Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2005 · RBC Center

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3–5

Final

SOG 27–38

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 38-27.

Rod Brind'Amour scored twice. Erik Cole, Michael Ryder, Jan Bulis, Cory Stillman, Andrei Markov and Aaron Ward also scored.

Martin Gerber made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 33 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	2	1	3	27
CAR	1	1	3	5	38

Scoring

1st period

Rod Brind'Amour (15)Justin Williams (18), Craig Adams (7)0–107:34 CAR

2nd period

Erik Cole (13)Aaron Ward (10), Craig Adams (8)0–200:50 CAR
Michael Ryder (17)Sheldon Souray (10), Saku Koivu (20)1–206:13 MTL
Jan Bulis (6)Alex Kovalev (17), Andrei Markov (18)2–216:28 MTL

3rd period

Cory Stillman (10)Oleg Tverdovsky (12), Frantisek Kaberle (16)2–311:07 CAR · PPG
Andrei Markov (5)Craig Rivet (11), Saku Koivu (21)3–316:36 MTL
Rod Brind'Amour (16)Erik Cole (20), Cory Stillman (28)3–418:08 CAR
Aaron Ward (3)Unassisted3–519:59 CAR · EN

Team stats

MTLCAR

27Shots on goal38

47%Faceoff %53%

0/3Power play1/7

14Penalty minutes6

4Hits10

14Blocked shots19

2Giveaways5

11Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 03:18Richard Zednik · hooking2 min
1st 12:19Niklas Sundstrom · hooking2 min
1st 14:41Mark Streit · hooking2 min
1st 14:46Ray Whitney · holding2 min
1st 15:51Mike Commodore · hooking2 min
2nd 07:06Glen Wesley · hooking2 min
2nd 11:56Niklas Sundstrom · hooking2 min
2nd 18:36Mike Ribeiro · hooking2 min
3rd 06:26Sheldon Souray · roughing2 min
3rd 09:35Mathieu Dandenault · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	48	18:58
79Andrei MarkovD	1	1	2	-1	3	0	1	0	–	21:01
27Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	-2	1	0	2	0	–	25:25
38Jan BulisC	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	29	20:31
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	–	17:57
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	-1	3	0	2	2	–	25:41
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	21:42
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	2	–	15:51
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	17:57
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	16:07
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	13:33
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	14:03
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:39
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	04:20
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	62	16:31
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	09:18
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	25:12

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Cristobal HuetG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	L	37	33	4	.892	59:13

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

17Rod Brind'AmourC	2	0	2	+3	5	3	1	0	68	24:17
26Erik ColeL	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:31
27Craig AdamsR	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	12:42
61Cory StillmanL	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	21:16
4Aaron WardD	1	1	2	+1	6	1	4	0	–	22:38
11Justin WilliamsR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	21:00
5Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	16:43
70Oleg TverdovskyD	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	17:22
8Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	16:24
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	30	18:59
13Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	17:29
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	57	12:38
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	100	14:54
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2	–	08:45
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	22:01
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	10:36
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	06:23
24Andrew HutchinsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:40

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Martin GerberG	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00
30Cam WardG		0	0	0	–	–