Phoenix Coyotes vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, March 9, 2006 · Nationwide Arena
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-4 on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at Nationwide Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Blue Jackets 33-30.
Goals came from Rick Nash, Jan Hrdina, Nikolay Zherdev, Geoff Sanderson, Derek Morris, Mike Rupp, Jason Chimera, Mike Comrie and Dave Scatchard.
Pascal Leclaire made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 25 of 30.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
 CBJ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (18)David Vyborny (30)0–116:24 CBJ · PPG
Jan Hrdina (9)Unassisted0–219:49 CBJ
2nd period
Nikolay Zherdev (23)Rick Nash (14), Sergei Fedorov (23)0–300:17 CBJ
Geoff Sanderson (20)Dennis Seidenberg (13)1–307:24 PHX · PPG
Derek Morris (3)Shane Doan (29)2–313:13 PHX · SHG
3rd period
Mike Rupp (4)Trevor Letowski (8), Jody Shelley (5)2–405:40 CBJ
Jason Chimera (13)Manny Malhotra (18), Jaroslav Balastik (7)2–506:08 CBJ
Mike Comrie (22)Unassisted3–514:31 PHX
Dave Scatchard (14)Mike Ricci (6), Mike Johnson (27)4–518:13 PHX
Team stats
PHXCBJ
33Shots on goal30
54%Faceoff %46%
1/5Power play1/7
16Penalty minutes12
15Hits8
10Blocked shots19
3Giveaways3
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 01:01Keith Ballard · tripping2 min
- 1st 05:30Mike Ricci · hooking2 min
- 1st 05:38Keith Ballard · high sticking2 min
- 1st 14:47Dennis Seidenberg · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 14:59Derek Morris · hooking2 min
- 2nd 00:41Trevor Letowski · interference2 min
- 2nd 04:33Nikolay Zherdev · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:33Nikolay Zherdev · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:16Jamie Rivers · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:37Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 15:01Duvie Westcott · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 12:30Manny Malhotra · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:41Duvie Westcott · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 18:41Oleg Saprykin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 15:12 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 21:12 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 40Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 22Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:16 |
| 15Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 18Tyson NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:58 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 29Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:30 |
| 91Oleg SaprykinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:41 |
| 5Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 58:48 |
| 35Philippe SauveG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 10Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 20Mike RuppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 03:32 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 12:58 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 40Jaroslav BalastikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:19 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 03:14 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 42Mark HartiganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 15Duvie WestcottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 21Radoslav SuchyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 47Aaron JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:57 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 27:05 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Pascal LeclaireG | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 59:59 |