Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Monday, January 23, 2006 · RBC Center
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 7-3 on Monday, January 23, 2006 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 37-34.
Tomas Plekanec scored twice. Bret Hedican, Craig Adams, Matt Cullen, Eric Staal, Andrew Ladd, Justin Williams, Francis Bouillon and Erik Cole also scored.
Cam Ward made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Bret Hedican (4)Chad LaRose (5)0–107:26 CAR
Craig Adams (5)Kevyn Adams (4), Frantisek Kaberle (23)0–217:15 CAR
2nd period
Tomas Plekanec (5)Steve Begin (7)1–202:23 MTL
Matt Cullen (18)Eric Staal (32), Ray Whitney (22)1–306:07 CAR · PPG
Eric Staal (31)Erik Cole (25), Justin Williams (28)1–406:56 CAR · PPG
Andrew Ladd (6)Frantisek Kaberle (24), Justin Williams (29)1–508:45 CAR
3rd period
Justin Williams (17)Andrew Ladd (1)1–603:32 CAR
Francis Bouillon (3)Michael Ryder (13), Tomas Plekanec (9)2–616:19 MTL · PPG
Erik Cole (19)Keith Aucoin (1), Eric Staal (33)2–717:28 CAR- Tomas Plekanec (6)Aaron Downey (1), Francis Bouillon (11)3–719:21 MTL
Team stats
MTLCAR
34Shots on goal37
53%Faceoff %47%
1/5Power play2/6
17Penalty minutes15
18Hits16
15Blocked shots22
1Giveaways9
4Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 11:15
Kevyn Adams · hooking2 min - 1st 17:44
Mike Ribeiro · holding2 min - 2nd 04:21Mark Streit · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:31Mathieu Dandenault · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 16:15Andrew Hutchinson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 00:40Niklas Sundstrom · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:04Keith Aucoin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:53Craig Adams · fighting5 min
- 3rd 03:53Craig Rivet · fighting5 min
- 3rd 04:13Anton Babchuk · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:33Mathieu Dandenault · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:58Mike Ribeiro · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:54Niclas Wallin · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 14:14 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:02 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 47Aaron DowneyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:10 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:17 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:24 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 31:15 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 28:45 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 15:55 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 10:32 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:52 |
| 37Keith AucoinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:40 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 24Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 70Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 21:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Cam WardG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |