National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 3, Montreal 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2008
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Marc Joannette, Francois St.Laurent
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux
Attendance: 21273
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Carolina 11013
Montreal 01102
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:48 - Hurricanes Sergei Samsonov (EV) Assists: Eric Staal , Tuomo Ruutu
Penalties
8:27 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (2) Interference
 10:50 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (2) Roughing
 15:30 - Canadiens Michael Komisarek (2) Cross checking
 20:00 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
6:10 - Canadiens Matt D'Agostini (EV) Assists: Alex Tanguay , Roman Hamrlik
14:52 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (PP) Assists: Sergei Samsonov , Ray Whitney
Penalties
8:07 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (2) Hooking
 14:13 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) Slashing
 14:28 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
13:08 - Canadiens Robert Lang (PP) Assists: Patrice Brisebois , Alex Tanguay
Penalties
11:43 - Hurricanes Matt Cullen (2) Slashing
Overtime
Scoring
1:43 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (EV) Assists: Eric Staal , Joe Corvo
Penalties
None.
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 61:43 48:03 6:15 7:25 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 30 22:28 17:39 2:02 2:47 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 12:26 11:17 1:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 30 22:21 17:50 0:08 4:23 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 2 1 22 15:58 13:26 0:08 2:24 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 15:05 12:37 2:28 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Eric Staal C 1 2 3 E 0 5 26 20:03 15:52 3:39 0:32 1 0 - - 3 11 21
Ray Whitney LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 16:43 13:45 2:52 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 1 1 2 E 0 2 25 18:38 14:59 3:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 1 1 2 E 2 2 25 19:20 16:05 3:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Sutter RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 10 6:58 4:47 0:00 2:11 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 27 19:02 13:58 2:52 2:12 0 0 - - 14 11 56
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:34 4:52 0:00 2:42 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Walker RW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 20 14:09 13:55 0:08 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 E 2 0 28 24:47 18:01 4:34 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 13:39 12:10 0:08 1:21 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 6:33 4:20 0:00 2:13 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 16:17 13:45 0:08 2:24 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 32 27:26 19:14 4:05 4:07 0 0 - - - - -
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 61:43 48:03 7:25 6:15 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 14:30 12:58 0:00 1:32 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 E 2 1 25 18:51 16:58 0:00 1:53 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tanguay LW 0 2 2 +1 0 1 18 13:13 9:25 2:43 1:05 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 20:06 14:31 4:42 0:53 0 0 - - 12 12 50
Georges Laraque RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 8:27 8:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Lang C 1 0 1 E 0 3 22 15:54 10:12 2:43 2:59 1 0 - - 11 4 73
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12 11:33 9:15 0:00 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 22:45 17:24 2:48 2:33 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 23 20:46 14:55 4:42 1:09 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Matt D'Agostini C 1 0 1 E 0 6 19 14:16 11:33 2:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 15:43 14:13 0:00 1:30 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 24 22:08 17:21 1:20 3:27 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 15:22 13:16 0:00 2:06 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Brisebois D 0 1 1 E 0 2 20 16:02 13:30 2:24 0:08 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 19:01 14:56 3:25 0:40 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 E 0 2 27 25:08 17:21 5:24 2:23 0 0 - - - - -
Ben Maxwell C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 9:31 9:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 18 16:57 12:46 4:11 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (39-23-5) 28 26 2 .929 0 61:43
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carey Price L (23-16-10) 27 24 3 .889 0 61:43