2005-06 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-31-6 (SO: 0-3) - 93 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Claude Julien (19-16-6)
Coach: Bob Gainey (23-15-3)
2005-06 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 42-31-6 (SO: 0-3) - 93 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Claude Julien (19-16-6)
Coach: Bob Gainey (23-15-3)
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 2005-06 season with a record of 42 wins and 31 losses (and 6 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 93 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team scored 243 goals and conceded 247. Michael Ryder netted 30 goals for the team, 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 2.2 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Claude Julien and Bob Gainey coached the team. The 2005-06 Montreal Canadiens lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev | R | 69 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 76 | -1 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 11.2 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 72 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 138 | 12.3 |
| Michael Ryder | R | 81 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 40 | -5 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 243 | 12.3 |
| Mike Ribeiro | C | 79 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 36 | -6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 12.3 |
| Andrei Markov | D | 67 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 11.4 |
| Jan Bulis | C | 73 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 15.3 |
| Sheldon Souray | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 116 | -11 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 5.9 |
| Chris Higgins | C | 80 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 26 | -1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 15.5 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 82 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 109 | -5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 5.7 |
| Richard Zednik | R | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 48 | -2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 9.9 |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 9.1 |
| Steve Begin | C | 76 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 8.2 |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 67 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 34 | -6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 4.0 |
| Radek Bonk | C | 61 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 52 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 7.9 |
| Mathieu Dandenault | R | 82 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 5.0 |
| Alexander Perezhogin | R | 67 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 8.3 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 55 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 11.1 |
| Pierre Dagenais | L | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 6.8 |
| Mark Streit | D | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Garth Murray | C | 36 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 44 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Mike Komisarek | D | 71 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 116 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Aaron Downey | R | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | L | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Jonathan Ferland | R | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raitis Ivanans | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Philippe Cote | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Maxim Lapierre | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Aebischer | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yann Danis | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Simpson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Cristobal Huet | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1639 | 241 | 413 | 654 | 1336 | -17 | 89 | 166 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 2470 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 87 | 4947 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 239 | 2.90 | 2502 | 2263 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | 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/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristobal Huet | 6 | 386 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.33 | 227 | 212 | .934 |
| Totals | 6 | 386 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.33 | 227 | 212 | .934 |
