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2005-06 regular season

Rangers at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1

Canadiens beat Rangers 1–0 at Bell Centre on March 11, 2006.

NYR – MTL
26–24
Shots on goal
0/4–1/6
Power play
23–37
Hits
19–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Craig Rivet
1 G
1 shots · 22:18 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
1 A
3 shots · 15:22 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Francis Bouillon
1 A
1 shots · 25:12 TOI

Scoring

1 goal · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Craig Rivet PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:15
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Francis Bouillon · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Straka · Nylander · Jagr 21:19
L2 Rucinsky · Rucchin · Sykora 17:21
L3 Hossa · Betts · Ward 11:38
L4 Hollweg · Moore · Ortmeyer 7:48
D1 Ozolinsh · Tyutin 23:50
D2 Rozsival · Kasparaitis 18:40
D3 Poti · Strudwick 15:14
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Ryder · Dandenault 17:52
L2 Plekanec · Bonk · Kovalev 15:48
L3 Begin · Higgins · Zednik 15:05
L4 Ribeiro · Bulis · Sundstrom 12:41
L5 Perezhogin 9:00
D1 Bouillon · Souray 24:59
D2 Rivet · Komisarek 20:10
D3 Markov 10:06

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 24
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
23 Hits 37
19 Blocked shots 14
17 Takeaways 14
13 Giveaways 9
14 Penalty minutes 10
NYR shooting 0.0% (0/26) MTL shooting 4.2% (1/24)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 59:11 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet Shutout
26/26
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:55 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-7-1 (20% win rate, 10 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-3-3 (60% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-5-3 (27% win rate, 11 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-3-2 (62% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 3–1
Oct 312005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 4–1 Oct 292005 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–2 Oct 62005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 4–3 OT Feb 232004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 4–1 Jan 172004 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–2 OT
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Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on March 11, 2006?

Canadiens won 1–0. The final score was Rangers 0, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Craig Rivet.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 26 saves on 26 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Rangers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 8 🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL 2–3 AfterMar 12 🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR 3–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 9 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 3–0 AfterMar 13 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1
Also on March 11
⚔️BUF 6–5 🔔PHI 🐯NSH 2–3 🦈SJS 🏝️NYI 3–1 🐻BOS ⚡TBL 1–5 🍁TOR 🛢️EDM 3–4 🧥CBJ 😈NJD 3–6 🐧PIT 🪶CHI 4–6 🐙DET 🌪️CAR 3–4 🐆FLA
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