2005-06 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-31-9 (SO: 2-3) - 93 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Carolina Hurricanes 4-2
Coach: Claude Julien (19-16, 6 OTL)
Coach: Bob Gainey (23-15, 3 OTL)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2005-06 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 42-31-9 (SO: 2-3) - 93 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Carolina Hurricanes 4-2
Coach: Claude Julien (19-16, 6 OTL)
Coach: Bob Gainey (23-15, 3 OTL)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2005-06 Montreal Canadiens Results
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 2005-06 season with a record of 42 wins and 31 losses (and 9 overtime losses), with a 2-3 showing in shootouts for 93 points, finishing third in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Canadiens scored 243 goals and conceded 247. Michael Ryder netted 30 goals for Montreal, and Saku Koivu contributed 45 assists. Cristobal Huet topped the squad with 18 wins, while Jose Theodore added 15 or more wins, too. Cristobal Huet registered a 2.20 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Claude Julien and Bob Gainey coached the team. The 2005-06 Montreal Canadiens lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev | R | 69 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 76 | -1 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 206 | 11.2 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 72 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 12.3 |
| Michael Ryder | R | 81 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 40 | -5 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 243 | 12.3 |
| Mike Ribeiro | C | 79 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 36 | -6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 12.3 |
| Andrei Markov | D | 67 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 11.4 |
| Jan Bulis | C | 73 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 15.3 |
| Sheldon Souray | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 116 | -11 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 5.9 |
| Chris Higgins | C | 80 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 26 | -1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 15.5 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 82 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 109 | -5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 5.7 |
| Richard Zednik | R | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 48 | -2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 161 | 9.9 |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 9.1 |
| Steve Begin | C | 76 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 8.2 |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 67 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 34 | -6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 |
| Radek Bonk | C | 61 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 52 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 7.9 |
| Mathieu Dandenault | R | 82 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 5.0 |
| Alexander Perezhogin | R | 67 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 8.3 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 55 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 11.1 |
| Pierre Dagenais | L | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 6.8 |
| Mark Streit | D | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Garth Murray | C | 36 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 44 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Mike Komisarek | D | 71 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 116 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Aaron Downey | R | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | L | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Jonathan Ferland | R | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cristobal Huet | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raitis Ivanans | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Simpson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jean-Philippe Cote | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Maxim Lapierre | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yann Danis | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Aebischer | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1557 | 241 | 413 | 654 | 1314 | -17 | 89 | 166 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 2470 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristobal Huet | 36 | 2103 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 77 | 2.20 | 1085 | 1008 | .929 |
| Jose Theodore | 38 | 2114 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 3.46 | 1025 | 903 | .881 |
| David Aebischer | 7 | 418 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.73 | 240 | 214 | .892 |
| Yann Danis | 6 | 312 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2.69 | 152 | 138 | .908 |
| Totals | 87 | 4947 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 239 | 2.90 | 2741 | 2502 | .913 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev | R | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 | |
| Saku Koivu | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Ryder | R | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Mike Ribeiro | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Andrei Markov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Jan Bulis | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Sheldon Souray | D | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| Chris Higgins | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Craig Rivet | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Richard Zednik | R | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Begin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Radek Bonk | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 | |
| Mathieu Dandenault | R | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Alexander Perezhogin | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Streit | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garth Murray | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Komisarek | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Downey | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cristobal Huet | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 114 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 68 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 10.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristobal Huet | 6 | 386 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.33 | 212 | 197 | .929 |
| Totals | 6 | 386 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.33 | 227 | 212 | .934 |
