Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, March 7, 2002 · Mellon Arena

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3–1

21–16

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Thursday, March 7, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 21–16.

Ron Francis scored twice. Jan Hrdina and Jeff O'Neill also scored.

Arturs Irbe made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 18 of 21.

Goals
CAR	0	1	2	3	21
PIT	0	1	0	1	16

Scoring

2nd period

Jan Hrdina (19)Randy Robitaille (9), Alex Kovalev (31)0–103:29 PIT ·
Jeff O'Neill (25)Sami Kapanen (32), Bates Battaglia (20)1–109:59 CAR ·

3rd period

Ron Francis (20)Sami Kapanen (33), Jeff O'Neill (28)2–106:01 CAR
Ron Francis (21)Sami Kapanen (34), Jeff O'Neill (29)3–113:25 CAR

Team stats

CARPIT

2116

59%41%

1/41/6

128

1118

911

22

11

Penalties

7:11 into the first periodErik Cole · high sticking2 min
8:06 into the first periodKevyn Adams · tripping2 min
17:02 into the first periodAaron Ward · hooking2 min
17:08 into the first periodJanne Laukkanen · holding the stick2 min
17:18 into the first periodJan Hrdina · tripping2 min
3:10 into the second periodGlen Wesley · delaying game2 min
8:31 into the second periodIan Moran · holding2 min
2:09 into the third periodJeff Daniels · interference2 min
4:01 into the third periodMichal Rozsival · hooking2 min
17:04 into the third periodErik Cole · high sticking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

24Sami KapanenR	0	3	3	+2	5	1	0	0	–	21:09
92Jeff O'NeillC	1	2	3	+2	2	2	0	0	69	19:55
10Ron FrancisC	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	0	67	22:15
13Bates BattagliaL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	22:36
11Jeff DanielsL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	100	13:49
15Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	02:45
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	55	24:09
20Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:45
23Martin GelinasL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:31
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	18:19
63Josef VasicekC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	55	14:36
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	20:05
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	15:49
5Marek MalikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:51
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	20:18
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:14
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	+2	3	2	1	0	–	24:11
45David TanabeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:20

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
1Arturs IrbeG	W	16	15	1	.938	60:00
35Tom BarrassoG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

22Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	42	22:57
27Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	44	28:48
38Jan HrdinaC	1	0	1	−1	1	0	1	2	46	24:32
14Milan KraftC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	13:56
16Kris BeechC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	17:46
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	04:25
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:23
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	15:55
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	15:39
72Eric MelocheR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:37
82Martin StrakaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:56
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	21:00
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	2	–	19:09
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	18:54
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	17:18
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	−1	0	5	2	0	–	20:04
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	2	–	15:52
28Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	2	–	20:58

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	L	21	18	3	.857	58:30
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00