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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 · Centre Bell

Hurricanes 8 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 99OVR Erik Cole Hurricanes First Star 3G · 1A · 3 SOG C 97OVR Eric Staal Hurricanes Second Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG L 80OVR Ray Whitney Hurricanes Third Star 3A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:24 Erik Cole (21) Eric Staal (36), Frantisek Kaberle (26) · Wrist CAR 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 6:54 Steve Begin (11) Mike Ribeiro (22), Francis Bouillon (13) · Wrist CAR 1 – 1 MTL
  3. 11:08 Richard Zednik (12) Sheldon Souray (14), Niklas Sundstrom (8) · Backhand CAR 1 – 2 MTL
  4. 16:57 Kevyn Adams (10) Ray Whitney (25), Chad LaRose (7) · Wrist CAR 2 – 2 MTL
  5. 19:22 Erik Cole (22) PPG Rod Brind'Amour (25), Ray Whitney (26) · Slap CAR 3 – 2 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 2:41 Eric Staal (32) David Gove (1), Bret Hedican (12) · Wraparound CAR 4 – 2 MTL
  2. 5:23 Erik Cole (23) Bret Hedican (13) · Wrist CAR 5 – 2 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 12:28 Eric Staal (33) PPG Ray Whitney (27), Justin Williams (33) · Slap CAR 6 – 2 MTL
  2. 14:04 Craig Adams (7) PPG Chad LaRose (8), Andrew Ladd (2) · Backhand CAR 7 – 2 MTL
  3. 16:06 Niklas Nordgren (4) Erik Cole (27), Frantisek Kaberle (27) · Backhand CAR 8 – 2 MTL

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Erik Cole L 3 1 3 3 2 +3 17:56 3.75
Eric Staal C 2 1 3 0 0 +2 16:25 2.70
Ray Whitney L 0 3 1 0 0 0 15:31 2.05
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 2 0 2 3 +3 24:39 1.70
Bret Hedican D 0 2 0 2 4 +2 26:32 1.50
Chad LaRose R 0 2 3 1 0 0 13:51 1.48
Niklas Nordgren L 1 0 2 1 2 +2 7:03 1.30
Craig Adams R 1 0 4 1 1 +1 16:42 1.10
Kevyn Adams C 1 0 2 0 1 0 18:57 1.00
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 1 1 0 2 +1 25:44 1.00
David Gove L 0 1 0 1 1 +2 7:12 0.98
Justin Williams R 0 1 0 1 4 -1 21:49 0.88
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 2 1 3 +1 28:23 0.55
Andrew Ladd L 0 1 2 2 0 -1 17:30 0.48
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 1 3 4 +2 24:15 0.48
Andrew Hutchinson D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 4:34 0.05
Mike Commodore D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 1 0 -1 2:40 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Gerber W 34 32 2 .941 60:00 1.70

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Richard Zednik R 1 0 5 2 0 +1 15:29 1.38
Steve Begin L 1 0 3 1 1 0 15:31 0.93
Sheldon Souray D 0 1 6 1 1 -2 20:19 0.77
Niklas Sundstrom R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 12:37 0.68
Mike Ribeiro C 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15:10 0.55
Francis Bouillon D 0 1 0 1 1 -1 20:18 0.53
Michael Ryder R 0 0 6 1 0 -1 13:26 0.45
Jan Bulis C 0 0 2 5 0 +1 17:04 0.40
Mike Komisarek D 0 0 2 3 1 0 17:04 0.20
Jean-Philippe Cote D 0 0 2 1 0 0 16:55 0.15
Chris Higgins L 0 0 1 1 1 -1 14:19 -0.02
Craig Rivet D 0 0 1 2 1 -1 19:59 -0.08
Aaron Downey R 0 0 0 3 0 -1 9:16 -0.10
Mathieu Dandenault R 0 0 1 3 1 -2 17:48 -0.22
Alexander Perezhogin R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 9:08 -0.22
Alex Kovalev R 0 0 2 2 0 -2 20:59 -0.25
Saku Koivu C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19:35 -0.50
Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 13:18 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cristobal Huet — 16 13 3 .812 34:37 -0.95
Jose Theodore L 10 5 5 .500 25:23 -3.25