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MONTREAL -- Carey Price stopped all six Carolina attempts in the shootout, Maxim Lapierre scored the winner and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 3-2 Tuesday night.

Price stopped Tuomo Ruutu, Jussi Jokinen, Rod Brind'Amour, Sergei Samsonov and Bryan Rodney before Lapierre finally beat Carolina's Manny Legace on Montreal's sixth attempt. Price then got enough of Erik Cole's shot off a deke on the next attempt to leave the puck on the goal line.

Sutter and Jokinen scored 2:52 apart in the second period as Carolina came close to recording its second regulation win of the season.

Michael Leighton made 10 saves before leaving 7:12 into the second period because of a lower-body injury.

Already missing top center Eric Staal and goalie Cam Ward because of injury, Carolina was also without Scott Walker and Joni Pitkanen, who were both hurt Sunday.

Carolina 0 2 0 0 -- 2

Montreal 1 0 1 0 -- 3

Montreal won shootout 1-0

First period--1, Montreal, Pacioretty 2 (Plekanec, Bergeron), 5:41.

Second period--2, Carolina, Sutter 5 (Whitney, Cole), 3:28. 3, Carolina, Jokinen 5 (Cullen), 6:20.

Third period--4, Montreal, A.Kostitsyn 2 (Mara, Plekanec), 17:14.

Overtime--None.

Shootout--Carolina 0 (Ruutu NG, Jokinen NG, Brind'Amour NG, Samsonov NG, Rodney NG, Cullen NG), Montreal 1 (Cammalleri NG, Gomez NG, A.Kostitsyn NG, Plekanec NG, Latendresse NG, Lapierre G).

Shots on goal--Carolina 6-6-13-7--32. Montreal 5-16-13-1--35.

Power-play opportunities--Carolina 0 of 4; Montreal 0 of 3.

Goalies--Carolina, Leighton (11 shots-10 saves), Legace 0-1-2 (7:12 second, 24-23). Montreal, Price 5-8-0 (32-30).

A--21,273 (21,273). T--2:47.