Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, December 21, 2001 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–4 in overtime on Friday, December 21, 2001 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 39–23.
Erik Cole scored a hat trick. Martin Gelinas, Rod Brind'Amour, Andreas Karlsson, Hnat Domenichelli, Darcy Hordichuk and Lubos Bartecko also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 34 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Gelinas (5)Shane Willis (7), Josef Vasicek (10)0–102:29 CAR
Rod Brind'Amour (11)Glen Wesley (7), Bates Battaglia (10)0–205:37 CAR
Andreas Karlsson (1)Unassisted1–211:09 ATL
2nd period
Erik Cole (8)Rod Brind'Amour (16), David Tanabe (8)1–310:15 CAR · 
Hnat Domenichelli (6)Per Svartvadet (3)2–318:47 ATL
3rd period
- Erik Cole (9)Rod Brind'Amour (17), Sandis Ozolinsh (16)2–408:07 CAR
Darcy Hordichuk (1)Hnat Domenichelli (6), Daniel Tjarnqvist (5)3–412:38 ATL
Lubos Bartecko (7)Frantisek Kaberle (12)4–417:52 ATL
Overtime
- Erik Cole (10)Unassisted4–501:28 CAR
Team stats
ATLCAR
2339
33%68%
0/21/3
64
1431
1517
612
1012
Penalties
- 15:28 into the first period
Dany Heatley · holding2 min - 3:09 into the second period
Sean Hill · tripping obstruction2 min - 9:53 into the second periodYannick Tremblay · hooking2 min
- 12:04 into the second periodBates Battaglia · holding the stick2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodYannick Tremblay · holding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 12:24 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 29Darcy HordichukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 10:23 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:43 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:04 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:26 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 25:57 |
| 6David HarlockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:32 |
| 28Todd ReirdenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 39 | 5 | .872 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 21:30 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 25Shane WillisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:46 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:24 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 05:24 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:33 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 20:55 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 20:10 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 23 | 4 | .826 |