Carolina Hurricanes vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, February 28, 2002 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 6–2 on Thursday, February 28, 2002 at FleetCenter. The Hurricanes outshot the Bruins 31–18.
Rod Brind'Amour scored twice. Ron Francis, Jeff O'Neill, Kevyn Adams, Bill Guerin, Marek Malik and Brian Rolston also scored.
Arturs Irbe made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Francis (19)Sami Kapanen (31), Sean Hill (15)1–000:59 CAR
Jeff O'Neill (23)Bret Hedican (9), Ron Francis (37)2–012:42 CAR
Kevyn Adams (5)Unassisted3–014:29 CAR
2nd period
Bill Guerin (33)Joe Thornton (40), Brian Rolston (21)3–113:07 BOS ·
Marek Malik (3)Ron Francis (38), Erik Cole (19)4–115:12 CAR
3rd period
Rod Brind'Amour (16)Bates Battaglia (17), Ron Francis (39)5–100:50 CAR ·
Brian Rolston (26)Unassisted5–202:28 BOS ·
Rod Brind'Amour (17)Bates Battaglia (18)6–210:50 CAR
Team stats
CARBOS
3118
69%31%
1/131/5
3394
1623
98
69
64
Penalties
- 2:59 into the first period
Dennis Bonvie · fighting5 min
- 2:59 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 3:30 into the first period
Benoit Hogue · interference2 min
- 4:54 into the first period
Bates Battaglia · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 7:18 into the first period
Rod Brind'Amour · holding2 min
- 9:04 into the first period
Jamie Rivers · interference2 min
- 16:58 into the first period
Sean O'Donnell · fighting5 min
- 16:58 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 17:29 into the first period
Sean Hill · interference2 min
- 18:51 into the first period
Bill Guerin · roughing2 min
- 3:54 into the second period
Jamie Rivers · elbowing2 min
- 12:30 into the second period
Erik Cole · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Bench · abuse of officials2 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Glen Murray · charging2 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Sergei Samsonov · instigator2 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Sergei Samsonov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Sergei Samsonov · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Sergei Samsonov · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second period
Sami Kapanen · fighting5 min
- 2:42 into the third period
Josef Vasicek · hooking2 min
- 3:40 into the third period
Bill Guerin · roughing2 min
- 3:40 into the third period
Joe Thornton · elbowing2 min
- 3:40 into the third period
Joe Thornton · game misconduct10 min
- 3:40 into the third period
Joe Thornton · attempt to injure10 min
- 3:40 into the third period
Rod Brind'Amour · roughing2 min
- 3:40 into the third period
Bates Battaglia · roughing2 min
- 4:29 into the third period
Marek Malik · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the third period
Jeff O'Neill · interference2 min
- 7:58 into the third period
Bill Guerin · slashing2 min
- 12:17 into the third period
Nick Boynton · instigator2 min
- 12:17 into the third period
Nick Boynton · fighting5 min
- 12:17 into the third period
Nick Boynton · misconduct10 min
- 12:17 into the third period
Nick Boynton · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 24:20 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:52 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 15Kevyn AdamsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:01 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 22:01 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:48 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:10 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 25Shane WillisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:07 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:47 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:15 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 22Dennis BonvieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:09 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:57 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 6Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 31Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:05 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:53 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |