Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 18, 2000 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Saturday, March 18, 2000 at Centre Molson. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 35–27.
Goals came from Gary Roberts, Benoit Brunet, Jesse Belanger, Brian Savage and Sean Hill.
Jeff Hackett made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Gary Roberts (18)Paul Coffey (26), Rod Brind'Amour (11)1–007:10 CAR
Benoit Brunet (13)Martin Rucinsky (23), Patrice Brisebois (21)1–107:43 MTL
2nd period
Jesse Belanger (3)Brian Savage (10), Christian Laflamme (6)1–212:27 MTL
3rd period
Brian Savage (15)Patrice Brisebois (22), Scott Lachance (6)1–309:41 MTL
Sean Hill (10)Sami Kapanen (21), Rod Brind'Amour (12)2–319:24 CAR
Team stats
CARMTL
3527
43%57%
0/20/3
1311
3626
1612
1330
1010
Penalties
- 10:15 into the first period
Turner Stevenson · interference2 min - 18:22 into the first period
Martin Gelinas · hooking2 min - 3:56 into the second periodTommy Vestlund · fighting5 min
- 3:56 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · fighting5 min
- 10:26 into the second periodMartin Gelinas · high sticking2 min
- 18:28 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3:59 into the third periodMarek Malik · roughing2 min
- 3:59 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · roughing2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodSean Hill · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 27Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:40 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:54 |
| 22Sean HillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 24:44 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 24:45 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:49 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 20Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:18 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 15:58 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:14 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:43 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:08 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 24:15 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 05:49 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:37 |
| 40Jesse BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 20Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:28 |
| 24Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 15Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 29Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 32Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 34Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 19:37 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 63Craig DarbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:07 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:11 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 23:59 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |