Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Monday, March 26, 2001 · Entertainment and Sports Arena

4–2

17–35

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Monday, March 26, 2001 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 35–17.

Patrice Brisebois scored twice. Craig Darby, Martin Gelinas, Sami Kapanen and Martin Rucinsky also scored.

Jose Theodore made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 13 of 16.

Goals
MTL	2	0	2	4	17
CAR	0	1	1	2	35

Scoring

1st period

Patrice Brisebois (13)Chad Kilger (17), Oleg Petrov (27)1–008:42 MTL
Craig Darby (11)Richard Zednik (24), Benoit Brunet (10)2–012:11 MTL

2nd period

Martin Gelinas (22)Rob DiMaio (18), Josef Vasicek (13)2–118:41 CAR

3rd period

Patrice Brisebois (14)Brian Savage (19), Saku Koivu (24)3–101:59 MTL ·
Sami Kapanen (19)Ron Francis (47), Marek Malik (10)3–210:32 CAR
Martin Rucinsky (14)Chad Kilger (18), Saku Koivu (25)4–219:36 MTL ·

Team stats

MTLCAR

1735

39%61%

1/40/4

1010

2835

1915

Penalties

5:32 into the first periodSandis Ozolinsh · high sticking2 min
9:59 into the first periodRichard Zednik · slashing2 min
15:21 into the first periodScott Pellerin · slashing2 min
10:12 into the second periodNiclas Wallin · hooking2 min
10:38 into the second periodSaku Koivu · interference goalkeeper2 min
19:45 into the second periodRon Francis · roughing2 min
19:45 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · roughing2 min
0:20 into the third periodJeff O'Neill · boarding2 min
4:49 into the third periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
16:58 into the third periodChad Kilger · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	2	37	20:04
25Chad KilgerL	0	2	2	+2	1	5	1	2	67	16:01
43Patrice BriseboisD	2	0	2	0	4	4	1	0	–	19:48
17Benoit BrunetL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:46
20Richard ZednikR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	16:16
26Martin RucinskyL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	21:06
32Oleg PetrovR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	15:16
49Brian SavageL	0	1	1	−1	0	3	0	0	–	15:33
63Craig DarbyC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	33	16:16
8Jim CampbellR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:01
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	45	20:22
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	07:08
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:15
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	–	19:46
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	08:15
54Patrick TraverseD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	19:28
56Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	–	19:16
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	3	0	–	10:32

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

10Ron FrancisC	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	83	21:36
19Rob DiMaioR	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:32
23Martin GelinasL	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	–	15:50
24Sami KapanenR	1	0	1	−1	4	0	1	0	–	19:11
63Josef VasicekC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	40	05:33
5Marek MalikD	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	22:02
11Jeff DanielsL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	02:49
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:43
16Tommy VestlundL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	20	09:28
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	−2	2	3	1	0	59	19:38
25Shane WillisR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	15:55
38Scott PellerinL	0	0	0	−1	1	9	0	2	50	17:20
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	−1	4	4	0	2	45	15:52
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	20:33
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	2	–	12:54
8Sandis OzolinshD	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	–	24:51
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	2	0	–	19:41
45David TanabeD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	4	0	–	19:39

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
1Arturs IrbeG	L	16	13	3	.813	59:20
31Tyler MossG		0	0	0	–	00:00