🌪️ Away Hurricanes 35-31-5 before this game

2–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 33-30-8 before this game

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

Hurricanes at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Hurricanes 3–2 at Bell Centre on March 18, 2000.

🗓 Sat, Mar 18, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Brian Savage

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 17:08 TOI · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Patrice Brisebois

2 A

24:15 TOI · +1

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Rod Brind'Amour

2 A

2 shots · 24:40 TOI · +2

4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jeff Hackett

33 saves

0.943 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🌪️ Gary Roberts Go-ahead 1st · 07:10

Assists: Paul Coffey, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Jeff Hackett

1–0

🇨🇦 Benoit Brunet Tying 1st · 07:43

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Patrice Brisebois · beat Arturs Irbe

1–1

2nd period

🇨🇦 Jesse Belanger Go-ahead 2nd · 12:27

Assists: Brian Savage, Christian Laflamme · beat Arturs Irbe

1–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Brian Savage 3rd · 09:41

Assists: Patrice Brisebois, Scott Lachance · beat Arturs Irbe

1–3

🌪️ Sean Hill 3rd · 19:24

Assists: Sami Kapanen, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Jeff Hackett

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR MTL🇨🇦

35 Shots on goal 27

36 Hits 26

16 Blocked shots 12

10 Takeaways 10

13 Giveaways 30

13 Penalty minutes 11

CAR shooting 5.7% (2/35) MTL shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:56 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jeff Hackett

33/35

.943 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 35-31-5 (49% win rate, 71 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 33-30-8 (46% win rate, 71 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Roberts · Brind'Amour · Kapanen 21:54

L2 Gelinas · Francis · O'Neill 15:58

L3 Battaglia · Kron · Kovalenko 10:51

L4 Ranheim · Vestlund · McCarthy 7:49

D1 Coffey · Hill 24:44

D2 Wesley · Halko 20:19

D3 Malik · Karpa 15:02

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Rucinsky · Zholtok · Darby 19:11

L2 Savage · Zubrus · Stevenson 16:32

L3 Poulin · Belanger · Petrov 13:07

L4 Brunet · Cummins 5:44

D1 Weinrich · Brisebois 25:11

D2 Souray · Lachance 23:44

D3 Rivet · Laflamme 17:09

D4 Dykhuis 5:11

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

2–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs MTL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Canadiens on March 18, 2000?

Canadiens won 3–2.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Canadiens?

The final score was Hurricanes 2, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Gary Roberts, Sean Hill.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Benoit Brunet, Brian Savage, Jesse Belanger.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Mar 17

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 16

Also on March 18, 2000

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