Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, January 31, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 8-2 on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Hurricanes 34-26.
Erik Cole scored a hat trick and Eric Staal scored twice. Steve Begin, Richard Zednik, Kevyn Adams, Craig Adams and Niklas Nordgren also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Erik Cole (21)Eric Staal (36), Frantisek Kaberle (26)1–005:24 CAR
Steve Begin (11)Mike Ribeiro (22), Francis Bouillon (13)1–106:54 MTL
Richard Zednik (12)Sheldon Souray (14), Niklas Sundstrom (8)1–211:08 MTL
Kevyn Adams (10)Ray Whitney (25), Chad LaRose (7)2–216:57 CAR- Erik Cole (22)Rod Brind'Amour (25), Ray Whitney (26)3–219:22 CAR · PPG
2nd period
Eric Staal (32)David Gove (1), Bret Hedican (12)4–202:41 CAR- Erik Cole (23)Bret Hedican (13)5–205:23 CAR
3rd period
- Eric Staal (33)Ray Whitney (27), Justin Williams (33)6–212:28 CAR · PPG
Craig Adams (7)Chad LaRose (8), Andrew Ladd (2)7–214:04 CAR · PPG
Niklas Nordgren (4)Erik Cole (27), Frantisek Kaberle (27)8–216:06 CAR
Team stats
CARMTL
26Shots on goal34
54%Faceoff %46%
3/6Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes12
19Hits27
27Blocked shots7
12Giveaways9
23Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 11:34
Tomas Plekanec · holding2 min - 1st 17:36Alex Kovalev · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:15Steve Begin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:50
Andrew Ladd · hooking2 min - 2nd 09:13Frantisek Kaberle · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:47Niclas Wallin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:34Craig Adams · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:41Bret Hedican · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:36Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:43Saku Koivu · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:13Niklas Sundstrom · hooking2 min
Season series
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