Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Friday, April 28, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Friday, April 28, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 30-25.
Goals came from Justin Williams, Aaron Ward, Alexander Perezhogin, Sheldon Souray and Rod Brind'Amour.
Cam Ward made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Justin Williams (1)Eric Staal (5), Doug Weight (2)1–010:22 CAR
Aaron Ward (1)Justin Williams (2), Cory Stillman (2)2–011:33 CAR
2nd period
Alexander Perezhogin (1)Francis Bouillon (2), Tomas Plekanec (4)2–105:21 MTL
Sheldon Souray (2)Alex Kovalev (3), Mike Ribeiro (2)2–212:58 MTL · PPG
3rd period
Rod Brind'Amour (4)Niclas Wallin (1), Mark Recchi (2)3–205:54 CAR
Team stats
CARMTL
30Shots on goal25
53%Faceoff %47%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits29
17Blocked shots9
9Giveaways11
14Takeaways29
Penalties
- 2nd 02:03
Niclas Wallin · hooking2 min - 2nd 07:43
Francis Bouillon · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:55Craig Adams · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:45Bret Hedican · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:45Bret Hedican · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 00:24Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 22:07 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:38 |
| 18Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:38 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:36 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:44 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:40 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:43 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:52 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Cam WardG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:16 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 18:52 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:59 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:55 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:29 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:13 |