Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, March 30, 2006 · Centre Bell

2–3

29–33

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, March 30, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 33–29.

Chris Higgins scored twice. Ben Clymer, Jeff Halpern and Saku Koivu also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 30 of 33.

Goals
WSH	0	1	1	0	2	29
MTL	0	1	1	1	3	33

Scoring

2nd period

Chris Higgins (18)Saku Koivu (40), Sheldon Souray (24)0–111:29 MTL
Ben Clymer (15)Alex Ovechkin (45), Brian Sutherby (15)1–118:37 WSH

3rd period

Chris Higgins (19)Unassisted1–208:23 MTL ·
Jeff Halpern (6)Brian Willsie (19), Alex Ovechkin (46)2–219:57 WSH ·

Overtime

Saku Koivu (15)Unassisted2–304:02 MTL

Team stats

WSHMTL

2933

54%46%

1/61/10

2416

1018

1518

109

1919

Penalties

2:01 into the first periodBrian Sutherby · high sticking2 min
3:31 into the first periodJamie Heward · interference2 min
7:29 into the first periodSteve Eminger · high sticking2 min
12:55 into the first periodIvan Majesky · hooking2 min
15:23 into the first periodCraig Rivet · hooking2 min
17:18 into the first periodJeff Halpern · cross checking2 min
4:01 into the second periodSteve Begin · interference2 min
4:01 into the second periodSteve Begin · slashing2 min
4:01 into the second periodOlie Kolzig · slashing2 min
6:15 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
12:20 into the second periodIvan Majesky · tripping2 min
15:49 into the second periodBrooks Laich · interference goalkeeper2 min
18:53 into the second periodGarth Murray · hooking2 min
8:20 into the third periodBrian Willsie · hooking2 min
8:45 into the third periodAaron Downey · interference2 min
12:45 into the third periodMike Komisarek · hooking2 min
17:41 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
18:27 into the third periodMike Ribeiro · hooking2 min
1:10 into overtimeSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
1:10 into overtimeBryan Muir · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	−1	5	1	1	2	–	24:17
11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	0	6	0	2	2	71	20:29
16Brian SutherbyC	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	44	10:28
24Brian WillsieR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	16:11
27Ben ClymerR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	17:34
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	43	26:47
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:38
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	71	18:16
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:36
20Rico FataL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	05:12
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	100	05:32
6Jamie HewardD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	2	–	22:56
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	3	4	–	19:00
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	23:01
34Mathieu BironD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	10:09
40Nolan YonkmanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:01
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	3	2	–	16:06
47Bryan MuirD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	25:56

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	O	33	30	3	.909	62:59

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	1	1	2	+2	2	1	1	0	56	20:50
21Chris HigginsL	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	20:27
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	3	2	–	28:00
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	3	0	53	15:35
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:52
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	−1	2	7	0	4	100	15:35
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	13:12
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	100	19:26
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33	10:20
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:26
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	10:18
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	07:41
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	2	15	17:53
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	16:01
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	15:03
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	18:48
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	–	28:25
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	24:34

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	W	29	27	2	.931	63:59