Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, April 5, 2012 · PNC Arena
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 2-1 in a shootout on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at PNC Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Hurricanes 31-29.
Goals came from Blake Geoffrion and Chad LaRose.
Cam Ward made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 28 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Blake Geoffrion (1)Mike Blunden (1), Josh Gorges (1)1–004:32 MTL
Chad LaRose (1)Jamie McBain (1), Joni Pitkanen (1)1–110:02 CAR · PPG
SO period
Eric StaalUnassisted1–300:00 CAR
Team stats
MTLCAR
31Shots on goal29
44%Faceoff %56%
0/7Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes14
19Hits17
11Blocked shots15
2Giveaways5
13Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:32
P.K. Subban · cross checking2 min - 1st 04:14
Derek Joslin · roughing2 min - 1st 08:11Eric Staal · tripping2 min
- 1st 10:28Blake Geoffrion · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:36Joni Pitkanen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:42Chad LaRose · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:00Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 14:32Aaron Palushaj · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:45P.K. Subban · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:50P.K. Subban · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:58Jaroslav Spacek · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:20Andrei Markov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:47Chad LaRose · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:32Tim Gleason · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 45Mike BlundenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 57Blake GeoffrionC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:10 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:59 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 25Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:00 |
| 27Rene BourqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 37Gabriel DumontC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:07 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:18 |
| 60Aaron PalushajR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:18 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:19 |
| 71Louis LeblancC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 17Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 22Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:20 |
| 62Frédéric St-DenisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | O | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 64:56 |
| 65Robert MayerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:43 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:02 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:17 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:04 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:34 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:28 |
| 8Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 27Derek JoslinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:31 |
| 28Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 65:00 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |