
75Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	10	44	22:27
17Ruslan FedotenkoL	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	–	17:38
19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	−3	1	0	1	0	60	26:45
13Pavel KubinaD	0	1	1	−1	2	2	2	0	–	19:21
22Dan BoyleD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	0	2	–	24:12
8Martin CibakC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:37
18Rob DiMaioR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	03:01
20Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	4	100	23:07
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	−1	4	0	1	0	–	20:05
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	2	53	13:14
29Dimitri AfanasenkovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:42
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	50	18:52
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	20:30
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	2	–	08:42
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	3	0	–	16:19
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	16:36
44Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:52
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	14:42

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
1Sean BurkeG		0	0	0	–	–
47John GrahameG	L	22	16	6	.727	59:56