New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 11, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 1-0 on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 26-24.
Goals came from Craig Rivet.
Cristobal Huet made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 23 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Rivet (6)Alex Kovalev (30), Francis Bouillon (16)0–117:15 MTL · PPG
Team stats
NYRMTL
26Shots on goal24
54%Faceoff %46%
0/4Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes10
23Hits37
19Blocked shots14
13Giveaways9
17Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 01:47
Marcel Hossa · hooking2 min - 1st 04:40
Saku Koivu · hooking2 min - 1st 15:25Tom Poti · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:06Marcel Hossa · hooking2 min
- 2nd 16:51Sheldon Souray · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:51Sheldon Souray · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:51Dominic Moore · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:41Steve Begin · slashing2 min
- 2nd 20:00Radek Bonk · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 09:16Martin Rucinsky · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:39Jason Ward · boarding2 min
- 3rd 15:13Jed Ortmeyer · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 14Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:39 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 19Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 44Ryan HollwegL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:22 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24:54 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 16Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 24Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:46 |
| 34Jason StrudwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 59:11 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:12 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:18 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:09 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:46 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | W | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:55 |