🌪️ Away Hurricanes 21-16-5 before this game

3–2

Final / OT

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 16-25-4 before this game

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

Hurricanes at Canadiens

Hurricanes beat Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at Bell Centre on January 16, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Jan 16, 2001 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Ron Francis

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 18:48 TOI · +2

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Sami Kapanen

1 G

5 shots · 19:34 TOI · +1

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Josef Vasicek

1 G

2 shots · 12:39 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Chad Kilger SH Go-ahead 1st · 10:03

Assists: Patrick Poulin, Karl Dykhuis · beat Arturs Irbe

0–1

🇨🇦 Oleg Petrov 1st · 19:13

Assists: Eric Chouinard, Eric Weinrich · beat Arturs Irbe

0–2

3rd period

🌪️ Sami Kapanen 3rd · 02:56

Unassisted · beat Jose Theodore

1–2

🌪️ Josef Vasicek Tying 3rd · 19:22

Assists: Ron Francis · beat Jose Theodore

2–2

Overtime

🌪️ Ron Francis Go-ahead OT · 00:33

Assists: David Tanabe, Marek Malik · beat Jose Theodore

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR MTL🇨🇦

23 Shots on goal 30

25 Hits 24

9 Blocked shots 12

6 Takeaways 14

20 Giveaways 21

14 Penalty minutes 6

CAR shooting 13.0% (3/23) MTL shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:56 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

20/23

.870 SV% · 3 GA · 60:33 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–2

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 Gelinas · Brind'Amour · Kapanen 19:34

L2 Francis · O'Neill · DiMaio 18:29

L3 Battaglia · Vasicek · Willis 12:46

L4 Daniels · Vestlund · Langdon 4:26

D1 Wesley · Malik 24:06

D2 Karpa · Tanabe 21:39

D3 Wallin · Halko 14:58

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Koivu · Petrov 23:18

L2 Kilger · Poulin · Witehall 16:58

L3 Delisle · Landry · Asham 13:24

L4 Lind · Chouinard · Campbell 6:38

D1 Weinrich · Brisebois 26:47

D2 Souray · Dykhuis 19:04

D3 Markov · Robidas 14:42

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

2–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs MTL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Canadiens on January 16, 2001?

Hurricanes won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Canadiens?

The final score was Hurricanes 3, Canadiens 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Josef Vasicek, Ron Francis, Sami Kapanen.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chad Kilger, Oleg Petrov.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 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?

Season series tied 1–1 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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Jan 14

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Jan 13

Also on January 16, 2001

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