Canadiens 2–4 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Dec 23, 2005)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Jeff Halpern

3 A

3 shots · 18:54 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Alex Ovechkin

1 G

5 shots · 20:32 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Olie Kolzig

41 saves

0.953 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Richard Zednik PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:39

Assists: Francis Bouillon, Pierre Dagenais · beat Olie Kolzig

1–0

3rd period

🦅 Mathieu Biron PP Tying 3rd · 02:11

Assists: Jamie Heward, Jeff Halpern · beat Cristobal Huet

1–1

🦅 Dainius Zubrus Go-ahead 3rd · 04:24

Assists: Brooks Laich · beat Cristobal Huet

1–2

🇨🇦 Steve Begin Tying 3rd · 06:17

Assists: Andrei Markov, Michael Ryder · beat Olie Kolzig

2–2

🦅 Matt Pettinger Go-ahead 3rd · 12:21

Assists: Chris Clark, Jeff Halpern · beat Cristobal Huet

2–3

🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 13:45

Assists: Jeff Halpern · beat Cristobal Huet

2–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Begin · Kovalev · Ryder 21:45

L2 Ribeiro · Dandenault · Zednik 18:24

L3 Higgins · Bulis · Murray 12:38

L4 Sundstrom · Perezhogin · Dagenais 5:42

D1 Rivet · Markov 29:28

D2 Souray · Bouillon 19:13

D3 Komisarek · Streit 3:56

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Halpern 19:40

L2 Sutherby · Clymer · Bradley 14:40

L3 Pettinger · Clark · Willsie 13:27

L4 Cassels · Laich 6:38

D1 Heward · Eminger 24:46

D2 Witt · Morrisonn 19:39

D3 Muir · Majesky 12:18

D4 Biron 8:19

Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅

43 Shots on goal 31

1/9 Power play (goals / chances) 1/9

21 Hits 18

12 Blocked shots 14

9 Takeaways 11

11 Giveaways 15

27 Penalty minutes 27

MTL shooting 4.7% (2/43) WSH shooting 12.9% (4/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Cristobal Huet

27/31

.871 SV% · 4 GA · 57:31 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

41/43

.953 SV% · 2 GA · 59:56 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 6 goals located

MTL WSH

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-3 (56% win rate, 9 games)

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-6-1 (22% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1-2 (62% win rate, 8 games)

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Nov 192005 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 Jan 42004 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 Dec 232003 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Nov 282003 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 5–3 Oct 142003 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5

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Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on December 23, 2005?

Capitals won 4–2. The final score was Canadiens 2, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Richard Zednik, Steve Begin.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus, Mathieu Biron, Matt Pettinger.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 41 saves on 43 shots (.953 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 20 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 AfterDec 26 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 0–4

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 22 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 6–5 AfterDec 27 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 4–3

Also on December 23

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