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2006-07 regular season

Canadiens at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0

Blackhawks beat Canadiens 2–1 at United Center on October 18, 2006.

MTL – CHI
29–23
Shots on goal
11–14
Hits
6–19
Blocked shots
2–5
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Martin Havlat
1 G
3 shots · 18:08 TOI
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Bryan Smolinski
1 G
2 shots · 14:38 TOI
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Jeff Hamilton
1 A
1 shots · 09:03 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Martin Havlat Go-ahead 1st · 00:49
Unassisted · beat David Aebischer
0–1
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins Tying 1st · 17:56
Assists: Michael Ryder, Mark Streit · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–1
3rd period
🪶 Bryan Smolinski Go-ahead 3rd · 02:00
Assists: Tony Salmelainen, Jeff Hamilton · beat David Aebischer
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Koivu · Kovalev 19:48
L2 Plekanec · Bonk · Ryder 15:21
L3 Samsonov · Perezhogin · Johnson 12:20
L4 Begin · Latendresse · Murray 7:30
D1 Markov · Souray 23:00
D2 Komisarek · Rivet 20:11
D3 Niinimaa · Streit 16:13
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Handzus · Bourque · Havlat 18:24
L2 Sharp · Lapointe · Vrbata 16:52
L3 Holmqvist · Smolinski · Burish 14:38
L4 Salmelainen · Hamilton · Keith 8:57
D1 Keith · Aucoin 21:18
D2 Vandermeer · Seabrook 19:42
D3 Kukkonen · Cullimore 16:08

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL CHI🪶
29 Shots on goal 23
11 Hits 14
6 Blocked shots 19
2 Takeaways 5
0 Giveaways 2
16 Penalty minutes 14
MTL shooting 3.4% (1/29) CHI shooting 8.7% (2/23)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
David Aebischer
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 59:02 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

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

Last meetings

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Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0
Feb 12004 🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–6 Jan 262003 🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 Feb 272002 🇨🇦MTL @ 🪶CHI 3–2 Dec 32001 🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 Oct 142000 🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 OT
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Who won Canadiens vs Blackhawks on October 18, 2006?

Blackhawks won 2–1. The final score was Canadiens 1, Blackhawks 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Higgins.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Bryan Smolinski, Martin Havlat.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

David Aebischer made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Blackhawks season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 17 🔥CGY @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 AfterOct 21 🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–8
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeOct 16 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 5–3 AfterOct 20 🪶CHI @ ⭐DAL 4–5
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