Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Sunday, March 12, 2000 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–1 on Sunday, March 12, 2000 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 32–21.
Jeff O'Neill scored twice. Mike Stapleton, Paul Coffey, Bates Battaglia and Sami Kapanen also scored.
Arturs Irbe made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff O'Neill (21)Ron Francis (40), Martin Gelinas (15)0–101:34 CAR
Mike Stapleton (9)Petr Buzek (12)1–111:07 ATL
2nd period
Paul Coffey (8)Gary Roberts (23), Steven Halko (8)1–204:54 CAR
Bates Battaglia (15)Tommy Vestlund (7)1–316:59 CAR
3rd period
Sami Kapanen (22)Gary Roberts (24), Rod Brind'Amour (9)1–404:49 CAR- Jeff O'Neill (22)Sean Hill (26), Ron Francis (41)1–512:05 CAR ·
Team stats
ATLCAR
2132
42%58%
0/01/4
157
2923
166
16
88
Penalties
- 15:06 into the first period
Geordie Kinnear · slashing2 min - 17:41 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 11:19 into the third periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 11:19 into the third period
Rod Brind'Amour · roughing2 min - 11:19 into the third periodDave Karpa · fighting5 min
- 11:37 into the third periodBrett Clark · boarding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 14Mike StapletonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 2Petr BuzekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:46 |
| 11Dean SylvesterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 12Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:57 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 13:43 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 27Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 7Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 23Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:44 |
| 28Geordie KinnearD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 33Maxim GalanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 34Norm MaracleG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:37 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 17:17 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 27Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:14 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 24:12 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:53 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:45 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:13 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – |