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Sunday, March 26, 2006 · Mellon Arena

Canadiens 6 at Penguins 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 88OVR Saku Koivu Canadiens First Star 3A · 2 SOG R 96OVR Colby Armstrong Penguins Second Star 2G · 5 SOG RC L 77OVR Chris Higgins Canadiens Third Star 2G · 2 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:24 Chris Higgins (15) PPG Saku Koivu (36), Michael Ryder (20) · Wrist MTL 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 5:05 Radek Bonk (5) Niklas Sundstrom (9), Mark Streit (7) · Tip-in MTL 2 – 0 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 0:41 Colby Armstrong (11) PPG Sidney Crosby (47), Sergei Gonchar (37) · Wrist MTL 2 – 1 PIT
  2. 3:14 Chris Higgins (16) Saku Koivu (37), Sheldon Souray (23) · Wrist MTL 3 – 1 PIT
  3. 6:04 Tomas Surovy (11) PPG Michel Ouellet (14), Noah Welch (2) · Wrist MTL 3 – 2 PIT
  4. 10:51 Alex Kovalev (19) PPG Mark Streit (8), Richard Zednik (14) · Wrist MTL 4 – 2 PIT
  5. 12:51 Colby Armstrong (12) SHG Andy Hilbert (7) · Wrist MTL 4 – 3 PIT
  6. 19:40 Alex Kovalev (20) PPG Unassisted · Wrist MTL 5 – 3 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 1:39 Noah Welch (1) Josef Melichar (10), Sidney Crosby (48) · Slap MTL 5 – 4 PIT
  2. 13:00 Michael Ryder (28) Mathieu Dandenault (14), Saku Koivu (38) · Wrist MTL 6 – 4 PIT
  3. 14:05 John LeClair (17) Konstantin Koltsov (3), Ryan Malone (18) · Wrist MTL 6 – 5 PIT

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Saku Koivu C 0 3 2 1 0 +2 15:10 2.33
Chris Higgins L 2 0 2 0 1 +2 15:39 2.00
Michael Ryder R 1 1 4 1 0 +2 14:56 1.98
Alex Kovalev R 2 0 5 0 1 -2 17:31 1.48
Mark Streit D 0 2 1 1 0 +1 18:44 1.48
Radek Bonk C 1 0 1 1 1 +1 17:47 1.03
Mathieu Dandenault R 0 1 0 0 0 +2 14:36 0.93
Niklas Sundstrom R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 12:21 0.78
Richard Zednik R 0 1 3 1 0 -2 17:46 0.40
Steve Begin L 0 0 1 1 1 +1 17:45 0.28
Sheldon Souray D 0 1 1 0 3 -1 22:21 0.22
Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 11:09 0.15
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 1 1 0 21:23 0.05
Mike Komisarek D 0 0 0 2 1 -1 17:55 -0.10
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 2 1 -1 25:01 -0.10
Alexander Perezhogin R 0 0 0 1 0 -1 8:21 -0.15
Garth Murray C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9:13 -0.30
Jan Bulis C 0 0 1 4 0 -2 16:17 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
David Aebischer W 35 30 5 .857 59:47 -0.75

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Colby Armstrong R 2 0 5 1 1 +2 23:26 2.23
Noah Welch D 1 1 1 3 4 +2 15:07 1.95
Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 1 1 +1 22:34 1.60
Andy Hilbert L 0 1 4 0 0 +2 21:52 1.23
John LeClair L 1 0 4 0 2 0 15:51 1.15
Konstantin Koltsov L 0 1 3 1 1 +1 17:37 1.05
Josef Melichar D 0 1 1 1 0 +2 17:22 1.00
Michel Ouellet R 0 1 2 0 1 -1 12:15 0.63
Sergei Gonchar D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 25:02 0.48
Ryan Malone L 0 1 2 1 0 0 18:34 0.40
Tomas Surovy L 1 0 2 0 1 -1 12:09 0.35
Rob Scuderi D 0 0 1 0 3 -1 22:45 0.08
Shane Endicott C 0 0 3 0 0 0 8:23 0.07
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 4 2 -1 16:21 0.00
Andre Roy R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3:02 -0.15
Jani Rita L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 6:42 -0.22
Eric Boguniecki C 0 0 0 2 0 -2 6:39 -0.30
Ryan Whitney D 0 0 2 1 0 -1 23:07 -0.35
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marc-Andre Fleury L 25 19 6 .760 58:09 -2.60