Carolina Hurricanes vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 6, 2000 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–3 on Wednesday, December 6, 2000 at Philips Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 32–21.
Sami Kapanen scored twice. Ray Ferraro, Sandis Ozolinsh, Donald Audette, Tommy Vestlund, Frantisek Kaberle and Dave Karpa also scored.
Arturs Irbe made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Ferraro (11)Andrew Brunette (15), Donald Audette (19)0–102:26 ATL
2nd period
Sandis Ozolinsh (4)Ron Francis (13)1–101:12 CAR
Sami Kapanen (6)Shane Willis (9), David Tanabe (6)2–103:06 CAR · 
Donald Audette (11)Andrew Brunette (16), Ray Ferraro (15)2–206:43 ATL
Tommy Vestlund (2)Jeff Daniels (1), Darren Langdon (1)3–208:01 CAR
3rd period
- Sami Kapanen (7)Ron Francis (14), Shane Willis (10)4–204:28 CAR
Frantisek Kaberle (2)Unassisted4–307:11 ATL
Dave Karpa (2)Rob DiMaio (7), Marek Malik (1)5–309:58 CAR
Team stats
CARATL
3221
48%52%
1/30/2
1810
2119
146
34
42
Penalties
- 6:24 into the first period
David Tanabe · high sticking2 min - 15:54 into the first period
Chris Tamer · roughing2 min - 15:54 into the first periodDave Karpa · roughing2 min
- 1:53 into the second periodTomi Kallio · holding the stick2 min
- 13:04 into the second periodMartin Gelinas · interference2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodAndreas Karlsson · tripping2 min
- 14:04 into the third periodChris Tamer · slashing2 min
- 14:04 into the third periodRob DiMaio · slashing2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodSteve Staios · slashing2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodDave Karpa · misconduct10 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 25Shane WillisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 03:14 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 03:41 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:35 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 01:51 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 24:23 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:03 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 31Tyler MossG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 20:21 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:10 |
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 11Dean SylvesterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 12Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 3Sergei VyshedkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 7Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott FankhouserG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |