Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, March 23, 2001 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Friday, March 23, 2001 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 28–23.
Sami Kapanen scored twice. Martin Gelinas, Sandis Ozolinsh, Robert Lang, Bob Boughner, Alex Kovalev and Marek Malik also scored.
Arturs Irbe made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Gelinas (21)Shane Willis (21), David Tanabe (20)0–104:01 CAR
2nd period
Sami Kapanen (17)Ron Francis (44), Sandis Ozolinsh (28)0–203:08 CAR
Sandis Ozolinsh (12)Jeff O'Neill (22), Ron Francis (45)0–315:36 CAR · 
Robert Lang (30)Martin Straka (61), Darius Kasparaitis (14)1–318:35 PIT
Bob Boughner (1)Robert Lang (40), Martin Straka (62)2–319:56 PIT
3rd period
Alex Kovalev (42)Jaromir Jagr (63), Mario Lemieux (31)3–307:19 PIT · - Sami Kapanen (18)Bates Battaglia (14), Ron Francis (46)3–412:45 CAR
Marek Malik (6)Unassisted3–519:50 CAR ·
Team stats
PITCAR
2328
39%61%
1/31/3
2313
2735
912
810
916
Penalties
- 11:01 into the first period
Sandis Ozolinsh · tripping2 min - 3:33 into the second period
Kevin Stevens · roughing2 min - 12:39 into the second periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 12:39 into the second periodKevin Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:00 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · elbowing2 min
- 17:00 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · fighting5 min
- 17:00 into the second periodWayne Primeau · cross checking2 min
- 17:00 into the second periodWayne Primeau · fighting5 min
- 5:01 into the third periodSandis Ozolinsh · cross checking2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodMartin Gelinas · holding2 min
- 19:50 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Robert LangC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:45 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 23:57 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 25:01 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:22 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 22Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:55 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:31 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 3Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:26 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 26Frantisek KuceraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 7 | 21:41 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 25Shane WillisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:34 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:43 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:23 |
| 38Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:52 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:21 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 31Tyler MossG | 0 | 0 | – |