Chicago Blackhawks vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Tuesday, December 12, 2006 · Scottrade Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 24–21

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Game summary

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at Scottrade Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Blues 24-21.

Goals came from Christian Backman, Peter Bondra, Radim Vrbata, Jeff Hamilton and Doug Weight.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Marek Schwarz stopped 21 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	0	0	3	3	24
STL	0	1	1	2	21

Scoring

2nd period

Christian Backman (2)Petr Cajanek (10), Martin Rucinsky (14)0–115:18 STL

3rd period

Peter Bondra (1)James Wisniewski (3), Bryan Smolinski (14)1–103:22 CHI · PPG
Radim Vrbata (6)Duncan Keith (11), Brent Seabrook (6)2–103:52 CHI · PPG
Jeff Hamilton (8)Radim Vrbata (14), Patrick Sharp (7)3–105:26 CHI
Doug Weight (2)Bill Guerin (8), Christian Backman (4)3–218:33 STL · PPG

Team stats

CHISTL

24Shots on goal21

52%Faceoff %48%

2/6Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes12

15Hits17

20Blocked shots15

14Giveaways19

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 01:49Petr Cajanek · holding2 min
2nd 05:50Barret Jackman · slashing2 min
2nd 06:29Martin Havlat · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 13:15Tuomo Ruutu · elbowing2 min
2nd 16:10Jamie Rivers · hooking2 min
3rd 00:49Doug Weight · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:35Keith Tkachuk · hooking2 min
3rd 02:57Jay McKee · hooking2 min
3rd 18:23Bryan Smolinski · holding2 min

Season series

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

16Radim VrbataR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	13:18
10Patrick SharpL	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	44	16:19
11Bryan SmolinskiC	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	53	20:09
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	11:54
51Jeff HamiltonC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	13:01
2Duncan KeithD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	20:35
7Brent SeabrookD	0	1	1	-1	1	4	4	0	–	20:10
43James WisniewskiD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	0	–	22:49
8Tony SalmelainenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:51
15Tuomo RuutuL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	40	22:48
17Michael HolmqvistC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	13:11
19Denis ArkhipovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	43	15:48
22Martin LapointeR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	86	17:45
24Martin HavlatR	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	–	24:41
57Karl StewartL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	07:15
5Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	17:46
6Lasse KukkonenD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	17:15
23Jim VandermeerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:15

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Brian BoucherG		0	0	0	–	–
39Nikolai KhabibulinG	W	21	19	2	.905	60:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

55Christian BackmanD	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:39
13Bill GuerinR	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	17:24
26Petr CajanekC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	22	16:13
39Doug WeightC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	47	18:48
62Martin RucinskyL	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	17:24
7Keith TkachukL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	60	20:00
9Jay McClementC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	55	14:00
12Lee StempniakR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	14:12
17Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	57	12:12
18Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	100	15:55
22Joel PerraultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:14
58Dan HinoteR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	12:57
4Eric BrewerD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	6	0	–	25:34
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	14:43
20Jamie RiversD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	05:54
25Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	–	20:45
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:28
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2	–	23:53

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jason BacashihuaG		0	0	0	–	–
40Marek SchwarzG	L	24	21	3	.875	58:46