Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals 2-4, Dec 23, 2005: Box Score | AskScores

Montreal Canadiens

2

Washington Capitals

4

Final · Capital One Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2
WSH	0	0	4	4

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Dec 23, 2005 at Capital One Arena.

Top performers

Richard Zednik
Richard Zednik had 1 goal for the Canadiens.
Cristobal Huet
Cristobal Huet made 27 saves on 31 shots for the Canadiens.
Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern had 3 assists for the Capitals.
Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kolzig made 41 saves on 43 shots for the Capitals.

Before and after

Canadiens · 2005-06 season · Previous Dec 20, 2005: OTT 3, MTL 4 · Next Dec 26, 2005: MTL 0, WPG 4
Capitals · 2005-06 season · Previous Dec 22, 2005: WSH 6, WPG 5 · Next Dec 27, 2005: BOS 4, WSH 3

Other Canadiens vs Capitals games

Other Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals games

Mar 30, 2006	WSH at MTL	2-3	Regular
Mar 20, 2006	MTL at WSH	4-2	Regular
Nov 19, 2005	WSH at MTL	5-1	Regular
Feb 28, 2026	WSH at MTL	2-6	Regular
Jan 13, 2026	MTL at WSH	2-3	Regular
Nov 20, 2025	WSH at MTL	8-4	Regular

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Dec 23, 2005

Andrei Markov	0	1	1	-1	0	2	28:17
Francis Bouillon	0	1	1	-1	1	0	18:32
Richard Zednik	1	0	1	0	6	4	15:32
Steve Begin	1	0	1	0	8	4	21:45
Michael Ryder	0	1	1	0	3	2	19:52
Pierre Dagenais	0	1	1	0	1	0	4:14
Alex Kovalev	0	0	0	0	5	2	25:34
Mike Ribeiro	0	0	0	-1	4	2	18:39
Craig Rivet	0	0	0	0	2	0	30:40
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	0	-1	4	0	18:24
Sheldon Souray	0	0	0	0	5	7	19:54
Christopher Higgins	0	0	0	-1	1	0	12:38
Mark Streit	0	0	0	0	0	0	2:11
Mike Komisarek	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5:41
Niklas Sundstrom	0	0	0	-2	2	0	10:43
Jan Bulis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	14:09
Garth Murray	0	0	0	-1	0	2	12:13
Alexander Perezhogin	0	0	0	0	1	2	5:42
Team	2	4	6	-10	43	27

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Dec 23, 2005
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Cristobal Huet	31	27	4	.871	57:31

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Dec 23, 2005

Jeff Halpern	0	3	3	2	3	4	18:54
Alex Ovechkin	1	0	1	1	5	0	20:32
Dainius Zubrus	1	0	1	1	2	2	19:40
Brooks Laich	0	1	1	1	0	0	5:01
Chris Clark	0	1	1	0	1	5	13:27
Jamie Heward	0	1	1	2	2	0	25:47
Matt Pettinger	1	0	1	1	3	2	14:14
Mathieu Biron	1	0	1	0	1	0	8:19
Andrew Cassels	0	0	0	-1	0	0	8:14
Brendan Witt	0	0	0	0	1	2	21:46
Matt Bradley	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:14
Brian Willsie	0	0	0	1	1	2	11:54
Steve Eminger	0	0	0	1	1	0	23:45
Bryan Muir	0	0	0	1	1	2	14:46
Brian Sutherby	0	0	0	0	4	2	18:11
Shaone Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	1	4	17:32
Ben Clymer	0	0	0	0	4	0	14:40
Ivan Majesky	0	0	0	0	0	2	9:51
Team	4	6	10	10	31	27

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Dec 23, 2005
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Olaf Kolzig	43	41	2	.953	59:56

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%