Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 2009 · RBC Center
XM 209 · RDS (HD) · FS-CR
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 47–25.
Glen Metropolit scored twice. Andrei Markov, Andrei Kostitsyn, Brandon Sutter and Sergei Kostitsyn also scored.
Jaroslav Halak made 46 saves on 47 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 4 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Markov (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)1–001:29 MTL · 
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Michael Cammalleri (1), Tomas Plekanec (2)2–003:42 MTL
Brandon Sutter (1)Tim Gleason (1), Brett Carson (1)2–107:21 CAR · 
Sergei Kostitsyn (1)Tomas Plekanec (3), Scott Gomez (1)3–109:32 MTL
Glen Metropolit (1)Scott Gomez (2), Josh Gorges (1)4–117:08 MTL ·
2nd period
- Glen Metropolit (2)Scott Gomez (3), Jaroslav Spacek (1)5–118:03 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLCAR
2547
40%60%
3/51/5
1010
2236
1712
510
69
Penalties
- 0:24 into the first period
Aaron Ward · boarding2 min - 6:01 into the first period
Scott Gomez · cross checking2 min - 6:01 into the first periodScott Gomez · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:28 into the first periodTom Kostopoulos · interference2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodTravis Moen · roughing2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodAndrei Markov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 11:53 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodAaron Ward · tripping2 min
- 6:52 into the third periodJussi Jokinen · high sticking2 min
- 9:33 into the third periodHal Gill · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:08 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:07 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:19 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:10 |
| 17Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:49 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:16 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:28 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 20Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 47 | 1 | .979 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 16Brandon SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18:41 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:39 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 17:16 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:49 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:27 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:37 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:30 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 29:38 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 7 | 3 | .571 |
| 34Manny LegaceG | 18 | 2 | .889 |