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2005-06 regular season

Hurricanes at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 4–0

Hurricanes beat Canadiens 5–1 at Bell Centre on March 16, 2006.

CAR – MTL
41–29
Shots on goal
2/6–0/3
Power play
23–39
Hits
18–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Justin Williams
2 G, 2 A
8 shots · 20:54 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:56 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:29 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order
2nd period
🌪️ Ray Whitney Go-ahead 2nd · 05:24
Assists: Justin Williams, Aaron Ward · beat David Aebischer
1–0
🌪️ Justin Williams 2nd · 16:02
Assists: Matt Cullen, Rod Brind'Amour · beat David Aebischer
2–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Mathieu Dandenault 3rd · 04:17
Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Alex Kovalev · beat Martin Gerber
2–1
🌪️ Justin Williams 3rd · 09:47
Assists: Cory Stillman, Glen Wesley · beat David Aebischer
3–1
🌪️ Ray Whitney PP 3rd · 15:28
Assists: Eric Staal, Frantisek Kaberle · beat David Aebischer
4–1
🌪️ Eric Staal PP 3rd · 16:31
Assists: Justin Williams, Ray Whitney · beat David Aebischer
5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Williams · Recchi 20:54
L2 Whitney · Staal · Weight 17:56
L3 Stillman · Ladd · Cullen 14:15
L4 Adams · Adams 12:19
D1 Kaberle · Hedican 20:44
D2 Commodore · Ward 17:38
D3 Tverdovsky · Babchuk 13:48
D4 Wesley 9:28
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Begin · Kovalev · Dandenault 18:25
L2 Higgins · Ribeiro · Koivu 15:55
L3 Bonk · Plekanec · Ryder 14:10
L4 Bulis · Zednik · Perezhogin 11:53
L5 Murray 7:01
D1 Souray · Bouillon 23:40
D2 Rivet · Streit 19:28
D3 Komisarek 14:52

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR MTL🇨🇦
41 Shots on goal 29
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
23 Hits 39
18 Blocked shots 18
20 Takeaways 26
9 Giveaways 13
6 Penalty minutes 12
CAR shooting 12.2% (5/41) MTL shooting 3.4% (1/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
David Aebischer
36/41
.878 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 17-5-2 (71% win rate, 24 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 11-7-3 (52% win rate, 21 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Hurricanes lead the season series 4–0
Jan 312006 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 8–2 Jan 232006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 3–7 Dec 312005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 3–5 Feb 282004 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–1 OT Dec 272003 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 OT
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Who won Hurricanes vs Canadiens on March 16, 2006?

Hurricanes won 5–1. The final score was Hurricanes 5, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Justin Williams (2), Ray Whitney (2), Eric Staal.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mathieu Dandenault.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

David Aebischer made 36 saves on 41 shots (.878 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?

Hurricanes lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 14 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 3–5 AfterMar 18 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 2–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 13 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 AfterMar 18 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4
Also on March 16
🏛️OTT 2–3 🐻BOS 🍁TOR 1–3 ⚔️BUF 🦅WSH 4–5 🗽NYR 🏝️NYI 2–4 🐦ATL 🐧PIT 1–2 😈NJD 🌵PHX 0–2 🐯NSH 🔥CGY 2–3 🛢️EDM ⭐DAL 4–1 👑LAK
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