Kings 2–3 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Dec 3, 2005)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
👑 LAK	0	2	0	2
🇨🇦 MTL	1	1	1	3

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Pierre Dagenais

2 G

5 shots · 17:54 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mike Ribeiro

2 A

2 shots · 23:17 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jan Bulis

1 G

4 shots · 19:37 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Pierre Dagenais Go-ahead 1st · 19:00

Assists: Mike Ribeiro · beat Mathieu Garon

0–1

2nd period

👑 Eric Belanger Tying 2nd · 01:17

Assists: Aaron Miller, Sean Avery · beat Jose Theodore

1–1

👑 Jeff Cowan Go-ahead 2nd · 03:32

Assists: Joe Corvo · beat Jose Theodore

2–1

🇨🇦 Pierre Dagenais PP Tying 2nd · 07:47

Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Mathieu Dandenault · beat Mathieu Garon

2–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Jan Bulis SH Go-ahead 3rd · 04:35

Assists: Steve Begin, Craig Rivet · beat Mathieu Garon

2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

👑Kings

L1 Frolov · Conroy · Demitra 20:58

L2 Avery · Belanger · Armstrong 15:13

L3 Robitaille · Cammalleri · Brown 12:07

L4 Giuliano · Cowan · Kostopoulos 6:18

D1 Visnovsky · Corvo 23:58

D2 Miller · Norstrom 19:00

D3 Gleason · Weaver 15:33

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Ribeiro · Dandenault · Ryder 23:17

L2 Plekanec · Bulis · Zednik 19:37

L3 Begin · Dagenais · Sundstrom 17:18

L4 Higgins · Kostitsyn · Perezhogin 2:31

D1 Bouillon · Rivet 27:25

D2 Souray · Streit 16:24

D3 Cote 4:54

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

👑LAK MTL🇨🇦

30 Shots on goal 31

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

23 Hits 23

8 Blocked shots 16

16 Takeaways 24

17 Giveaways 13

14 Penalty minutes 8

LAK shooting 6.7% (2/30) MTL shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

👑Kings

Mathieu Garon

28/31

.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:40 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:40 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Kings

Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-0-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)

After 2nd — 2–2

Kings

Kings — tied after 2nd: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Mar 62004 🇨🇦MTL @ 👑LAK 4–2 Mar 82003 🇨🇦MTL @ 👑LAK 1–2 Nov 92002 👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 Dec 222001 👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 Mar 62001 🇨🇦MTL @ 👑LAK 3–4

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❓ LAK vs MTL, answered

Who won Kings vs Canadiens on December 3, 2005?

Canadiens won 3–2. The final score was Kings 2, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Kings?

Eric Belanger, Jeff Cowan.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Pierre Dagenais (2), Jan Bulis.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Kings vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

👑 Kings

BeforeDec 2 👑LAK @ 🏛️OTT 1–5 AfterDec 6 👑LAK @ 🍁TOR 2–1

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterDec 10 🦆ANA @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–3

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