Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 4, 2006 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-5 on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 38-29.
Erik Cole scored twice and Mark Recchi scored a hat trick. Eric Staal, Ray Whitney, Kevyn Adams, Rod Brind'Amour, Konstantin Koltsov, John LeClair and Cory Stillman also scored.
Cam Ward made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Sebastien Caron stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Staal (39)Frantisek Kaberle (31), Ray Whitney (32)1–009:51 CAR · PPG
Ray Whitney (11)Cory Stillman (44), Eric Staal (41)2–011:32 CAR · PPG
Erik Cole (29)Craig Adams (10), Bret Hedican (18)3–013:22 CAR · SHG
Kevyn Adams (11)Rod Brind'Amour (28)4–014:19 CAR
Rod Brind'Amour (24)Glen Wesley (6), Justin Williams (35)5–018:20 CAR
2nd period
Mark Recchi (22)Sergei Gonchar (29), Ryan Whitney (19)5–100:57 PIT · PPG
Konstantin Koltsov (1)Michel Ouellet (12), Jani Rita (2)5–210:08 PIT- Erik Cole (30)Eric Staal (42), Cory Stillman (45)6–212:07 CAR
John LeClair (14)Eric Boguniecki (8), Ryan Malone (12)6–314:01 PIT
3rd period
- Mark Recchi (23)Ryan Whitney (20), Colby Armstrong (13)6–402:53 PIT
Cory Stillman (16)Ray Whitney (33), Eric Staal (43)7–405:53 CAR · PPG- Mark Recchi (24)Sidney Crosby (38), Sergei Gonchar (30)7–514:58 PIT
Team stats
CARPIT
29Shots on goal38
66%Faceoff %34%
3/6Power play1/8
23Penalty minutes30
8Hits20
13Blocked shots10
1Giveaways7
1Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 02:03
Matt Cullen · tripping2 min - 1st 04:55Ray Whitney · hooking2 min
- 1st 09:22
Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min - 1st 09:51Konstantin Koltsov · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:11Kevyn Adams · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:10Erik Cole · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:31Glen Wesley · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:44Michel Ouellet · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 16:42Mike Commodore · fighting5 min
- 2nd 16:42Andre Roy · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:12Cory Stillman · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:48Eric Boguniecki · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:18Bret Hedican · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:18Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:18Brooks Orpik · boarding5 min
- 3rd 05:18Brooks Orpik · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 10:48Aaron Ward · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:57Doug Weight · tripping2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:40 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:38 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:50 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 16:55 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 44Niklas NordgrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:46 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 70Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Cam WardG | W | 38 | 33 | 5 | .868 | 60:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 26:02 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 26:13 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 23Eric BogunieckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 28Jani RitaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 71Konstantin KoltsovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:14 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:46 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:24 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 22Ric JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 08:24 | |
| 31Sebastien CaronG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 50:21 |