Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 18, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 46-23.
Sheldon Souray scored twice. Eric Boguniecki, Ryan Malone, Jan Bulis, Garth Murray, John LeClair, Ryan Whitney and Andre Roy also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 42 saves on 46 shots for the win; David Aebischer stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Boguniecki (6)John LeClair (24), Ryan Malone (15)1–003:42 PIT
Ryan Malone (17)John LeClair (25), Ryan Whitney (24)2–005:27 PIT · PPG
Jan Bulis (17)Francis Bouillon (18)2–109:48 MTL
Garth Murray (2)Craig Rivet (25)2–211:13 MTL
Sheldon Souray (8)Mike Ribeiro (27), Richard Zednik (10)2–316:23 MTL · PPG
John LeClair (16)Josef Melichar (8), Andy Hilbert (6)3–319:37 PIT
2nd period
- Sheldon Souray (9)Alex Kovalev (33), Saku Koivu (32)3–411:25 MTL · PPG
Ryan Whitney (3)Ryan Malone (16), Sergei Gonchar (35)4–413:31 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Andre Roy (2)Sidney Crosby (44), Colby Armstrong (15)5–403:50 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
23Shots on goal46
42%Faceoff %58%
2/7Power play2/8
25Penalty minutes23
24Hits32
18Blocked shots14
18Giveaways15
19Takeaways22
Penalties
- 1st 04:03
Mathieu Dandenault · interference2 min - 1st 06:08Saku Koivu · tripping2 min
- 1st 14:50
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 17:09Sheldon Souray · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 17:42Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:42Ryan Malone · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:02Aaron Downey · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:02Andre Roy · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:46Craig Rivet · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 03:46Sergei Gonchar · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 04:07Ryan Malone · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:51Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 10:08Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 11:10Josef Melichar · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 12:09Craig Rivet · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:42Alain Nasreddine · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:30Saku Koivu · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:02Sidney Crosby · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:02Sidney Crosby · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:15Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:31Alex Kovalev · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 22:49 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 9Andy HilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:05 |
| 23Eric BogunieckiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 10:49 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 02:35 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:02 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:00 |
| 15Niklas NordgrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 02:36 |
| 28Jani RitaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:22 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 71Konstantin KoltsovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:28 |
| 32Alain NasreddineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 46 | 42 | 4 | .913 | 60:00 |
| 31Sebastien CaronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 7 | 27:07 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:44 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:14 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:51 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 01:43 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 24:42 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:53 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 47Aaron DowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 01:41 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | L | 23 | 18 | 5 | .783 | 58:52 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |