Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, February 17, 2000 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Thursday, February 17, 2000 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 26-22.
Martin Rucinsky scored twice. Trevor Linden also scored.
Jose Theodore made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Rucinsky (17)Trevor Linden (15), Turner Stevenson (6)1–011:14 MTL
3rd period
Trevor Linden (9)Turner Stevenson (7), Martin Rucinsky (20)2–014:24 MTL- Martin Rucinsky (18)Turner Stevenson (8)3–017:17 MTL
Team stats
MTLCAR
22Shots on goal26
48%Faceoff %52%
0/1Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes4
24Hits32
16Blocked shots2
5Giveaways9
4Takeaways6
Penalties
- 2nd 00:10
Dave Karpa · slashing2 min - 2nd 09:06
Trevor Linden · holding2 min - 2nd 18:17Francis Bouillon · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 18:13Jeff O'Neill · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:13Shayne Corson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 14:05 |
| 14Trevor LindenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 15Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 32Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:00 |
| 34Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 40Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 63Craig DarbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 20Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:52 |
| 21Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:43 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:12 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:45 |
| 17Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:38 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:15 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:42 |
| 27Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:05 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:42 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:48 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 59:58 |
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |