Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, October 21, 2006 · Centre Bell

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38–36

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 8–5 on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Avalanche outshot the Canadiens 38–36.

Andrew Brunette scored twice and Sheldon Souray scored twice. Joe Sakic, Paul Stastny, Tyler Arnason, Sergei Samsonov, Michael Ryder, Craig Rivet, Chris Higgins, Alex Kovalev and Mike Johnson also scored.

David Aebischer made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 28 of 36.

Goals
COL	3	1	1	5	38
MTL	1	2	5	8	36

Scoring

1st period

Joe Sakic (4)Marek Svatos (3), Patrice Brisebois (1)1–015:26 COL
Andrew Brunette (1)Joe Sakic (4), Marek Svatos (4)2–015:52 COL
Paul Stastny (1)Milan Hejduk (4)3–016:41 COL
Sheldon Souray (4)Andrei Markov (5), Michael Ryder (4)3–117:20 MTL ·

2nd period

Sheldon Souray (5)Mike Johnson (3), Radek Bonk (1)3–204:22 MTL ·
Tyler Arnason (3)Wojtek Wolski (2), Patrice Brisebois (2)4–206:26 COL
Sergei Samsonov (2)Alex Kovalev (3), Sheldon Souray (3)4–309:23 MTL

3rd period

Michael Ryder (3)Saku Koivu (5), Sheldon Souray (4)4–400:29 MTL ·
Craig Rivet (1)Saku Koivu (6), Andrei Markov (6)4–505:40 MTL
Andrew Brunette (2)John-Michael Liles (4), Brett Clark (4)5–508:43 COL ·
Chris Higgins (5)Saku Koivu (7), Andrei Markov (7)5–610:55 MTL ·
Alex Kovalev (3)Sergei Samsonov (2)5–712:48 MTL
Mike Johnson (2)Alexander Perezhogin (2)5–813:54 MTL

Team stats

COLMTL

3836

47%53%

1/74/8

1614

926

2425

1614

1313

Penalties

1:40 into the first periodSheldon Souray · delaying game puck over glass2 min
9:33 into the first periodSaku Koivu · hooking2 min
12:14 into the first periodKarlis Skrastins · tripping2 min
17:12 into the first periodKen Klee · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3:45 into the second periodBrett Clark · hooking2 min
12:37 into the second periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
13:23 into the second periodJose Theodore · interference2 min
16:54 into the second periodSergei Samsonov · hooking2 min
19:11 into the second periodKarlis Skrastins · tripping2 min
0:06 into the third periodBrad Richardson · holding2 min
3:34 into the third periodCraig Rivet · hooking2 min
6:31 into the third periodDavid Aebischer · holding2 min
8:22 into the third periodSteve Begin · tripping2 min
9:55 into the third periodBrett Clark · interference2 min
14:54 into the third periodTomas Plekanec · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

15Andrew BrunetteL	2	0	2	+1	4	0	1	0	100	19:36
19Joe SakicC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	56	21:19
40Marek SvatosR	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	15:25
71Patrice BriseboisD	0	2	2	+1	3	0	3	0	–	22:11
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:47
23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	15:28
26Paul StastnyC	1	0	1	−1	2	1	1	0	40	15:06
39Tyler ArnasonC	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	25	12:00
4John-Michael LilesD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	21:02
5Brett ClarkD	0	1	1	+2	0	3	2	4	–	25:32
12Brad RichardsonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	42	11:33
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	33	14:47
20Mark RycroftR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	07:36
24Antti LaaksonenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	10:22
53Brett McLeanC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	50	12:01
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	5	4	–	21:48
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	–	19:52
27Ossi VaananenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:12

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	L	36	28	8	.778	59:56

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

44Sheldon SourayD	2	2	4	−1	4	1	2	2	–	22:00
11Saku KoivuC	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	2	50	16:45
79Andrei MarkovD	0	3	3	+3	2	0	1	0	–	23:46
15Sergei SamsonovL	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	2	–	12:56
20Mike JohnsonR	1	1	2	0	7	0	3	0	–	15:42
27Alex KovalevR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	100	15:53
73Michael RyderR	1	1	2	−1	4	2	0	0	–	15:13
14Radek BonkC	0	1	1	−1	0	3	1	0	58	17:55
21Chris HigginsL	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	17:11
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	08:48
52Craig RivetD	1	0	1	−2	2	4	3	2	–	22:47
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	20	12:31
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	71	12:50
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	4	0	–	12:39
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	−1	2	4	0	0	–	08:45
6Janne NiinimaaD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	3	0	–	18:40
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	+3	0	2	2	0	–	18:40
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	13:47

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG	W	38	33	5	.868	60:00
39Cristobal HuetG		0	0	0	–	–