Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 16, 2006 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Saturday, December 16, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 34–33.
Saku Koivu scored twice. Evgeni Malkin, Michael Ryder, Alain Nasreddine, Alex Kovalev, Sheldon Souray, Erik Christensen and Maxim Lapierre also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (16)Erik Christensen (3), Brooks Orpik (1)1–012:05 PIT
Michael Ryder (9)Guillaume Latendresse (6), Craig Rivet (5)1–118:34 MTL · 
Alain Nasreddine (1)Sidney Crosby (36), Mark Recchi (20)2–119:59 PIT
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (8)Andrei Markov (17), Tomas Plekanec (8)2–209:29 MTL · 
Saku Koivu (13)Michael Ryder (13), Francis Bouillon (1)2–315:50 MTL
Sheldon Souray (12)Andrei Markov (18), Michael Ryder (14)2–417:25 MTL · - Saku Koivu (14)Andrei Markov (19), Alex Kovalev (16)2–519:55 MTL ·
3rd period
Erik Christensen (5)Max Talbot (2)3–514:53 PIT
Maxim Lapierre (2)Sheldon Souray (17)3–619:39 MTL ·
Team stats
PITMTL
3433
48%52%
0/74/7
3424
1636
1411
1612
1014
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Michael Ryder · tripping2 min - 5:37 into the first periodMathieu Dandenault · tripping2 min
- 6:34 into the first period
Ryan Malone · holding2 min - 10:25 into the first periodRyan Whitney · roughing2 min
- 11:18 into the first periodSaku Koivu · hooking2 min
- 13:01 into the first periodMike Johnson · slashing2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodMike Johnson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 17:06 into the first periodErik Christensen · hooking2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
- 15:50 into the second periodColby Armstrong · hooking2 min
- 16:25 into the second periodAlain Nasreddine · holding2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
- 1:23 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodCraig Rivet · misconduct10 min
- 9:13 into the third periodSheldon Souray · cross checking2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodJarkko Ruutu · misconduct10 min
- 9:13 into the third periodJarkko Ruutu · game misconduct10 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.