🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 32-26-9
1–3
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 31-32-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 1001
🏝️ NYI 1113

Canadiens at Islanders

Islanders beat Canadiens 3–1 at UBS Arena on March 21, 2006.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Robert Nilsson
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 13:44 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Mike York
2 A
3 shots · 21:12 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Rick DiPietro
36 saves
0.973 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Sean Bergenheim Go-ahead 1st · 09:11
Assists: Mike York, Denis Grebeshkov · beat Cristobal Huet
0–1
🇨🇦 Mark Streit PP Tying 1st · 11:34
Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Alex Kovalev · beat Rick DiPietro
1–1
2nd period
🏝️ Robert Nilsson Go-ahead 2nd · 14:37
Assists: Chris Campoli, Mike York · beat Cristobal Huet
1–2
3rd period
🏝️ Jason Blake 3rd · 11:10
Assists: Robert Nilsson, Radek Martinek · beat Cristobal Huet
1–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Ribeiro · Dandenault · Kovalev 19:47
L2 Koivu · Zednik · Ryder 16:40
L3 Higgins · Murray · Plekanec 14:04
L4 Begin · Bulis · Perezhogin 12:09
L5 Bonk 10:42
D1 Souray · Rivet 23:40
D2 Streit · Simpson 17:57
D3 Komisarek 13:06
🏝️Islanders
L1 York · Bergenheim · Satan 21:12
L2 Blake · Yashin · Bates 16:17
L3 Tambellini · Nilsson · Hunter 13:44
L4 Smith · Collins · Godard 5:55
D1 Bouchard · Gervais 23:00
D2 Martinek · Campoli 20:27
D3 Grebeshkov · Erskine 14:07

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL NYI🏝️
37 Shots on goal 25
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
23 Hits 23
14 Blocked shots 17
11 Takeaways 13
8 Giveaways 9
6 Penalty minutes 12
MTL shooting 2.7% (1/37) NYI shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 57:15 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Rick DiPietro
36/37
.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 12-9-3 (50% win rate, 24 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 13-9-1 (57% win rate, 23 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-4-5 (40% win rate, 15 games)
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-2-1 (79% win rate, 14 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
Feb 282006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 5–3 Oct 222005 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 Mar 312004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 1–5 Feb 52004 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 Nov 132003 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 1–3
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❓ MTL vs NYI, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Islanders on March 21, 2006?

Islanders won 3–1. The final score was Canadiens 1, Islanders 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Streit.

Who scored for Islanders?

Jason Blake, Robert Nilsson, Sean Bergenheim.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Rick DiPietro made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Islanders season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 4–2 AfterMar 23 🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeMar 19 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 2–5 AfterMar 24 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 3–4
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