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2006-07 regular season

Penguins at Canadiens

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

Canadiens beat Penguins 6–3 at Bell Centre on December 16, 2006.

PIT – MTL
34–33
Shots on goal
0/7–4/7
Power play
16–36
Hits
14–11
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Michael Ryder
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 13:07 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Markov
3 A
1 shots · 24:34 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Cristobal Huet
31 saves
0.912 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 1st · 12:05
Assists: Erik Christensen, Brooks Orpik · beat Cristobal Huet
1–0
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder PP Tying 1st · 18:34
Assists: Guillaume Latendresse, Craig Rivet · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🐧 Alain Nasreddine Go-ahead 1st · 19:59
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi · beat Cristobal Huet
2–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Tying 2nd · 09:29
Assists: Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu Go-ahead 2nd · 15:50
Assists: Michael Ryder, Francis Bouillon · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–3
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray PP 2nd · 17:25
Assists: Andrei Markov, Michael Ryder · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–4
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu PP 2nd · 19:55
Assists: Andrei Markov, Alex Kovalev · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–5
3rd period
🐧 Erik Christensen 3rd · 14:53
Assists: Max Talbot · beat Cristobal Huet
3–5
🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre Empty net 3rd · 19:39
Assists: Sheldon Souray
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Crosby · Recchi 21:00
L2 Malkin · Talbot · Armstrong 19:08
L3 Staal · Christensen · Ouellet 12:59
L4 Ruutu · Moore · Thorburn 7:47
D1 Whitney · Gonchar 21:46
D2 Scuderi · Orpik 19:26
D3 Nasreddine · Melichar 15:06
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Bonk · Plekanec · Kovalev 17:21
L2 Higgins · Koivu · Johnson 15:08
L3 Perezhogin · Dandenault · Ryder 13:21
L4 Samsonov · Latendresse · Lapierre 11:31
D1 Markov · Komisarek 23:48
D2 Souray · Bouillon 20:03
D3 Rivet · Streit 13:26

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
34 Shots on goal 33
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 4/7
16 Hits 36
14 Blocked shots 11
10 Takeaways 14
16 Giveaways 12
34 Penalty minutes 24
PIT shooting 8.8% (3/34) MTL shooting 18.2% (6/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
27/32
.844 SV% · 5 GA · 59:33 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 59:57 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-1-3 (60% win rate, 10 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4-1 (17% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Mar 262006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 6–5 Mar 182006 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 Jan 32006 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4 Nov 102005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 2–3 SO Feb 32004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 4–3
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PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on December 16, 2006?

Canadiens won 6–3. The final score was Penguins 3, Canadiens 6.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alain Nasreddine, Erik Christensen, Evgeni Malkin.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Saku Koivu (2), Alex Kovalev, Maxim Lapierre, Michael Ryder, Sheldon Souray.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves on 32 shots (.844 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 15 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 4–7 AfterDec 19 🎵STL @ 🐧PIT 4–1
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 14 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 AfterDec 19 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 5–2
Also on December 16
🐙DET 2–1 😈NJD ⭐DAL 4–3 👑LAK 🐆FLA 6–3 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 3–1 ⚔️BUF 🗽NYR 2–9 🍁TOR 🐦ATL 0–6 🏝️NYI 🔔PHI 1–4 🦅WSH 🪶CHI 6–4 🧥CBJ
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