Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 2, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 in overtime on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 29–26.
Goals came from Sheldon Souray, Mark Recchi and Cory Stillman.
Cam Ward made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 27 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Sheldon Souray (3)Michael Ryder (3), Chris Higgins (3)0–106:31 MTL · 
Mark Recchi (1)Eric Staal (6)1–107:01 CAR
Overtime
Cory Stillman (2)Rod Brind'Amour (2)2–101:19 CAR
Team stats
CARMTL
2926
37%63%
0/31/4
108
2228
2319
1213
1821
Penalties
- 5:52 into the first period
Aaron Ward · tripping2 min - 9:17 into the first period
Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min - 13:00 into the first periodMark Recchi · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:58 into the first periodMark Recchi · hooking2 min
- 2:05 into the second periodJan Bulis · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodCory Stillman · slashing2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodSheldon Souray · cross checking2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodSteve Begin · boarding2 min
- 6:16 into the third periodRay Whitney · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:52 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:21 |
| 18Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:25 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:30 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:05 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:24 |
| 70Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Cam WardG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 17:29 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:08 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:59 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:13 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | L | 29 | 2 | .931 |