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2005-06 regular season

Blue Jackets at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🔁 Blue Jackets lead the season series 3–0

Blue Jackets beat Blackhawks 3–2 at United Center on December 30, 2005.

CBJ – CHI
21–43
Shots on goal
0/3–1/5
Power play
9–17
Hits
20–3
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Nikolay Zherdev
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 15:43 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Rick Nash
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:45 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Marc Denis
41 saves
0.953 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Dan Fritsche Go-ahead 1st · 02:59
Assists: Geoff Platt, Jody Shelley · beat Craig Anderson
1–0
🧥 Nikolay Zherdev 1st · 08:44
Assists: Rick Nash, Cale Hulse · beat Craig Anderson
2–0
🧥 Rick Nash 1st · 13:02
Assists: Nikolay Zherdev · beat Craig Anderson
3–0
2nd period
🪶 Mark Bell PP 2nd · 03:23
Assists: Tyler Arnason, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Marc Denis
3–1
3rd period
🪶 Martin Lapointe 3rd · 09:18
Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Curtis Brown · beat Marc Denis
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Fedorov · Vyborny · Letowski 20:19
L2 Nash · Hartigan · Zherdev 15:52
L3 Balastik · Rupp · Chimera 13:41
L4 Shelley · Fritsche · Platt 7:46
D1 Suchy · Hainsey 23:56
D2 Klesla · Hulse 21:14
D3 Delmore · Westcott 14:18
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Calder · Bell · Arnason 20:21
L2 Sharp · Bourque · Barnaby 15:45
L3 Brown · Lapointe · Vorobiev 14:02
L4 Thornton · Holmqvist · Dowd 8:02
D1 Aucoin · Keith 24:02
D2 Spacek · Babchuk 20:10
D3 Cullimore · Vandermeer 15:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ CHI🪶
21 Shots on goal 43
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
9 Hits 17
20 Blocked shots 3
9 Takeaways 6
2 Giveaways 7
10 Penalty minutes 6
CBJ shooting 14.3% (3/21) CHI shooting 4.7% (2/43)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Marc Denis
41/43
.953 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Craig Anderson
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 59:04 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–0
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-5-1 (0% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Blue Jackets lead the season series 3–0
Dec 262005 🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ 3–4 OT Oct 92005 🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI 3–2 Feb 272004 🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI 4–3 Feb 252004 🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ 4–3 Jan 242004 🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ 3–4
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Who won Blue Jackets vs Blackhawks on December 30, 2005?

Blue Jackets won 3–2. The final score was Blue Jackets 3, Blackhawks 2.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Dan Fritsche, Nikolay Zherdev, Rick Nash.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Mark Bell, Martin Lapointe.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 41 saves on 43 shots (.953 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Blue Jackets vs Blackhawks season series?

Blue Jackets lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeDec 28 🦆ANA @ 🧥CBJ 0–1 AfterDec 31 🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET 2–5
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 28 🎵STL @ 🪶CHI 2–1 AfterJan 2 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 2–3
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