Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Sunday, February 18, 2001 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 on Sunday, February 18, 2001 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Bruins outshot the Hurricanes 35–25.
Goals came from Shane Willis, Jeff O'Neill, Jason Allison, Bill Guerin, Rod Brind'Amour, Brian Rolston, Josef Vasicek, Marek Malik and Kyle McLaren.
Arturs Irbe made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
2nd period
Shane Willis (12)Glen Wesley (16)0–104:42 CAR
Jeff O'Neill (29)Sami Kapanen (25), Ron Francis (35)0–211:51 CAR · 
Jason Allison (24)Sergei Samsonov (32), Brian Rolston (27)1–216:40 BOS
Bill Guerin (31)Don Sweeney (9), Joe Thornton (24)2–219:10 BOS
3rd period
Rod Brind'Amour (13)Shane Willis (19), Bates Battaglia (11)2–311:18 CAR
Brian Rolston (11)P.J. Axelsson (12), Dixon Ward (8)3–315:24 BOS
Josef Vasicek (8)Martin Gelinas (22), Marek Malik (7)3–417:19 CAR
Marek Malik (5)Arturs Irbe (1)3–519:05 CAR · 
Kyle McLaren (4)Bill Guerin (25)4–519:50 BOS
Team stats
BOSCAR
3525
48%52%
0/51/5
2220
3520
1022
18
89
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Martin Gelinas · interference2 min - 7:45 into the first period
Jason Allison · hooking2 min - 10:11 into the first periodJason Allison · roughing2 min
- 10:11 into the first periodGlen Wesley · roughing2 min
- 15:33 into the first periodMartin Gelinas · slashing2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodHal Gill · roughing2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodRon Francis · roughing2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodAndrei Nazarov · elbowing2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodDavid Tanabe · roughing2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodAndrei Nazarov · cross checking2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodAndrei Nazarov · roughing2 min
- 11:30 into the second periodJason Allison · high sticking2 min
- 13:56 into the second periodRob DiMaio · interference2 min
- 14:46 into the second periodBill Guerin · cross checking2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · holding2 min
- 17:57 into the third periodJoe Thornton · elbowing2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · holding2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodJason Allison · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodJason Allison · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodMarek Malik · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodMarek Malik · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20:00 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 23:22 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:29 |
| 29Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:39 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 23:27 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:30 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 22Mikko ElorantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:41 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 38Jay HendersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 01:35 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 23Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 55Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 63Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 25Shane WillisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:47 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:49 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:19 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 20:12 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 23:51 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:16 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:25 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 31Tyler MossG | 0 | 0 | – |