Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Playoffs · Monday, April 24, 2006 · RBC Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6–5 in overtime on Monday, April 24, 2006 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 46–36.
Michael Ryder scored twice and Rod Brind'Amour scored twice. Jan Bulis, Radek Bonk, Matt Cullen, Ray Whitney, Alex Kovalev, Richard Zednik and Cory Stillman also scored.
Cristobal Huet made 41 saves on 46 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Jan Bulis (1)Alex Kovalev (2)1–004:48 MTL
Michael Ryder (1)Andrei Markov (1), Mathieu Dandenault (2)2–013:35 MTL · 
Radek Bonk (2)Niklas Sundstrom (3), Craig Rivet (2)3–014:46 MTL
2nd period
Matt Cullen (2)Eric Staal (1), Andrew Ladd (1)3–101:42 CAR
Rod Brind'Amour (1)Doug Weight (1), Eric Staal (2)3–209:05 CAR ·
3rd period
Ray Whitney (1)Mark Recchi (1), Eric Staal (3)3–300:22 CAR · - Rod Brind'Amour (2)Justin Williams (1), Eric Staal (4)3–401:15 CAR ·
Alex Kovalev (3)Jan Bulis (1), Mathieu Dandenault (3)4–405:22 MTL
Richard Zednik (1)Alexander Perezhogin (1), Tomas Plekanec (3)5–405:58 MTL
Cory Stillman (1)Bret Hedican (1), Matt Cullen (1)5–518:30 CAR
2nd overtime
- Michael Ryder (2)Chris Higgins (2), Saku Koivu (2)6–502:32 MTL
Team stats
MTLCAR
3646
52%48%
1/83/8
2020
1123
2617
34
310
Penalties
- 8:22 into the first period
Mike Commodore · roughing2 min - 8:22 into the first period
Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min - 10:07 into the first periodFrancis Bouillon · roughing2 min
- 11:17 into the first periodJustin Williams · holding the stick2 min
- 13:14 into the first periodMike Commodore · hooking2 min
- 5:08 into the second periodNiclas Wallin · holding2 min
- 7:01 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · boarding2 min
- 8:31 into the second periodCraig Rivet · tripping2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodRichard Zednik · high sticking2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodRichard Zednik · high sticking2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodDoug Weight · roughing2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodAndrei Markov · roughing2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodEric Staal · high sticking2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodAlexander Perezhogin · hooking2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodFrancis Bouillon · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:08 into the third periodDoug Weight · hooking2 min
- 2:04 into overtimeJustin Williams · hooking2 min
- 8:27 into overtimeAaron Ward · holding2 min
- 14:30 into overtimeTomas Plekanec · interference2 min
- 17:05 into overtimeRod Brind'Amour · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 27:01 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 22:20 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 20:32 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:26 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 34:01 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38:19 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:45 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 05:05 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 33:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | W | 46 | 5 | .891 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 26:10 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | 19:31 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | 37:17 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 32:04 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 06:29 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 18Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 24:00 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36:13 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:15 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 24:41 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:03 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 28:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 13 | 3 | .769 | |
| 30Cam WardG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |