🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 10-12-0 before this game

1–4

Final

🌪️ Home Hurricanes 11-8-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	1	0	1
CAR	0	2	2	4

Canadiens at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Canadiens 4–1 at PNC Arena on December 2, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Dec 2, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Nelson Emerson

2 A

14:01 TOI · +1

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Ray Sheppard

1 G

3 shots · 17:32 TOI

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Jeff O'Neill

1 G

2 shots · 16:01 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

🌪️ Martin Gelinas Go-ahead 2nd · 05:09

Assists: Nelson Emerson, Bates Battaglia

0–1

🇨🇦 Craig Rivet Tying 2nd · 05:41

Assists: Eric Weinrich, Jonas Hoglund

1–1

🌪️ Ray Sheppard PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:41

Assists: Glen Wesley, Nelson Emerson

1–2

3rd period

🌪️ Keith Primeau 3rd · 01:08

Assists: Sami Kapanen, Sean Hill

1–3

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill 3rd · 18:21

Unassisted

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL CAR🌪️

25 Shots on goal 20

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

16 Hits 13

8 Blocked shots 11

0 Takeaways 6

3 Giveaways 15

14 Penalty minutes 4

MTL shooting 4.0% (1/25) CAR shooting 20.0% (4/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jeff Hackett

16/20

.800 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌪️Hurricanes

Trevor Kidd

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 10-12 (45% win rate, 22 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 11-8-5 (46% win rate, 24 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Rucinsky · Koivu 19:46

L2 Savage · Recchi · Hoglund 18:30

L3 Bashkirov · Poulin · Stevenson 10:45

L4 Houde · Asham 8:02

D1 Weinrich · Brisebois 23:08

D2 Malakhov · Quintal 20:42

D3 Ulanov · Clark 15:30

D4 Rivet 13:26

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Primeau · Kron · Sheppard 18:32

L2 Francis · O'Neill · Kapanen 17:23

L3 Gelinas · Battaglia · Emerson 14:01

L4 Ranheim · Manderville · Dineen 10:51

D1 Wesley · Burt 24:49

D2 Hill · Pratt 21:47

D3 Leschyshyn · Chiasson 13:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs CAR, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Hurricanes on December 2, 1998?

Hurricanes won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Hurricanes?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Hurricanes 4.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Craig Rivet.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jeff O'Neill, Keith Primeau, Martin Gelinas, Ray Sheppard.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 16 saves on 20 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Trevor Kidd made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Hurricanes season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Nov 30

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Nov 29

Also on December 2, 1998

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