Montreal Canadiens 2005-06: Most common linemates for each forward Montreal Canadiens 2005-06 season data
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For each forward: most common linemates
(as a percentage of total ice time)

3 Ivanans
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Ribeiro-Downey 25.3% 23.5%   1.9%
Begin-Downey 24.2% 24.2%    
Plekanec-Begin 20.5% 20.5%    
Begin-Sundstrom 9.3% 9.3%    
Ribeiro-Ryder 7.1% 6.1% 1.1%  
Others 13.5% 13.5%    
Totals   97.1% 1.1% 1.9%
11 Koivu
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Higgins-Ryder 26.2% 20.6% 5.5% 0.1%
Zednik-Kovalev 12.9% 9.7% 3.1% 0.1%
Perezhogin-Kovalev 9.8% 6.9% 2.8% 0.1%
Ryder-Kovalev 5.8% 1.0% 4.8%  
Kovalev 4.2% 1.6%   2.6%
Others 41.1% 25.3% 8.9% 6.8%
Totals   65.2% 25.1% 9.8%
14 Bonk
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Begin 12.9% 1.0% 0.1% 11.7%
Bulis-Sundstrom 10.6% 10.2% 0.3% 0.1%
Begin-Downey 9.8% 9.6% 0.2%  
Sundstrom 6.9% 0.4%   6.4%
Bulis-Zednik 6.3% 5.7% 0.6%  
Others 53.5% 39.1% 6.2% 8.2%
Totals   66.0% 7.4% 26.5%
20 Zednik
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Koivu-Kovalev 16.3% 12.3% 3.9% 0.2%
Bulis-Plekanec 13.1% 11.0% 2.1%  
Ribeiro-Kovalev 10.7% 7.1% 3.5% 0.1%
Bulis-Bonk 5.5% 5.0% 0.5%  
Bulis-Kovalev 4.9% 3.9% 0.9% 0.1%
Others 49.4% 37.2% 11.2% 1.0%
Totals   76.5% 22.1% 1.4%
21 Higgins
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Koivu-Ryder 30.3% 23.9% 6.3% 0.1%
Ribeiro-Ryder 10.4% 8.8% 1.6%  
Plekanec 4.7% 0.4%   4.3%
Begin-Sundstrom 4.7% 4.6% 0.1%  
Koivu 4.5% 1.4% 0.1% 3.1%
Others 45.4% 33.0% 4.0% 8.4%
Totals   72.0% 12.0% 16.0%
22 Begin
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Bonk 10.9% 0.9% 0.1% 9.9%
Bonk-Downey 8.3% 8.1% 0.2%  
Sundstrom 5.5% 0.4%   5.1%
Bulis-Sundstrom 5.2% 5.0% 0.2%  
Higgins-Sundstrom 5.0% 4.9% 0.1%  
Others 65.0% 48.3% 2.7% 14.1%
Totals   67.4% 3.3% 29.3%
25 Dandenault
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Sundstrom-Begin 26.4% 26.1% 0.3%  
Begin 24.4% 0.9%   23.4%
Bonk 6.9%     6.9%
Perezhogin-Plekanec 6.4% 6.0% 0.4%  
Dagenais-Lapierre 5.7% 5.7%    
Others 30.2% 20.0% 1.9% 8.3%
Totals   58.7% 2.6% 38.7%
26 Dagenais
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Ribeiro-Ryder 52.8% 32.7% 20.0% 0.2%
Ribeiro-Sundstrom 7.0% 6.7% 0.2%  
Ryder-Ribeiro 5.2% 0.8% 4.4%  
Perezhogin-Plekanec 4.6% 4.5% 0.1%  
Begin-Ribeiro 2.3% 2.1% 0.2%  
Others 28.0% 21.3% 6.3% 0.4%
Totals   68.2% 31.1% 0.6%
27 Kovalev
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Zednik-Koivu 13.2% 9.9% 3.1% 0.1%
Perezhogin-Ribeiro 12.3% 10.4% 1.8% 0.1%
Perezhogin-Koivu 10.0% 7.1% 2.8% 0.1%
Bulis-Ribeiro 8.7% 6.4% 2.3%  
Zednik-Ribeiro 8.7% 5.8% 2.8% 0.1%
Others 47.1% 29.7% 12.3% 5.1%
Totals   69.3% 25.1% 5.5%
32 Streit
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Begin-Perezhogin 100.0% 100.0%    
Totals   100.0%    
35 Plekanec
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Bulis-Zednik 15.6% 13.1% 2.4%  
Higgins 6.1% 0.5%   5.6%
Bulis-Sundstrom 5.6% 5.4% 0.1%  
Perezhogin-Zednik 5.1% 4.1% 0.9% 0.1%
Ribeiro-Ryder 4.6% 3.4% 1.2%  
Others 63.1% 44.8% 6.0% 12.2%
Totals   71.2% 10.8% 18.0%
37 Sundstrom
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Bulis-Bonk 13.0% 12.6% 0.3% 0.1%
Bonk 8.4% 0.5%   7.9%
Begin 8.0% 0.5% 0.1% 7.4%
Bulis-Begin 7.5% 7.2% 0.3%  
Higgins-Begin 7.2% 7.1% 0.1%  
Others 55.8% 46.2% 1.6% 8.1%
Totals   74.0% 2.4% 23.5%
38 Bulis
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Plekanec-Zednik 12.2% 10.2% 1.9%  
Ribeiro-Kovalev 10.0% 7.4% 2.6%  
Bonk-Sundstrom 8.6% 8.3% 0.2%  
Bonk-Zednik 5.1% 4.6% 0.5%  
Begin-Sundstrom 5.0% 4.7% 0.2%  
Others 59.2% 41.1% 5.9% 12.2%
Totals   76.3% 11.3% 12.4%
40 Lapierre
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Dagenais-Dandenault 66.7% 66.7%    
Dagenais-Plekanec 29.2% 29.2%    
Begin-Dandenault 4.2% 4.2%    
Totals   100.0%    
42 Perezhogin
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Ribeiro-Kovalev 23.7% 20.1% 3.4% 0.2%
Koivu-Kovalev 19.3% 13.7% 5.5% 0.2%
Plekanec-Zednik 6.7% 5.3% 1.3% 0.1%
Koivu-Zednik 5.7% 5.5% 0.1%  
Murray-Plekanec 4.9% 4.7% 0.1%  
Others 39.7% 35.1% 3.8% 0.9%
Totals   84.5% 14.2% 1.3%
46 Kostitsyn
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Ribeiro-Kovalev 17.3% 15.7% 1.6%  
Bulis-Ryder 13.9% 13.4% 0.5%  
Ribeiro-Sundstrom 12.0% 10.7% 1.2%  
Bulis-Bonk 10.5% 8.8% 1.7%  
Higgins-Murray 8.4% 8.2% 0.1%  
Others 38.0% 35.2% 2.1% 0.7%
Totals   92.0% 7.3% 0.7%
47 Downey
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Begin-Bonk 53.4% 52.1% 1.1% 0.2%
Ribeiro-Begin 11.4% 10.6% 0.6% 0.2%
Murray-Bonk 6.2% 6.2%    
Kostitsyn-Plekanec 3.4% 3.4%    
Murray-Begin 2.0% 2.0%    
Others 23.6% 21.8% 0.8% 1.0%
Totals   96.1% 2.6% 1.4%
57 Murray
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Plekanec-Perezhogin 9.8% 9.5% 0.3% 0.1%
Plekanec 8.8% 0.7% 0.1% 8.1%
Ribeiro-Kovalev 7.1% 7.0% 0.1%  
Higgins-Sundstrom 5.4% 4.8% 0.5% 0.1%
Bulis-Plekanec 5.3% 5.2% 0.1%  
Others 63.6% 55.0% 1.2% 7.4%
Totals   82.2% 2.2% 15.6%
71 Ribeiro
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Dagenais-Ryder 12.8% 7.9% 4.8% 0.1%
Perezhogin-Kovalev 12.3% 10.4% 1.8% 0.1%
Higgins-Ryder 9.1% 7.7% 1.4%  
Bulis-Kovalev 8.7% 6.4% 2.2%  
Zednik-Kovalev 8.6% 5.7% 2.8% 0.1%
Others 48.5% 35.1% 12.6% 0.9%
Totals   73.2% 25.6% 1.2%
73 Ryder
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Higgins-Koivu 26.7% 21.0% 5.6% 0.1%
Dagenais-Ribeiro 12.8% 7.9% 4.8% 0.1%
Higgins-Ribeiro 9.1% 7.7% 1.4%  
Koivu-Kovalev 5.9% 1.0% 4.9%  
Kovalev-Koivu 3.1% 2.2% 0.9%  
Others 42.4% 30.7% 10.8% 0.9%
Totals   70.6% 28.3% 1.1%
86 Ferland
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Murray-Begin 38.0% 37.2% 0.5% 0.2%
Murray-Ribeiro 29.7% 29.4% 0.2%  
Sundstrom-Begin 7.8% 7.8%    
Kovalev-Begin 2.9% 2.9%    
Higgins-Begin 2.7% 2.7%    
Others 19.0% 18.2% 0.2% 0.5%
Totals   98.3% 1.0% 0.7%
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