Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, January 2, 2002 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6–3 on Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Bruins outshot the Hurricanes 33–29.
Bill Guerin scored a hat trick. Glen Murray, Ron Francis, Brian Rolston, Glen Wesley, Shane Willis and Joe Thornton also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 22 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Guerin (19)Jozef Stumpel (15), Sean O'Donnell (10)1–004:24 BOS · 
Glen Murray (16)Joe Thornton (27), Sergei Samsonov (21)2–007:22 BOS- Bill Guerin (20)Don Sweeney (8), Jozef Stumpel (16)3–008:50 BOS
Ron Francis (13)Erik Cole (12), Sami Kapanen (25)3–113:12 CAR · 
Brian Rolston (21)Unassisted4–119:06 BOS
2nd period
Glen Wesley (3)Rod Brind'Amour (20), Erik Cole (13)4–210:58 CAR
Shane Willis (4)Ron Francis (27), Sami Kapanen (26)4–313:13 CAR ·
3rd period
- Bill Guerin (21)Jozef Stumpel (17), Hal Gill (9)5–319:17 BOS ·
Joe Thornton (14)Martin Lapointe (14)6–319:49 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSCAR
3329
35%65%
1/32/5
106
1232
118
1015
58
Penalties
- 3:12 into the first period
David Tanabe · interference2 min - 11:58 into the first period
Jamie Rivers · tripping2 min - 14:40 into the first periodHal Gill · holding the stick2 min
- 1:55 into the second periodJosef Vasicek · tripping2 min
- 7:11 into the second periodJamie Rivers · interference2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodP.J. Stock · holding2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodMarek Malik · tripping2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodGlen Murray · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Bill GuerinR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 21:20 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:27 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 18:27 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 25:04 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:47 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 26:32 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:30 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:28 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:06 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:10 |
| 31Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 55Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | 21:31 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 25Shane WillisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:56 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:45 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 25:45 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 8 | 3 | .625 |