The Carolina Hurricanes eked out a victory over the Montreal Canadiens, 2 to 1, in Game 5 of the 2006 playoff series on April 30, 2006.

Final

Canadiens

2-3-0

1

Hurricanes

3-2-0

2

Team

MTL

CAR

1

0

1

2

1

3

0

Total

1

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

CAR

Eric Staal (PP) assisted by Cory Stillman and Rod Brind'Amour

0

1

2nd period

MTL

CAR

Matt Cullen (PP) assisted by Doug Weight and Frantisek Kaberle

0

2

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Sheldon Souray

1

2

Canadiens

Hurricanes

Goals

1

2

Shots

31

28

Penalty Minutes

10

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

5

Faceoff Wins

24

23

Hits

10

13

Giveaways

10

9

Takeaways

2

11

Canadiens

Hurricanes

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Cristobal Huet (L)	1	28	2	26	.929	59:05

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Steve Begin	0	0	0	0	2	13:24	1	0	1	0
Radek Bonk	0	0	+1	2	0	14:02	1	0	0	0
Francis Bouillon	0	0	0	0	3	19:40	0	0	0	0
Jan Bulis	0	0	0	0	1	14:20	1	0	0	0
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	0	2	2	18:15	1	0	0	0
Aaron Downey	0	0	0	0	0	6:17	1	0	0	0
Chris Higgins	0	0	0	0	3	15:56	1	1	2	0
Mike Komisarek	0	0	0	0	1	15:30	1	3	0	0
Alex Kovalev	1	0	+1	0	4	23:20	0	0	0	0
Andrei Markov	0	0	0	2	1	23:10	0	2	0	2
Garth Murray	0	0	+1	0	2	13:05	0	0	0	0
Alexander Perezhogin	0	0	0	0	0	11:17	0	0	0	0
Tomas Plekanec	0	0	0	0	3	17:04	0	0	0	0
Mike Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	2	16:30	0	0	2	0
Craig Rivet	0	0	+1	0	4	21:59	1	0	0	0
Michael Ryder	0	0	0	0	1	14:14	1	0	3	0
Sheldon Souray	0	1	+1	4	2	21:50	0	0	0	0
Richard Zednik	0	0	0	0	0	13:39	1	0	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Cam Ward (W)	1	31	1	30	.968	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Craig Adams	0	0	-1	0	0	8:21	3	2	0	0
Kevyn Adams	0	0	0	0	2	12:12	1	1	0	0
Rod Brind'Amour	0	1	-1	2	3	24:24	1	3	2	0
Mike Commodore	0	0	0	0	0	19:42	0	3	0	0
Matt Cullen	1	0	0	4	4	16:32	1	2	0	0
Bret Hedican	0	0	0	2	0	22:05	1	1	3	1
Frantisek Kaberle	0	1	0	0	1	19:10	0	1	1	0
Chad LaRose	0	0	0	0	1	11:53	1	0	0	2
Mark Recchi	0	0	0	0	1	17:28	2	3	0	0
Eric Staal	1	0	0	0	2	18:45	1	0	1	1
Cory Stillman	0	1	0	0	3	16:58	0	0	0	1
Josef Vasicek	0	0	0	0	1	6:48	1	0	0	0
Niclas Wallin	0	0	-1	0	1	14:47	1	1	0	2
Aaron Ward	0	0	-1	0	0	25:12	0	1	1	1
Doug Weight	0	1	0	2	2	11:52	0	1	0	0
Glen Wesley	0	0	0	0	0	15:35	0	2	0	1
Ray Whitney	0	0	0	0	3	8:36	0	1	0	1
Justin Williams	0	0	-1	0	4	19:31	0	1	1	1