Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Thursday, December 23, 2010 · RBC Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 29–24

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at RBC Center. The Canadiens outshot the Hurricanes 29-24.

Goals came from Chad LaRose, Scott Gomez, Erik Cole, Andrei Kostitsyn and Alexandre Picard.

Carey Price made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	3	0	3	29
CAR	0	2	0	2	24

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Chad LaRose (1)Ryan Carter (1), Tim Gleason (1)0–101:02 CAR · SHG
Scott Gomez (1)Roman Hamrlik (1), Jaroslav Spacek (1)1–104:47 MTL
Erik Cole (1)Eric Staal (1)1–215:17 CAR
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Michael Cammalleri (1)2–216:57 MTL · PPG
Alexandre Picard (1)Scott Gomez (1), Jaroslav Spacek (2)3–219:00 MTL · PPG

Team stats

MTLCAR

29Shots on goal24

53%Faceoff %47%

2/5Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes9

19Hits32

15Blocked shots14

7Giveaways11

7Takeaways17

Penalties

1st 08:25Yannick Weber · elbowing2 min
1st 19:17Jay Harrison · tripping2 min
2nd 15:26Erik Cole · boarding5 min
3rd 00:23Roman Hamrlik · interference2 min
3rd 10:40Lars Eller · delaying game2 min
3rd 17:47Chad LaRose · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Scott GomezC	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	52	18:44
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	–	20:20
13Michael CammalleriL	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	19:54
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	50	21:21
46Andrei KostitsynL	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	–	18:52
44Roman HamrlikD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	3	2	–	21:20
45Alexandre PicardD	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	19:18
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	12:09
21Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	50	20:31
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:21
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100	10:40
52Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:40
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:07
81Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	25	07:55
94Tom PyattC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:16
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	20:15
68Yannick WeberD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	–	19:40
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	19:34

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00
35Alex AuldG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	39	22:00
26Erik ColeL	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	5	–	16:45
29Ryan CarterC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	100	07:42
59Chad LaRoseR	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	2	–	16:01
6Tim GleasonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	23:53
11Zach BoychukL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	06:57
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:52
15Tuomo RuutuR	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	16:33
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	56	19:50
20Troy BodieR	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	06:33
36Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	18:09
39Patrick DwyerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	43	13:23
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	33	14:58
4Jamie McBainD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:00
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	18:17
25Joni PitkanenD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	26:57
44Jay HarrisonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	10:36
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	22:35

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	L	29	26	3	.897	58:59
60Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00