Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, April 8, 2010 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 33–32.
Eric Staal scored a hat trick and Chad LaRose scored twice. Brian Gionta and Marc-Andre Bergeron also scored.
Cam Ward made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Eric Staal (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Chad LaRose (1)0–101:24 CAR
Chad LaRose (1)Eric Staal (1), Tom Kostopoulos (1)0–204:51 CAR
Brian Gionta (1)Dominic Moore (1), Andrei Markov (1)1–211:21 MTL
3rd period
Eric Staal (2)Jamie McBain (1), Bryan Rodney (1)1–302:42 CAR ·
Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)Scott Gomez (1), Brian Gionta (1)2–303:03 MTL
Chad LaRose (2)Eric Staal (2), Jamie McBain (2)2–417:22 CAR
Eric Staal (3)Chad LaRose (2)2–518:45 CAR ·
Team stats
MTLCAR
3233
50%50%
0/21/1
24
2230
1916
43
612
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
Jay Harrison · tripping2 min
- 1:51 into the third period
Travis Moen · tripping2 min
- 8:13 into the third period
Tim Conboy · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Brian GiontaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 21:22 |
| 42Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:49 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 21:40 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:57 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:35 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 20Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:11 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 8 | 19:47 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 20:24 |
| 28Jamie McBainD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 26:58 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:14 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 33Bryan RodneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 11Zach BoychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:25 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:14 |
| 38Tim ConboyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:08 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:27 |
| 5Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:11 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:56 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 53Casey BorerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – |