The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes, 8 to 2, on January 31, 2006.

Final

Hurricanes

37-11-4

8

Canadiens

23-21-6

2

Team

CAR

MTL

1

3

2

0

3

0

Total

8

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

MTL

Erik Cole (EV) assisted by Eric Staal and Frantisek Kaberle

1

0

Steve Begin (EV) assisted by Mike Ribeiro and Francis Bouillon

1

Richard Zednik (EV) assisted by Sheldon Souray and Niklas Sundstrom

1

2

Kevyn Adams (EV) assisted by Ray Whitney and Chad LaRose

2

Erik Cole (PP) assisted by Rod Brind'Amour and Ray Whitney

3

2

2nd period

CAR

MTL

Eric Staal (EV) assisted by David Gove and Bret Hedican

4

2

Erik Cole (EV) assisted by Bret Hedican

5

2

3rd period

CAR

MTL

Eric Staal (PP) assisted by Ray Whitney and Justin Williams

6

2

Craig Adams (PP) assisted by Chad LaRose and Andrew Ladd

7

2

Niklas Nordgren (EV) assisted by Erik Cole and Frantisek Kaberle

8

2

Hurricanes

Canadiens

Goals

8

2

Shots

26

34

Penalty Minutes

10

12

Power-Play Goals

3

0

Power-Play Opportunities

6

5

Faceoff Wins

30

26

Hits

19

27

Giveaways

12

9

Takeaways

23

15

Hurricanes

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Martin Gerber (W)	1	34	2	32	.941	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Craig Adams	1	0	+1	2	4	16:42	1	1	0	0
Kevyn Adams	1	0	0	0	2	18:57	0	1	0	1
Anton Babchuk	0	0	+1	0	2	28:23	1	3	1	3
Rod Brind'Amour	0	1	+1	0	1	25:44	0	2	1	2
Erik Cole	3	1	+3	0	3	17:56	3	2	1	3
David Gove	0	1	+2	0	0	7:12	1	1	0	0
Bret Hedican	0	2	+2	2	0	26:32	2	4	2	0
Andrew Hutchinson	0	0	-1	0	2	4:34	0	0	0	1
Frantisek Kaberle	0	2	+3	2	0	24:39	2	3	1	1
Chad LaRose	0	2	0	0	3	13:51	1	0	0	0
Andrew Ladd	0	1	-1	2	2	17:30	2	0	0	0
Niklas Nordgren	1	0	+2	0	2	7:03	1	2	0	0
Eric Staal	2	1	+2	0	3	16:25	0	0	1	2
Niclas Wallin	0	0	+2	2	1	24:15	3	4	2	3
Glen Wesley	0	0	-1	0	0	2:40	1	0	0	0
Ray Whitney	0	3	0	0	1	15:31	0	0	0	2
Justin Williams	0	1	-1	0	0	21:49	1	4	0	4

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jose Theodore (L)	1	10	5	5	.500	25:23
Cristobal Huet	0	16	3	13	.813	34:37

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Steve Begin	1	0	0	2	3	15:31	1	1	0	1
Francis Bouillon	0	1	-1	0	0	20:18	1	1	1	1
Jan Bulis	0	0	+1	0	2	17:04	5	0	0	2
Jean-Philippe Cote	0	0	0	0	2	16:55	1	0	1	1
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	-2	0	1	17:48	3	1	1	0
Aaron Downey	0	0	-1	0	0	9:16	3	0	0	1
Chris Higgins	0	0	-1	0	1	14:19	1	1	0	0
Saku Koivu	0	0	-2	2	0	19:35	0	0	1	0
Mike Komisarek	0	0	0	0	2	17:04	3	1	0	0
Alex Kovalev	0	0	-2	2	2	20:59	2	0	0	1
Alexander Perezhogin	0	0	-2	0	1	9:08	0	0	0	0
Tomas Plekanec	0	0	-2	4	1	13:18	0	0	1	1
Mike Ribeiro	0	1	-1	0	1	15:10	1	0	0	0
Craig Rivet	0	0	-1	0	1	19:59	2	1	1	0
Michael Ryder	0	0	-1	0	6	13:26	1	0	0	3
Sheldon Souray	0	1	-2	0	6	20:19	1	1	2	1
Niklas Sundstrom	0	1	+1	2	0	12:37	0	0	0	1
Richard Zednik	1	0	+1	0	5	15:29	2	0	0	2