NHL-Schedules.com

Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes

PNC Arena, Raleigh Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 2–1 in a shootout on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at home.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Montreal Canadiens 1 31-35-16
at Carolina Hurricanes 2 33-33-16

Goals by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 0 1 0 0 0 1
Carolina Hurricanes 0 1 0 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 11 8 8 4 0 31
Carolina Hurricanes 6 13 10 0 0 29

Three stars

  1. C. Ward, Carolina Hurricanes (goaltender)
  2. E. Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
  3. C. LaRose, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 04:32 Montreal Canadiens Blake Geoffrion (1) Mike Blunden (1), Josh Gorges (1) Even strength MTL 1, CAR 0
2nd 10:02 Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose (1) Jamie McBain (1), Joni Pitkanen (1) Power play MTL 1, CAR 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller Saved
1 Carolina Hurricanes Jeff Skinner Saved
2 Montreal Canadiens David Desharnais Saved
2 Carolina Hurricanes Jussi Jokinen Saved
3 Montreal Canadiens Erik Cole Saved
3 Carolina Hurricanes Eric Staal Goal (winner)

Team stats

Stat Montreal Canadiens Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 31 29
Power play 0 of 7 1 of 6
Penalty minutes 14 14
Hits 19 17
Blocked shots 11 15
Giveaways 2 5
Takeaways 13 6
Faceoffs won 24/54 (44.4%) 30/54 (55.6%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
14 T. Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 50% 22:13
25 B. Staubitz R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 07:00
27 R. Bourque R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:19
37 G. Dumont C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 06:07
45 M. Blunden R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 2 0 13:39
51 D. Desharnais C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 60.9% 22:18
57 B. Geoffrion C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 1 0 0 10:10
60 A. Palushaj R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 07:18
67 M. Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21:19
71 L. Leblanc C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12:18
72 E. Cole L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 21:38
81 L. Eller C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 1 0 22.2% 15:02
17 C. Campoli D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 23:10
22 T. Kaberle D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 19:20
26 J. Gorges D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 25:59
62 F. St-Denis D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 19:04
76 P. Subban D 0 0 0 +1 6 1 1 0 0 20:15
79 A. Markov D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 19:53
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30 P. Budaj 29 28 1 .966 64:56 OT loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
12 E. Staal C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 58.8% 26:17
13 A. Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 05:04
15 T. Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 17:35
16 B. Sutter C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 43.8% 19:28
19 J. Tlusty L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:36
36 J. Jokinen L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 58.3% 19:52
37 T. Brent C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 80% 11:19
39 P. Dwyer R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 13:40
53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 0 66.7% 21:34
59 C. LaRose R 1 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 1 16:43
4 J. McBain D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:22
5 B. Allen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 3 0 14:59
6 T. Gleason D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 21:28
8 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 11:25
25 J. Pitkanen D 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 25:02
27 D. Joslin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 05:31
28 J. Faulk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 21:55
44 J. Harrison D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 0 14:10
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30 C. Ward 31 30 1 .968 65:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:32 Montreal Canadiens P.K. Subban Cross checking 2
1st 04:14 Carolina Hurricanes Derek Joslin Roughing 2
1st 08:11 Carolina Hurricanes Eric Staal Tripping 2
1st 10:28 Montreal Canadiens Blake Geoffrion Tripping 2
1st 15:36 Carolina Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen High sticking 2
2nd 00:42 Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose Hooking 2
2nd 09:00 Montreal Canadiens Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 14:32 Montreal Canadiens Aaron Palushaj Roughing 2
3rd 07:45 Montreal Canadiens P.K. Subban Holding 2
3rd 09:50 Montreal Canadiens P.K. Subban Tripping 2
3rd 16:58 Carolina Hurricanes Jaroslav Spacek Holding 2
3rd 17:20 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Markov Hooking 2
3rd 17:47 Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose Tripping 2
3rd 19:32 Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Tripping 2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Randy Cunneyworth
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Kirk Muller
Referees
Chris Rooney, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
Ryan Galloway, Brian Murphy
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Petteri Nokelainen, Alexei Emelin, Carey Price, Ryan White
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Andreas Nodl

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final/SO Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 2 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 5

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Final/OT Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at New York Islanders 5 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
New York Rangers 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Ottawa Senators 1 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 2 at Detroit Red Wings 1 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 0 at Nashville Predators 2 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/SO Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Calgary Flames 3 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final/OT Game page
San Jose Sharks 6 at Los Angeles Kings 5 Final/SO Game page

Sources and further reading

More schedules