The Montreal Canadiens came up just a bit short against the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 to 4, on March 18, 2006.

Final

Penguins

17-38-12

5

Canadiens

31-26-9

4

Team

PIT

MTL

1

3

2

1

3

1

0

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

MTL

Eric Boguniecki (EV) assisted by John LeClair and Ryan Malone

1

0

Ryan Malone (PP) assisted by John LeClair and Ryan Whitney

2

0

Jan Bulis (EV) assisted by Francis Bouillon

2

1

Garth Murray (EV) assisted by Craig Rivet

2

Sheldon Souray (PP) assisted by Mike Ribeiro and Richard Zednik

2

3

John LeClair (EV) assisted by Josef Melichar and Andy Hilbert

3

2nd period

PIT

MTL

Sheldon Souray (PP) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Saku Koivu

3

4

Ryan Whitney (PP) assisted by Ryan Malone and Sergei Gonchar

4

3rd period

PIT

MTL

Andre Roy (EV) assisted by Sidney Crosby and Colby Armstrong

5

4

Penguins

Canadiens

Goals

5

4

Shots

23

46

Penalty Minutes

25

23

Power-Play Goals

2

Power-Play Opportunities

7

8

Faceoff Wins

30

41

Hits

24

32

Giveaways

18

15

Takeaways

19

22

Penguins

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury (W)	1	46	4	42	.913	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Colby Armstrong	0	1	0	0	0	22:05	3	2	0	1
Eric Boguniecki	1	0	+2	0	4	10:49	3	0	2	2
Sidney Crosby	0	1	-1	4	1	20:18	3	1	1	0
Sergei Gonchar	0	1	0	2	3	26:02	3	2	0	2
Andy Hilbert	0	1	+1	0	0	16:08	1	2	0	1
Konstantin Koltsov	0	0	0	0	0	14:40	0	2	0	1
John LeClair	1	2	+2	0	1	19:50	1	0	0	1
Ryan Malone	1	2	+1	4	2	22:49	0	1	1	2
Josef Melichar	0	1	+2	2	2	13:33	0	2	3	1
Alain Nasreddine	0	0	+1	2	0	11:01	2	0	1	0
Niklas Nordgren	0	0	-1	0	0	2:36	1	0	0	0
Brooks Orpik	0	0	0	2	0	21:04	4	1	5	0
Michel Ouellet	0	0	0	0	3	10:00	0	1	0	0
Jani Rita	0	0	-1	0	3	9:22	1	2	0	0
Andre Roy	1	0	0	5	1	2:35	0	0	0	0
Rob Scuderi	0	0	-1	0	0	26:28	0	2	3	5
Tomas Surovy	0	0	0	0	0	12:43	2	0	0	2
Ryan Whitney	1	1	0	0	3	20:07	0	0	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
David Aebischer (L)	1	23	5	18	.783	58:52

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Steve Begin	0	0	-1	0	2	14:50	7	2	0	1
Radek Bonk	0	0	-1	0	1	11:07	0	0	0	1
Francis Bouillon	0	1	+1	0	1	9:25	1	0	2	2
Jan Bulis	1	0	-1	0	2	15:55	2	0	0	0
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	0	2	4	19:53	0	2	2	1
Aaron Downey	0	0	+1	5	0	1:41	1	0	0	0
Chris Higgins	0	0	0	0	3	17:51	2	0	0	1
Saku Koivu	0	1	-1	4	4	22:44	0	0	0	5
Mike Komisarek	0	0	0	2	2	14:50	2	1	1	2
Alex Kovalev	0	1	-1	2	4	21:51	1	1	0	0
Garth Murray	1	0	+1	0	1	1:43	2	0	0	0
Tomas Plekanec	0	0	0	0	3	14:38	3	0	1	1
Mike Ribeiro	0	1	+1	0	3	12:44	1	0	0	0
Craig Rivet	0	1	-1	4	2	24:42	2	2	2	1
Michael Ryder	0	0	0	0	2	19:18	1	2	2	1
Sheldon Souray	2	0	-2	2	7	27:07	5	1	2	2
Mark Streit	0	0	0	0	2	19:51	0	3	2	3
Richard Zednik	0	1	-1	0	3	16:14	2	0	0	1