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Niklas Sundström's 2005-2006 season

Points
15
Swedish flag#30NHL#450
Goals
6
Swedish flag#22NHL#370
Assists
9
Swedish flag#30NHL#458
Plus/minus
-6
NHL#660
Games
55
67%
67% of 82

Right winger Niklas Sundström was 30 years old when the 2005-2006 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 55 of a possible 82 games and scored 6 goals and 9 assists for 15 points, 0.27 points per game. That was 30th among the Swedes and 450th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 3 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2005-2006Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Niklas Sundström plays the 2005-2006 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Niklas was 30 years old when the 2005-2006 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL2–1BOS
      W
      game 1/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG13:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–3NYR
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:04TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–4TOR
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG14:04TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT4–2MTL
      L
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:37TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–0ATL
      W
      game 5/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG13:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–2MTL
      L
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:08TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4MTL
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:48TOI
    Injured

    Niklas goes down and misses 4 games

    Groin injury

    • The game
      NYI3–4MTL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      PHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      MTL3–4OTT
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR5–2MTL
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP17:35TOI
      +2 points
    • November 2005
    • The game
      FLA4–5MTL
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:27TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2BUF
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG15:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–3MTL
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:17TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–3MTL
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:43TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–3PIT
      L
      game 17/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:49TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–4MTL
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG14:31TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–4MTL
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:02TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–5NJD
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:14TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–1MTL
      L
      game 21/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:46TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8217 of 21 played
      7
      points
      Swedish flag#18NHL#279
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#17NHL#210
      4
      assists
      Swedish flag#18NHL#286
      MTL
      13-5-3W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ATL2–3MTL
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:12TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:05TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–4TOR
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:42TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–4OTT
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:30TOI
    • December 2005
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:12TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–3MTL
      W
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:49TOI
    • The game
      ANA5–3MTL
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:50TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–5MTL
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG16:16TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–5EDM
      L
      game 30/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG17:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–4MIN
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:51TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–4MTL
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG17:07TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–4WSH
      L
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG10:43TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–4ATL
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:52TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3TBL
      W
      game 35/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG15:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–2FLA
      L
      game 36/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG15:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–5CAR
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:03TOI
    • The game
      PIT6–4MTL
      L
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:19TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–5NJD
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG16:13TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–4MTL
      W
      game 40/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:40TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2COL
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:23TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      12
      points
      Swedish flag#22NHL#337
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#19NHL#238
      6
      assists
      Swedish flag#24NHL#389
      MTL
      19-16-6W-L-OT44Points
      4th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS2–6MTL
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:18TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–4MTL
      W
      game 43/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:54TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–3CGY
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG05:17TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–6VAN
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:24TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–7CAR
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:45TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–3PHI
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG16:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL0–3OTT
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:50TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3TOR
      W
      game 49/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG12:53TOI
    • The game
      CAR8–2MTL
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG12:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2006
    • The game
      MTL1–3BOS
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:27TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2BUF
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:24TOI
    • March 2006
    • The game
      MTL3–0BOS
      W
      game 62/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:59TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8249 of 62 played
      14
      points
      Swedish flag#25NHL#408
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#20NHL#315
      8
      assists
      Swedish flag#29NHL#437
      MTL
      30-23-9W-L-OT69Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR0–1MTL
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:50TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–1MTL
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:38TOI
    • The game
      MTL6–5PIT
      W
      game 71/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG12:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • April 2006
    • The game
      OTT2–3MTL
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:33TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3BOS
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:21TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–2MTL
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG07:14TOI
    Milestone

    Niklas Sundström reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · April 15

    The season in numbers

    Niklas Sundström closes the 2005-2006 season with 15 points

    Points
    15
    #30NHL#450
    Games
    55of 82
    67%
    Goals
    6
    #22NHL#370
    Assists
    9
    #30NHL#458
    P/GP
    0.27
    #26NHL#421
    +/-
    -6
    #34NHL#660
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    1×
    First star
    1×
    Third star
    7 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Carolina Hurricanes

    MTLvsCAR
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Carolina Hurricanes
    • Game 1
      MTL6–1CAR
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG11:14TOI
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 2
      MTL6–5CAR
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG11:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 3
      CAR2–1MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG09:30TOI
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 4
      CAR3–2MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG04:55TOI
    • May 2006
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 6
      CAR2–1MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:06TOI
    First round

    Carolina Hurricanes knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    MTL2–4CAR
    Eliminated
    5Games3Points0Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Niklas Sundström ends the 2005-2006 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    #9NHL#123
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    #12NHL#173
    Assists
    3
    #6NHL#86
    P/GP
    0.60
    +/-
    +3
    #2NHL#31
    Events
    1×
    Third star
    2 points
    best game
    CAR2–4