Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2006 · TD Banknorth Garden

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2–4

Final

SOG 22–31

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 on Saturday, December 23, 2006 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 31-22.

Goals came from Zdeno Chara, Marco Sturm, Mike Komisarek, Michael Ryder, Milan Jurcina and Stanislav Chistov.

Tim Thomas made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	1	0	2	22
BOS	2	0	2	4	31

Scoring

1st period

Zdeno Chara (6)Andrew Alberts (5), Marc Savard (33)0–108:29 BOS
Marco Sturm (10)Patrice Bergeron (28)0–212:43 BOS · PPG
Mike Komisarek (4)Mike Johnson (7)1–216:06 MTL

2nd period

Michael Ryder (10)Saku Koivu (21), Cristobal Huet (1)2–212:08 MTL · SHG

3rd period

Milan Jurcina (1)Marc Savard (34), Glen Murray (11)2–306:11 BOS
Stanislav Chistov (2)Brad Boyes (18)2–407:22 BOS

Team stats

MTLBOS

22Shots on goal31

41%Faceoff %59%

0/3Power play1/7

16Penalty minutes8

14Hits16

5Blocked shots6

2Giveaways5

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 00:33Wayne Primeau · holding2 min
1st 12:33Tomas Plekanec · tripping2 min
1st 18:15Glen Murray · roughing2 min
1st 18:15Saku Koivu · roughing2 min
1st 19:19Alex Kovalev · tripping2 min
2nd 01:40Alex Kovalev · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 03:29Glen Murray · tripping2 min
2nd 11:22Alex Kovalev · tripping2 min
2nd 11:22Alex Kovalev · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 08:02Brad Stuart · tripping2 min
3rd 15:28Michael Ryder · high sticking2 min
3rd 15:28Michael Ryder · high sticking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	53	17:29
20Mike JohnsonR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:48
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	–	15:36
8Mike KomisarekD	1	0	1	0	5	3	0	0	–	19:48
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	40	14:59
15Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:28
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	33	19:13
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	16:54
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	8	–	17:43
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	31	17:22
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	07:23
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	05:48
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	10:18
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:32
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	23:16
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	15:23
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	18:24
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	23:10

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	L	31	27	4	.871	59:22

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

91Marc SavardC	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	53	22:26
13Stanislav ChistovR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	10:19
16Marco SturmL	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	13:14
26Brad BoyesR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	15:11
27Glen MurrayR	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	4	–	22:44
37Patrice BergeronC	0	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	67	22:40
33Zdeno CharaD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	29:58
41Andrew AlbertsD	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	–	22:14
68Milan JurcinaD	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:27
17Petr TenkratR	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	15:52
18Mark MowersR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	09:12
20Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	50	19:08
22Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	100	17:02
32Jeff HogganR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:01
43Yan StastnyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:48
6Brad StuartD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	19:53
23Paul MaraD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	22:22
25Jason YorkD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:46

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Tim ThomasG	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00
54Hannu ToivonenG		0	0	0	–	–