Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 on the road.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team Goals 2005-2006 record
Montreal Canadiens 4 42-31-9
at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 43-33-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Montreal Canadiens 1 1 2 4
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 2 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Montreal Canadiens 5 10 9 24
Tampa Bay Lightning 13 15 16 44

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:30 Montreal Canadiens Jan Bulis (5) Alex Kovalev (15) Even strength MTL 1, TBL 0
2nd 03:39 Montreal Canadiens Sheldon Souray (2) Alex Kovalev (16), Andrei Markov (17) Power play MTL 2, TBL 0
2nd 13:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (15) Vinny Prospal (27), Paul Ranger (7) Even strength MTL 2, TBL 1
2nd 18:58 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Craig (3) Tim Taylor (2), Rob DiMaio (10) Even strength MTL 2, TBL 2
3rd 01:41 Montreal Canadiens Richard Zednik (11) Mark Streit (5), Chris Higgins (5) Power play MTL 3, TBL 2
3rd 04:06 Tampa Bay Lightning Pavel Kubina (2) Tim Taylor (3), Rob DiMaio (11) Even strength MTL 3, TBL 3
3rd 08:34 Montreal Canadiens Pierre Dagenais (5) Craig Rivet (10), Niklas Sundstrom (6) Even strength MTL 4, TBL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Stat Montreal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 24 44
Power play 2 of 6 0 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 14
Hits 11 8
Blocked shots 13 5
Giveaways 6 5
Takeaways 7 8
Faceoffs won 35/66 (53%) 31/66 (47%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 20 R. Zednik R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 1 17:03
Number 21 C. Higgins L 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 0 0 20:54
Number 22 S. Begin L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 60.7% 19:14
Number 25 M. Dandenault R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:18
Number 26 P. Dagenais R 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 11:44
Number 27 A. Kovalev R 0 2 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 20:26
Number 37 N. Sundstrom R 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 1 0 15:36
Number 38 J. Bulis C 1 0 1 +1 4 3 1 0 0 54.5% 18:21
Number 42 A. Perezhogin R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:08
Number 57 G. Murray C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 66.7% 01:52
Number 71 M. Ribeiro C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 0 50% 15:53
Number 73 M. Ryder R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 17:22
Number 8 M. Komisarek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number 32 M. Streit D 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 13:37
Number 44 S. Souray D 1 0 1 -1 4 4 0 1 1 22:28
Number 51 F. Bouillon D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 20:32
Number 52 C. Rivet D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:00
Number 79 A. Markov D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 27:55
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 60 J. Theodore 44 41 3 .932 60:00 Win

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier C 1 0 1 +1 2 8 1 0 0 50% 21:05
Number 8 M. Cibak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02:22
Number 17 R. Fedotenko L 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 16:15
Number 18 R. DiMaio R 0 2 2 +2 0 1 1 0 0 08:56
Number 19 B. Richards C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 41.7% 22:39
Number 20 V. Prospal L 0 1 1 +1 4 7 0 0 0 21:57
Number 25 D. Andreychuk L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 09:55
Number 26 M. St. Louis R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 22:27
Number 27 T. Taylor C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 45.5% 11:16
Number 33 F. Modin L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 66.7% 20:55
Number 34 R. Craig C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 10:20
Number 76 E. Artyukhin R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 10:24
Number 5 D. Sydor D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:28
Number 13 P. Kubina D 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 23:10
Number 21 C. Sarich D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 17:28
Number 22 D. Boyle D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 0 0 25:30
Number 44 N. Pratt D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 0 0 12:43
Number 54 P. Ranger D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 14:33
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 47 J. Grahame 24 20 4 .833 58:14 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:06 Montreal Canadiens Jan Bulis Tripping 2
1st 13:33 Montreal Canadiens Mark Streit Hooking 2
1st 17:40 Montreal Canadiens Sheldon Souray Roughing 2
2nd 02:45 Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Prospal Hooking 2
2nd 03:23 Tampa Bay Lightning Nolan Pratt High sticking 2
2nd 10:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Prospal Hooking 2
2nd 19:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Nolan Pratt Roughing 2
3rd 06:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Ruslan Fedotenko Holding 2
3rd 10:16 Montreal Canadiens Jan Bulis Hooking 2
3rd 10:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Pavel Kubina Interference 2
3rd 11:15 Montreal Canadiens Steve Begin Hooking 2
3rd 14:02 Montreal Canadiens Sheldon Souray Roughing 2
3rd 19:55 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Slashing 2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Claude Julien
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
John Tortorella
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Pierre Racicot, Mark Shewchyk
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Saku Koivu, Radek Bonk, Jean-Philippe Cote, Raitis Ivanans, Tomas Plekanec, Jonathan Ferland, Andrei Kostitsyn, Maxim Lapierre, Yann Danis
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Jim Campbell, Chris Dingman, Norman Milley, Dimitri Afanasenkov, Timo Helbling, Brian Eklund, Darren Reid, Doug O'Brien, Gerald Coleman, Nick Tarnasky

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