Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, December 16, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–0 on Sunday, December 16, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 49–11.
Ron Francis scored twice. Rod Brind'Amour, Bates Battaglia, Erik Cole, Jeff Daniels and Jeff O'Neill also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 11 saves on 11 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (9)Sandis Ozolinsh (14), David Tanabe (7)1–012:46 CAR
2nd period
Bates Battaglia (8)Erik Cole (11), Rod Brind'Amour (12)2–007:50 CAR
Erik Cole (7)Rod Brind'Amour (13), Sean Hill (5)3–012:00 CAR
Jeff Daniels (3)Unassisted4–018:56 CAR ·
3rd period
Ron Francis (7)Jeff O'Neill (14), Sean Hill (6)5–002:50 CAR · - Ron Francis (8)Sami Kapanen (17), Rod Brind'Amour (14)6–010:05 CAR ·
Jeff O'Neill (17)Ron Francis (23), Rod Brind'Amour (15)7–011:32 CAR ·
Team stats
CARPIT
4911
58%42%
3/130/2
1168
1527
715
64
01
Penalties
- 8:51 into the first period
Billy Tibbetts · slashing2 min - 10:44 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · high sticking2 min
- 15:22 into the first periodJosef Melichar · holding2 min
- 17:32 into the first period
Rod Brind'Amour · roughing2 min - 2:05 into the second periodBilly Tibbetts · slashing2 min
- 17:51 into the second periodAaron Ward · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:24 into the third periodJan Hrdina · holding2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · roughing2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · boarding2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodErik Cole · fighting5 min
- 9:19 into the third periodDan Lacouture · instigator2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodDan Lacouture · fighting5 min
- 9:19 into the third periodDan Lacouture · misconduct10 min
- 9:56 into the third periodJosef Melichar · cross checking2 min
- 9:56 into the third periodJosef Melichar · slashing2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodJohn Jakopin · instigator2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodJohn Jakopin · fighting5 min
- 17:39 into the third periodJohn Jakopin · misconduct10 min
- 17:39 into the third periodJohn Jakopin · game misconduct10 min
- 18:11 into the third periodJosef Melichar · boarding2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19:14 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 12:41 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20:42 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 21:42 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:33 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:17 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:12 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:25 |
| 25Shane WillisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:31 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 11 | 0 | 1.000 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:44 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:36 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 22:44 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:11 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:34 |
| 23John JakopinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:33 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 20 | 3 | .850 |