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2005-06 regular season

Canadiens at Canucks

🗓 📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 1–0

Canucks beat Canadiens 6–2 at Rogers Arena on January 21, 2006.

MTL – VAN
26–28
Shots on goal
0/4–2/7
Power play
16–9
Hits
11–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Henrik Sedin
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 14:54 TOI
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Mattias Ohlund
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 21:14 TOI
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Daniel Sedin
2 A
4 shots · 15:28 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐋 Brendan Morrison Go-ahead 1st · 00:57
Assists: Todd Bertuzzi · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
🐋 Alexandre Burrows 1st · 01:51
Assists: Henrik Sedin · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
🐋 Mattias Ohlund PP 1st · 04:20
Assists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · beat Jose Theodore
0–3
🐋 Markus Naslund PP 1st · 12:15
Assists: Todd Bertuzzi, Mattias Ohlund · beat Jose Theodore
0–4
🐋 Henrik Sedin 1st · 13:17
Assists: Daniel Sedin, Anson Carter · beat Jose Theodore
0–5
🐋 Trevor Linden 1st · 13:47
Assists: Wade Brookbank, Josh Green · beat Cristobal Huet
0–6
2nd period
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder 2nd · 02:00
Assists: Craig Rivet, Sheldon Souray · beat Alex Auld
1–6
3rd period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu 3rd · 18:46
Assists: Michael Ryder, Craig Rivet · beat Alex Auld
2–6

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Dandenault · Sundstrom · Kovalev 18:24
L2 Bonk · Bulis · Koivu 16:18
L3 Kostitsyn · Ribeiro · Ryder 14:46
L4 Begin · Zednik · Ferland 12:40
L5 Murray 6:38
D1 Souray · Bouillon 23:14
D2 Rivet · Streit 18:48
D3 Komisarek 15:14
🐋Canucks
L1 Naslund · Morrison · Bertuzzi 19:06
L2 Ruutu · Sedin · Sedin 15:28
L3 Kesler · Linden · Carter 12:07
L4 Green · Burrows 10:50
D1 Ohlund · Baumgartner 21:08
D2 Allen · Bieksa 20:20
D3 Salo · McCarthy 18:52
D4 Brookbank 9:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL VAN🐋
26 Shots on goal 28
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
16 Hits 9
11 Blocked shots 18
1 Takeaways 1
2 Giveaways 5
14 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 7.7% (2/26) VAN shooting 21.4% (6/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
16/17
.941 SV% · 1 GA · 46:43 TOI
Jose Theodore
6/11
.545 SV% · 5 GA · 13:12 TOI
🐋Canucks
Alex Auld
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:32 TOI

Last meetings

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Canucks lead the season series 1–0
Nov 252003 🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–2 Nov 182003 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN 4–5 OT Mar 12003 🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–1 OT Jan 22003 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN 2–3 Jan 32002 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN 2–5
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MTL vs VAN, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Canucks on January 21, 2006?

Canucks won 6–2. The final score was Canadiens 2, Canucks 6.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Michael Ryder, Saku Koivu.

Who scored for Canucks?

Alexandre Burrows, Brendan Morrison, Henrik Sedin, Markus Naslund, Mattias Ohlund, Trevor Linden.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Alex Auld made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Canucks season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 19 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔥CGY 2–3 AfterJan 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 3–7
🐋 Canucks
BeforeJan 19 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 1–4 AfterJan 23 🐋VAN @ 🎵STL 0–4
Also on January 21
🏝️NYI 2–3 😈NJD 🔔PHI 2–1 🐧PIT 🐙DET 4–3 🏔️COL 🦈SJS 4–3 👑LAK 🗽NYR 3–2 🐻BOS ⚡TBL 2–0 🐦ATL 🍁TOR 0–7 🏛️OTT 🌪️CAR 2–5 🦅WSH
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