🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 29-22-9
3–5
Final
🍁 Home Maple Leafs 27-28-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 1113
🍁 TOR 1225

Canadiens at Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs beat Canadiens 5–3 at Scotiabank Arena on March 7, 2006.

🗓 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🍁 TOR
Tomas Kaberle
1 G, 3 A
4 shots · 30:51 TOI
2nd star 🍁 TOR
Darcy Tucker
3 A
1 shots · 20:39 TOI
3rd star 🍁 TOR
Ed Belfour
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Richard Zednik Go-ahead 1st · 05:07
Assists: Radek Bonk, Jan Bulis · beat Ed Belfour
1–0
🍁 Tomas Kaberle Tying 1st · 06:45
Assists: Darcy Tucker, Bryan McCabe · beat Cristobal Huet
1–1
2nd period
🍁 Mats Sundin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 01:35
Assists: Tomas Kaberle, Darcy Tucker · beat Cristobal Huet
1–2
🍁 Kyle Wellwood PP 2nd · 16:06
Assists: Tomas Kaberle, Alexander Steen · beat Cristobal Huet
1–3
🇨🇦 Andrei Markov PP 2nd · 19:59
Assists: Saku Koivu, Sheldon Souray · beat Ed Belfour
2–3
3rd period
🍁 Jason Allison PP 3rd · 06:34
Assists: Darcy Tucker · beat Cristobal Huet
2–4
🍁 Mats Sundin PP 3rd · 07:45
Assists: Tomas Kaberle, Jason Allison · beat Cristobal Huet
2–5
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins PP 3rd · 11:40
Assists: Francis Bouillon, Craig Rivet · beat Ed Belfour
3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Ribeiro · Koivu · Kovalev 17:11
L2 Higgins · Bonk · Dandenault 15:50
L3 Begin · Bulis · Zednik 13:52
L4 Murray · Perezhogin · Ryder 11:07
L5 Downey 3:58
D1 Souray · Markov 24:40
D2 Rivet · Bouillon 19:36
D3 Komisarek 17:54
🍁Maple Leafs
L1 Sundin · Allison · Tucker 20:39
L2 Steen · Ponikarovsky · Wilm 15:50
L3 Kilger · Wellwood · Ondrus 11:06
L4 O'Neill · Domi · Belak 10:05
L5 Stajan 5:58
D1 McCabe · Kaberle 31:22
D2 Klee · Berg 16:49
D3 Khavanov 13:51

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL TOR🍁
33 Shots on goal 34
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 4/11
22 Hits 26
14 Blocked shots 22
6 Takeaways 6
7 Giveaways 8
24 Penalty minutes 12
MTL shooting 9.1% (3/33) TOR shooting 14.7% (5/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
29/34
.853 SV% · 5 GA · 59:25 TOI
🍁Maple Leafs
Ed Belfour
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 59:48 TOI
Mikael Tellqvist
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 10-5-3 (56% win rate, 18 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 12-8-2 (55% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-3-5 (43% win rate, 14 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 10-1-3 (71% win rate, 14 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–2
Jan 282006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 4–3 OT Nov 262005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 3–4 OT Nov 122005 🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 OT Oct 152005 🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 Oct 82005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 5–4
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Who won Canadiens vs Maple Leafs on March 7, 2006?

Maple Leafs won 5–3. The final score was Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Markov, Chris Higgins, Richard Zednik.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Mats Sundin (2), Jason Allison, Kyle Wellwood, Tomas Kaberle.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 save percentage).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Ed Belfour made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Maple Leafs season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–2 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 6 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 4–5 AfterMar 9 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 3–0
🍁 Maple Leafs
BeforeMar 4 🏛️OTT @ 🍁TOR 4–2 AfterMar 10 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 1–2
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