Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens

Playoffs · Wednesday, April 26, 2006 · Centre Bell

2–1

36–28

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 in overtime on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 36–28.

Goals came from Richard Zednik, Rod Brind'Amour and Eric Staal.

Cam Ward made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 34 of 36.

Goals
CAR	0	0	1	1	2	36
MTL	0	1	0	0	1	28

Scoring

2nd period

Richard Zednik (2)Michael Ryder (2), Sheldon Souray (1)0–109:17 MTL ·

3rd period

Rod Brind'Amour (3)Bret Hedican (2), Mike Commodore (1)1–111:27 CAR

Overtime

Eric Staal (1)Bret Hedican (3), Cory Stillman (1)2–103:38 CAR ·

Team stats

CARMTL

3628

38%62%

1/71/3

614

2621

2122

1014

1921

Penalties

6:20 into the first periodTomas Plekanec · holding the stick2 min
10:24 into the first periodDoug Weight · holding2 min
17:17 into the first periodSaku Koivu · interference2 min
8:16 into the second periodGlen Wesley · tripping2 min
9:45 into the second periodMark Recchi · tripping2 min
12:28 into the second periodFrancis Bouillon · holding2 min
12:09 into the third periodMathieu Dandenault · cross checking2 min
15:26 into the third periodMike Komisarek · high sticking2 min
15:26 into the third periodMike Komisarek · high sticking2 min
2:35 into overtimeTomas Plekanec · hooking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

6Bret HedicanD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	0	–	3	0	30	25:50
12Eric StaalC	1	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	20	1	1	27	23:43
17Rod Brind'AmourC	1	0	1	+1	3	2	2	0	52	0	0	31	26:46
61Cory StillmanL	0	1	1	+1	5	2	1	0	100	0	0	25	23:16
22Mike CommodoreD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	2	0	–	2	2	26	20:08
8Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	33	0	2	21	17:52
11Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	–	0	1	30	24:48
13Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	7	07:07
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	–	0	1	14	10:18
18Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	–	0	1	25	20:45
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	1	0	10	05:58
39Doug WeightC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	29	1	1	21	16:46
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	6	04:58
63Josef VasicekC	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	40	0	6	23	16:00
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	1	0	21	13:53
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	–	0	0	24	20:13
5Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	0	3	26	21:58
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	0	1	20	13:03

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
29Martin GerberG		0	0	0	–	–
30Cam WardG	W	28	27	1	.964	63:22

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

20Richard ZednikR	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	2	2	25	16:54
73Michael RyderR	0	1	1	−1	1	2	1	0	100	0	1	20	13:29
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	29	23:49
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	40	0	0	9	06:13
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	48	1	0	27	18:39
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	100	0	0	22	15:48
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	2	1	33	20:47
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	0	1	18	16:30
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	81	0	3	32	20:53
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	3	12	09:30
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	0	1	17	16:17
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	0	2	21	13:12
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	0	2	19	12:38
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	62	0	0	19	16:45
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	4	–	3	0	25	14:45
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	–	3	1	29	21:19
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	5	0	–	0	1	29	25:22
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	1	3	27	22:14

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	L	36	34	2	.944	63:38