Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes

Playoffs · Saturday, April 22, 2006 · RBC Center

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6–1

Final

SOG 21–43

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-1 on Saturday, April 22, 2006 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 43-21.

Alex Kovalev scored twice. Matt Cullen, Francis Bouillon, Radek Bonk, Chris Higgins and Sheldon Souray also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	2	2	6	21
CAR	1	0	0	1	43

Scoring

1st period

Matt Cullen (1)Unassisted0–100:50 CAR
Francis Bouillon (1)Michael Ryder (1), Chris Higgins (1)1–108:23 MTL · PPG
Radek Bonk (1)Mathieu Dandenault (1), Niklas Sundstrom (1)2–116:17 MTL

2nd period

Alex Kovalev (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Craig Rivet (1)3–102:18 MTL
Chris Higgins (1)Niklas Sundstrom (2), Saku Koivu (1)4–116:01 MTL

3rd period

Alex Kovalev (2)Mike Ribeiro (1), Francis Bouillon (1)5–111:40 MTL · PPG
Sheldon Souray (1)Tomas Plekanec (2), Alex Kovalev (1)6–118:12 MTL

Team stats

MTLCAR

21Shots on goal43

51%Faceoff %49%

2/3Power play0/5

12Penalty minutes8

10Hits13

22Blocked shots10

4Giveaways12

4Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 06:54Doug Weight · hooking2 min
1st 08:39Martin Gerber · diving2 min
1st 08:39Alexander Perezhogin · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 20:00Francis Bouillon · slashing2 min
2nd 10:23Sheldon Souray · roughing2 min
2nd 12:45Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min
2nd 13:51Niklas Sundstrom · interference2 min
2nd 16:54Justin Williams · roughing2 min
3rd 09:44Eric Staal · tripping2 min
3rd 14:56Niklas Sundstrom · holding the stick2 min

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