🐧 Away Penguins 10-19-9
6–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 18-13-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 3126
🇨🇦 MTL 1304

Penguins at Canadiens

Penguins beat Canadiens 6–4 at Bell Centre on January 3, 2006.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
2 G
5 shots · 18:59 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Michel Ouellet
2 G
3 shots · 13:04 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Max Talbot
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 11:06 TOI

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 04:33
Assists: Tomas Surovy · beat Jose Theodore
1–0
🐧 Shane Endicott SH 1st · 10:43
Assists: Mark Recchi · beat Jose Theodore
2–0
🐧 Max Talbot 1st · 13:17
Assists: Ric Jackman, Colby Armstrong · beat Jose Theodore
3–0
🇨🇦 Jan Bulis 1st · 19:40
Assists: Radek Bonk, Michael Ryder · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Steve Begin 2nd · 02:26
Assists: Francis Bouillon · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–2
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray Tying 2nd · 05:30
Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Jan Bulis · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–3
🇨🇦 Jonathan Ferland Go-ahead 2nd · 06:43
Assists: Chris Higgins, Steve Begin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–4
🐧 Michel Ouellet PP Tying 2nd · 18:52
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Ric Jackman · beat Jose Theodore
4–4
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 3rd · 01:58
Assists: Matt Murley, Ziggy Palffy · beat Jose Theodore
5–4
🐧 Michel Ouellet 3rd · 14:57
Assists: Max Talbot, Andre Roy · beat Jose Theodore
6–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Recchi · Palffy 18:59
L2 LeClair · Surovy · Endicott 17:08
L3 Christensen · Ouellet · Armstrong 12:41
L4 Murley · Talbot · Roy 11:00
D1 Whitney · Melichar 23:58
D2 Gonchar · Scuderi 21:57
D3 Jackman · Tarnstrom 14:11
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Bulis · Dandenault · Kovalev 20:04
L2 Begin · Koivu · Zednik 18:02
L3 Higgins · Sundstrom · Ryder 14:14
L4 Kostitsyn · Bonk · Ferland 12:43
L5 Murray 8:26
D1 Markov · Bouillon 23:34
D2 Souray · Rivet 22:56
D3 Komisarek 7:37

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
36 Shots on goal 33
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
19 Hits 34
13 Blocked shots 5
19 Takeaways 13
21 Giveaways 14
6 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 16.7% (6/36) MTL shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
29/33
.879 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
30/36
.833 SV% · 6 GA · 58:08 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-2-2 (20% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 4–4
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 2-2-1 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 6-3-1 (60% win rate, 10 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Nov 102005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 2–3 SO Feb 32004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 4–3 Jan 102004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 8–0 Dec 222003 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 Oct 162003 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
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Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on January 3, 2006?

Penguins won 6–4. The final score was Penguins 6, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Michel Ouellet (2), Sidney Crosby (2), Max Talbot, Shane Endicott.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jan Bulis, Jonathan Ferland, Sheldon Souray, Steve Begin.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 33 shots (.879 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 30 saves on 36 shots (.833 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Canadiens season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 2 🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR 2–3 AfterJan 6 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–6
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 31 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 3–5 AfterJan 5 🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD 4–5
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