Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Wednesday, October 24, 2001 · Xcel Energy Center

7–3

31–24

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Minnesota Wild 7–3 on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at Xcel Energy Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Wild 31–24.

Ron Francis scored twice and Jeff O'Neill scored twice. Jim Dowd, Andrew Brunette, Josef Vasicek, Rod Brind'Amour, Erik Cole and Marian Gaborik also scored.

Tom Barrasso made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Manny Fernandez stopped 22 of 28.

Goals
CAR	1	2	4	7	31
MIN	1	1	1	3	24

Scoring

1st period

Ron Francis (1)Chris Dingman (1)1–004:05 CAR
Jim Dowd (3)Andrew Brunette (5), Lubomir Sekeras (2)1–113:06 MIN

2nd period

Ron Francis (2)Jeff O'Neill (5)2–102:49 CAR
Jeff O'Neill (7)Ron Francis (10)3–109:43 CAR
Andrew Brunette (3)Filip Kuba (4), Marian Gaborik (7)3–216:31 MIN ·

3rd period

Josef Vasicek (4)Martin Gelinas (1), Sami Kapanen (4)4–201:15 CAR
Rod Brind'Amour (2)Erik Cole (3)5–206:18 CAR
Jeff O'Neill (8)Marek Malik (3), Ron Francis (11)6–206:40 CAR
Erik Cole (1)Rod Brind'Amour (4)7–212:42 CAR
Marian Gaborik (3)Sebastien Bordeleau (3), Nick Schultz (1)7–318:35 MIN ·

Team stats

CARMIN

3124

60%40%

0/22/6

2224

1814

912

1515

Penalties

1:20 into the first periodMarek Malik · high sticking2 min
13:51 into the first periodChris Dingman · fighting5 min
13:51 into the first periodBrad Brown · fighting5 min
19:22 into the first periodMartin Gelinas · interference2 min
5:05 into the second periodJeff Daniels · hooking2 min
11:25 into the second periodChris Dingman · fighting5 min
11:25 into the second periodSylvain Blouin · instigator2 min
11:25 into the second periodSylvain Blouin · fighting5 min
11:25 into the second periodSylvain Blouin · misconduct10 min
14:45 into the second periodSteven Halko · interference2 min
7:57 into the third periodNiclas Wallin · tripping obstruction2 min
13:19 into the third periodSylvain Blouin · high sticking2 min
17:07 into the third periodMarek Malik · high sticking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

10Ron FrancisC	2	2	4	+4	3	0	0	0	89	16:07
92Jeff O'NeillC	2	1	3	+4	4	1	0	0	50	16:16
17Rod Brind'AmourC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	63	19:08
26Erik ColeL	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	10:51
19Chris DingmanL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	10	–	07:55
23Martin GelinasL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	15:19
24Sami KapanenR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:36
63Josef VasicekC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	63	14:25
5Marek MalikD	0	1	1	+4	1	2	2	4	–	20:12
11Jeff DanielsL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	36	12:33
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	100	18:35
25Shane WillisR	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	–	10:52
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	12:58
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	0	0	–	23:28
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	+3	1	1	2	0	–	26:05
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	+3	2	1	0	2	–	18:45
14Steven HalkoD	0	0	0	+4	0	0	1	2	–	11:04
45David TanabeD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	–	17:27

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
1Arturs IrbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tom BarrassoG	W	24	21	3	.875	60:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	1	1	2	−1	3	0	0	0	–	15:11
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	1	2	−1	1	0	0	0	–	16:06
34Jim DowdC	1	0	1	−1	2	0	1	0	33	16:14
71Sebastien BordeleauC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	15:17
17Filip KubaD	0	1	1	−2	5	0	0	0	–	25:56
55Nick SchultzD	0	1	1	−2	0	1	2	0	–	17:27
77Lubomir SekerasD	0	1	1	−2	0	1	0	0	–	20:34
11Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	14:24
14Darby HendricksonC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	0	37	18:04
22Stacy RoestC	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	33	17:27
24Antti LaaksonenL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	16:18
33Sergei ZholtokC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	0	47	17:50
36Sylvain BlouinL	0	0	0	−1	0	5	1	19	–	08:56
44Aaron GaveyC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	55	12:32
3Ladislav BenysekD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	2	0	–	21:34
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	5	–	09:02
32Jason MarshallD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	2	0	–	16:58
42Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	12:38

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30Dwayne RolosonG		3	2	1	.667	13:20
35Manny FernandezG	L	28	22	6	.786	46:40