🏝️ 🇨🇦
2005-06 regular season

Islanders at Canadiens

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

Canadiens beat Islanders 2–0 at Bell Centre on March 28, 2006.

NYI – MTL
36–36
Shots on goal
12–16
Hits
16–22
Blocked shots
12–21
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Chris Higgins
1 G
3 shots · 19:43 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Radek Bonk
1 G
2 shots · 15:44 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Cristobal Huet
36 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins Go-ahead 1st · 07:40
Assists: Saku Koivu, Michael Ryder · beat Rick DiPietro
0–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Radek Bonk SH Empty net 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Andrei Markov
0–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Blake · Yashin · Satan 20:17
L2 Bergenheim · Bates · Hunter 17:52
L3 Tambellini · Nilsson · Smith 14:06
L4 Colliton · Godard · Collins 3:34
D1 Bouchard · Gervais 25:29
D2 Campoli · Martinek 23:04
D3 Grebeshkov · Erskine 11:26
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Kovalev · Ryder 19:43
L2 Begin · Koivu · Zednik 17:39
L3 Ribeiro · Bonk · Dandenault 15:44
L4 Murray · Plekanec · Perezhogin 10:48
D1 Souray · Rivet 23:54
D2 Markov · Streit 18:56
D3 Simpson · Komisarek 9:29

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI MTL🇨🇦
36 Shots on goal 36
12 Hits 16
16 Blocked shots 22
12 Takeaways 21
10 Giveaways 11
12 Penalty minutes 31
NYI shooting 0.0% (0/36) MTL shooting 5.6% (2/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Rick DiPietro
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 59:15 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet Shutout
36/36
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-8-2 (33% win rate, 15 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-3-3 (62% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-9-2 (8% win rate, 12 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-3-2 (64% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 3–1
Mar 212006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 1–3 Feb 282006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 5–3 Oct 222005 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 Mar 312004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 1–5 Feb 52004 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2
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Who won Islanders vs Canadiens on March 28, 2006?

Canadiens won 2–0. The final score was Islanders 0, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Higgins, Radek Bonk.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Rick DiPietro made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 36 saves on 36 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Islanders vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Islanders 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
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeMar 25 🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI 1–5 AfterMar 29 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 5–1
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 26 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 6–5 AfterMar 30 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
Also on March 28
🍁TOR 3–2 🔔PHI 🦈SJS 1–4 🧥CBJ 😈NJD 3–2 🏛️OTT 🦆ANA 3–4 🏔️COL 🌲MIN 3–2 🛢️EDM 🐯NSH 3–5 🌵PHX
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