St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, December 1, 2006 · United Center
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Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Friday, December 1, 2006 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Blues 32-31.
Goals came from Jeff Hamilton, Tuomo Ruutu, Tony Salmelainen, Dennis Wideman, Bill Guerin, Michael Holmqvist and Martin Lapointe.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Manny Legace stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Hamilton (3)Patrick Sharp (4), Brent Seabrook (5)0–106:15 CHI
Tuomo Ruutu (6)Bryan Smolinski (10)0–206:33 CHI
2nd period
Tony Salmelainen (2)Duncan Keith (8), James Wisniewski (1)0–312:14 CHI
3rd period
Dennis Wideman (2)Doug Weight (13)1–300:34 STL · PPG
Bill Guerin (11)Keith Tkachuk (14), Doug Weight (14)2–312:40 STL
Michael Holmqvist (3)Martin Lapointe (3)2–419:14 CHI · EN
Martin Lapointe (7)Patrick Sharp (5), Jassen Cullimore (2)2–519:57 CHI · EN
Team stats
STLCHI
31Shots on goal32
52%Faceoff %48%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits13
15Blocked shots11
2Giveaways3
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 11:22
Dallas Drake · hooking2 min - 1st 19:04
Radim Vrbata · holding2 min - 2nd 14:30Keith Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:49Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 03:15Jeff Hamilton · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:18Ryan Johnson · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:27 |
| 25Dennis WidemanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 5 | 21:15 |
| 9Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 10Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:13 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 |
| 17Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:31 |
| 18Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 26Petr CajanekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 58Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 62Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 17:09 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:32 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 20Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 27Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Curtis SanfordG | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 06:15 | |
| 34Manny LegaceG | L | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 52:46 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 16:42 |
| 22Martin LapointeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 8Tony SalmelainenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 11Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:32 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 17Michael HolmqvistC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 24:20 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 43James WisniewskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 16Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:58 |
| 19Denis ArkhipovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 20Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 06:45 |
| 47Martin St. PierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:53 |
| 49Carl CorazziniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 6Lasse KukkonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 23Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |