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2006-07 regular season

Flames at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Flames 5–4 at Bell Centre on October 17, 2006.

CGY – MTL
24–36
Shots on goal
2/8–3/7
Power play
16–19
Hits
13–21
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sheldon Souray
2 G, 1 A
8 shots · 18:52 TOI
2nd star 🔥 CGY
Dion Phaneuf
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · 26:40 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Radek Bonk
2 G
3 shots · 18:00 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Radek Bonk SH Go-ahead 1st · 01:32
Assists: Mike Johnson · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
0–1
🔥 Matthew Lombardi PP Tying 1st · 07:04
Assists: Chuck Kobasew, Dion Phaneuf · beat Cristobal Huet
1–1
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:27
Assists: Michael Ryder, Chris Higgins · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
1–2
🔥 Matthew Lombardi Tying 1st · 13:54
Assists: Robyn Regehr · beat Cristobal Huet
2–2
2nd period
🔥 Chuck Kobasew Go-ahead 2nd · 00:44
Assists: Dion Phaneuf · beat Cristobal Huet
3–2
🇨🇦 Radek Bonk Tying 2nd · 01:17
Assists: Mike Johnson · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
3–3
🔥 Dion Phaneuf PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:46
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Daymond Langkow · beat Cristobal Huet
4–3
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray PP Tying 2nd · 09:36
Assists: Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
4–4
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:54
Assists: Tomas Plekanec, Sheldon Souray · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
4–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔥Flames
L1 Huselius · Langkow · Iginla 21:34
L2 Tanguay · Friesen · Lombardi 17:28
L3 Yelle · Kobasew · Amonte 13:59
L4 Nilson · Lundmark · Ritchie 5:44
D1 Phaneuf · Regehr 25:33
D2 Hamrlik · Ference 19:51
D3 Zyuzin · Warrener 11:18
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Koivu · Kovalev 18:35
L2 Higgins · Bonk · Johnson 18:00
L3 Begin · Ryder · Perezhogin 11:22
L4 Samsonov · Latendresse · Downey 6:18
D1 Markov · Rivet 23:44
D2 Komisarek · Souray 20:31
D3 Niinimaa · Streit 15:23

Team stats

Away left · home right
🔥CGY MTL🇨🇦
24 Shots on goal 36
2/8 Power play (goals / chances) 3/7
16 Hits 19
13 Blocked shots 21
8 Takeaways 15
6 Giveaways 18
24 Penalty minutes 26
CGY shooting 16.7% (4/24) MTL shooting 13.9% (5/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔥Flames
Miikka Kiprusoff
31/36
.861 SV% · 5 GA · 58:55 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
20/24
.833 SV% · 4 GA · 59:46 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Flames
Flames — tied after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 4–5
Flames
Flames — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Jan 192006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔥CGY 2–3 Feb 192004 🔥CGY @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 Nov 202003 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔥CGY 1–2 Jan 132003 🔥CGY @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 Dec 312002 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔥CGY 1–1 OT
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Who won Flames vs Canadiens on October 17, 2006?

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

Who scored for Flames?

Matthew Lombardi (2), Chuck Kobasew, Dion Phaneuf.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Radek Bonk (2), Sheldon Souray (2), Alex Kovalev.

How did the Flames goalie play?

Miikka Kiprusoff made 31 saves on 36 shots (.861 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 20 saves on 24 shots (.833 save percentage).

Where is Flames vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Flames vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔥 Flames
BeforeOct 14 🔥CGY @ 🍁TOR 4–5 AfterOct 19 🔥CGY @ 🐻BOS 2–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 14 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterOct 18 🇨🇦MTL @ 🪶CHI 1–2
Also on October 17
🔔PHI 1–9 ⚔️BUF 🌵PHX 5–2 🎵STL 🐋VAN 1–2 🛢️EDM ⭐DAL 0–2 🦈SJS
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