🐧 Away Penguins 16-38-12
5–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 31-25-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 3115
🇨🇦 MTL 3104

Penguins at Canadiens

Penguins beat Canadiens 5–4 at Bell Centre on March 18, 2006.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Malone
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 22:49 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
John LeClair
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 19:50 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
42 saves
0.913 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Eric Boguniecki Go-ahead 1st · 03:42
Assists: John LeClair, Ryan Malone · beat David Aebischer
1–0
🐧 Ryan Malone PP 1st · 05:27
Assists: John LeClair, Ryan Whitney · beat David Aebischer
2–0
🇨🇦 Jan Bulis 1st · 09:48
Assists: Francis Bouillon · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
🇨🇦 Garth Murray Tying 1st · 11:13
Assists: Craig Rivet · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:23
Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Richard Zednik · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–3
🐧 John LeClair Tying 1st · 19:37
Assists: Josef Melichar, Andy Hilbert · beat David Aebischer
3–3
2nd period
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:25
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–4
🐧 Ryan Whitney PP Tying 2nd · 13:31
Assists: Ryan Malone, Sergei Gonchar · beat David Aebischer
4–4
3rd period
🐧 Andre Roy Go-ahead 3rd · 03:50
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Colby Armstrong · beat David Aebischer
5–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Crosby · Armstrong 22:05
L2 LeClair · Hilbert · Koltsov 16:08
L3 Surovy · Boguniecki · Ouellet 10:49
L4 Rita · Nordgren · Roy 2:36
D1 Scuderi · Gonchar 26:15
D2 Orpik · Whitney 20:36
D3 Melichar · Nasreddine 12:17
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Kovalev · Dandenault 21:51
L2 Higgins · Ryder · Zednik 17:51
L3 Begin · Bulis · Plekanec 14:50
L4 Ribeiro · Bonk · Murray 11:07
L5 Downey 1:41
D1 Souray · Rivet 25:54
D2 Streit · Komisarek 17:20
D3 Bouillon 9:25

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
23 Shots on goal 46
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
24 Hits 32
18 Blocked shots 14
19 Takeaways 22
18 Giveaways 15
25 Penalty minutes 23
PIT shooting 21.7% (5/23) MTL shooting 8.7% (4/46)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
42/46
.913 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
David Aebischer
18/23
.783 SV% · 5 GA · 58:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–3
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 4-12-4 (20% win rate, 20 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 11-8-3 (50% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 4–4
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 9-4-2 (60% win rate, 15 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 3–0
Jan 32006 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4 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
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Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on March 18, 2006?

Penguins won 5–4. The final score was Penguins 5, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Andre Roy, Eric Boguniecki, John LeClair, Ryan Malone, Ryan Whitney.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Sheldon Souray (2), Garth Murray, Jan Bulis.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 42 saves on 46 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

David Aebischer made 18 saves on 23 shots (.783 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
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BeforeMar 16 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 1–2 AfterMar 19 🍁TOR @ 🐧PIT 1–0
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 16 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 AfterMar 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 4–2
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