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Carolina Hurricanes 6 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 27 - 24
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:93/106=87 %, Challenges:24/39=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/78=93 %, Challenges:20/39=50 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 924520 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:37 0-1
Zdeno Chara [1] (Brian Gionta)
02:48 1-1
Mats Sundin [6] (Steve Bernier, Pavol Demitra)
05:57 2-1
Mats Sundin [7] (Pavol Demitra)
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20:16 3-1
Keith Carney [3] (Pavol Demitra)
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41:32 4-1
Jamie Benn [5] (Jozef Stumpel, Bryan Berard)
46:45 5-1
Mike Sillinger [1] (Bryan Berard, Keith Carney)
53:31 6-1
Pavol Demitra [6] (Mats Sundin, Steve Bernier)
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Penalty summary:
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20:51
Ryan Kesler (5 min for fighting)
20:51
Zdeno Chara (5 min for fighting)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Parrish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
R Mike Sillinger 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.50 6
C Mats Sundin 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 20.20 9
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 4 3 3 0 5 -1 17.10 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Jozef Stumpel 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 16.00 8
C Pavol Demitra 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 19.30 9
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 -1 18.50 7
L Chad LaRose 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 5.40 4
L Jamie Benn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 14.40 7
L Steve Bernier 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 17.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 22.40 7
D Bryan Berard 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 15.10 7
D Keith Carney 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 22.00 9
D Alex Edler 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 22.50 5
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 2 14.40 9
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 16.30 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 6 0 3 0 0 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shean Donovan 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 9.40 4
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 13.20 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -3 16.40 5
R Brian Gionta 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -2 20.20 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 9.40 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 13.20 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 15.40 5
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 21.20 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.40 5
C Jan Bulis 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 15.40 6
L Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 21.20 6
D Chris Chelios 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 15.10 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 17.10 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 27.40 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 16.30 6
D Zdeno Chara 1 0 3 1 0 1 5 -2 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mats Sundin
2nd star: Pavol Demitra
3rd star: Keith Carney
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Pavol Demitra notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Mike Sillinger finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Ryan Kesler had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Ryan Kesler had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Eric Staal had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Keith Carney ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Alex Edler had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Joni Pitkänen had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Scott Gomez had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mike Cammalleri had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Mike Cammalleri had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ryan Kesler beat Zdeno Chara in a fight.