Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, March 20, 2006 · Verizon Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Monday, March 20, 2006 at Verizon Center. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 32–26.
Goals came from Mike Komisarek, Brian Sutherby, Michael Ryder, Alexander Perezhogin, Mathieu Dandenault and Alex Ovechkin.
Cristobal Huet made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Komisarek (1)Alex Kovalev (34)1–005:47 MTL
Brian Sutherby (14)Ben Clymer (13), Matt Bradley (11)1–116:17 WSH
2nd period
Michael Ryder (25)Chris Higgins (11), Saku Koivu (33)2–107:28 MTL · 
Alexander Perezhogin (8)Mike Komisarek (2), Andrei Markov (27)3–109:08 MTL
Mathieu Dandenault (3)Richard Zednik (11), Mike Ribeiro (28)4–109:34 MTL
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (44)Brian Willsie (17), Ben Clymer (14)4–219:49 WSH ·
Team stats
MTLWSH
3226
43%57%
1/51/5
2020
2324
2116
1518
97
Penalties
- 4:36 into the first period
Todd Simpson · fighting5 min - 4:36 into the first period
Ben Clymer · fighting5 min - 9:36 into the first periodJan Bulis · hooking2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodJeff Halpern · hooking2 min
- 12:18 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
- 1:11 into the second periodGarth Murray · fighting5 min
- 1:11 into the second periodMatt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 6:15 into the second periodMathieu Biron · tripping2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodJan Bulis · hooking2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodJeff Halpern · hooking2 min
- 2:45 into the third periodRadek Bonk · tripping2 min
- 8:21 into the third periodJamie Heward · tripping2 min
- 14:02 into the third periodSteve Begin · holding2 min
- 18:31 into the third periodJan Bulis · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:32 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:45 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 24Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:15 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Washington Capitals
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:26 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 24Brian WillsieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 20Rico FataL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:16 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 38Jakub KlepisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:50 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:06 |
| 23Ivan MajeskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 34Mathieu BironD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:47 |
| 40Nolan YonkmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |