Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, March 16, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-1 on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 41-29.
Ray Whitney scored twice and Justin Williams scored twice. Mathieu Dandenault and Eric Staal also scored.
Martin Gerber made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; David Aebischer stopped 36 of 41.
Scoring
2nd period
Ray Whitney (13)Justin Williams (37), Aaron Ward (15)1–005:24 CAR
Justin Williams (23)Matt Cullen (18), Rod Brind'Amour (31)2–016:02 CAR
3rd period
Mathieu Dandenault (2)Mike Ribeiro (26), Alex Kovalev (32)2–104:17 MTL- Justin Williams (24)Cory Stillman (46), Glen Wesley (8)3–109:47 CAR
- Ray Whitney (14)Eric Staal (48), Frantisek Kaberle (32)4–115:28 CAR · PPG
Eric Staal (40)Justin Williams (38), Ray Whitney (37)5–116:31 CAR · PPG
Team stats
CARMTL
41Shots on goal29
51%Faceoff %49%
2/6Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes12
23Hits39
18Blocked shots18
9Giveaways13
20Takeaways26
Penalties
- 1st 10:13
Glen Wesley · holding2 min - 1st 14:14
Alexander Perezhogin · hooking2 min - 2nd 00:32Aaron Ward · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:59Garth Murray · hooking2 min
- 2nd 16:57Francis Bouillon · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:36Doug Weight · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:52Alex Kovalev · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:32Richard Zednik · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 16:07Craig Rivet · roughing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 20:54 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:29 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:13 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:48 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:38 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 18Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:02 |
| 70Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:01 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:42 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 24:40 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:39 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 22:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | L | 41 | 36 | 5 | .878 | 60:00 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |