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2011-12 regular season

Canadiens at Hurricanes

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Hurricanes beat Canadiens 2–1 in a shootout at PNC Arena on April 5, 2012.

MTL – CAR
31–29
Shots on goal
0/7–1/6
Power play
19–17
Hits
11–15
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Chad LaRose
1 G
5 shots · 16:43 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Joni Pitkanen
1 A
1 shots · 25:02 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Blake Geoffrion Go-ahead 2nd · 04:32
Assists: Mike Blunden, Josh Gorges · beat Cam Ward
1–0
🌪️ Chad LaRose PP Tying 2nd · 10:02
Assists: Jamie McBain, Joni Pitkanen · beat Peter Budaj
1–1
Shootout
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Peter Budaj
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cole · Desharnais · Plekanec 22:13
L2 Pacioretty · Eller · Bourque 20:19
L3 Leblanc · Geoffrion · Blunden 12:18
L4 Dumont · Palushaj · Staubitz 7:00
D1 Gorges · Campoli 24:34
D2 Subban · Markov 20:04
D3 Kaberle · St-Denis 19:12
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Jokinen · Staal · Skinner 21:34
L2 Tlusty · Ruutu · Sutter 19:28
L3 Brent · LaRose · Dwyer 13:40
L4 Stewart 5:04
D1 Pitkanen · Faulk 23:28
D2 Gleason · McBain 20:55
D3 Allen · Harrison 14:34
D4 Spacek · Joslin 8:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL CAR🌪️
31 Shots on goal 29
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
19 Hits 17
11 Blocked shots 15
13 Takeaways 6
2 Giveaways 5
14 Penalty minutes 14
MTL shooting 3.2% (1/31) CAR shooting 6.9% (2/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Peter Budaj
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 64:56 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Blake Geoffrion · 2nd 04:32 · 1–0 Chad LaRose · 2nd 10:02 · 1–1
MTL CAR
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 12-11-7 (40% win rate, 30 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 12-10-7 (41% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 6-6-4 (38% win rate, 16 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 9-11-7 (33% win rate, 27 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Feb 132012 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–3 Nov 232011 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 4–3 SO Nov 162011 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–4 Mar 302011 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 2–6 Feb 262011 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4
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Who won Canadiens vs Hurricanes on April 5, 2012?

Hurricanes won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Canadiens 1, Hurricanes 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Blake Geoffrion.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Chad LaRose.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 4 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5 AfterApr 7 🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeApr 3 🌪️CAR @ 🏛️OTT 2–1 AfterApr 7 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 1–4
Also on April 5
⚡TBL 2–3 🍁TOR ✈️WPG 4–5 🏝️NYI ⚔️BUF 1–2 🔔PHI 🗽NYR 2–5 🐧PIT 🐆FLA 2–4 🦅WSH 🐻BOS 3–1 🏛️OTT 😈NJD 2–1 🐙DET ⭐DAL 0–2 🐯NSH
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