Montréal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 11, 2006 · Wachovia Center
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Canadiens 28-23.
Goals came from Michael Ryder, Alex Kovalev, R.J. Umberger and Chris Higgins.
David Aebischer made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Ryder (2)Saku Koivu (2), Andrei Markov (3)1–000:38 MTL
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Sergei Samsonov (1)2–006:18 MTL
3rd period
R.J. Umberger (1)Jeff Carter (1), Mike Knuble (3)2–101:51 PHI
Chris Higgins (2)Unassisted3–119:41 MTL · SHG · EN
Team stats
MTLPHI
23Shots on goal28
60%Faceoff %40%
0/4Power play0/8
16Penalty minutes8
15Hits11
16Blocked shots10
6Giveaways18
2Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:57
Chris Higgins · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:24Andrei Markov · holding2 min
- 1st 13:37
Jeff Carter · high sticking2 min - 1st 14:35Alex Kovalev · slashing2 min
- 1st 15:32Tomas Plekanec · diving2 min
- 1st 19:02Kyle Calder · hooking2 min
- 2nd 10:47Niko Dimitrakos · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:46Mike Komisarek · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:01Craig Rivet · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:35Geoff Sanderson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 05:17Michael Ryder · interference2 min
- 3rd 18:07Mathieu Dandenault · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 15Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 47Aaron DowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:11 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 6Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:28 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:41 |
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 15Niko DimitrakosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:12 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:20 |
| 5Nolan BaumgartnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:21 |
| 6Randy JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 23Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 34Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 44Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 29:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | L | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 58:14 |
| 42Robert EscheG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |