Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, March 21, 2002 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Thursday, March 21, 2002 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Panthers 35–16.
Goals came from Rod Brind'Amour, Sandis Ozolinsh, Jason Wiemer, Martin Gelinas and Ron Francis.
Kevin Weekes made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (18)Bates Battaglia (23), Erik Cole (21)0–102:01 CAR
Sandis Ozolinsh (11)Marcus Nilson (15), Eric Beaudoin (1)1–102:44 FLA
Jason Wiemer (10)Marcus Nilson (16), Robert Svehla (16)2–109:08 FLA
3rd period
Martin Gelinas (11)Craig MacDonald (1), Josef Vasicek (14)2–204:17 CAR
Ron Francis (25)Sean Hill (20), Glen Wesley (12)2–308:16 CAR ·
Team stats
FLACAR
1635
26%74%
0/21/5
1711
2729
157
68
223
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min - 1:53 into the first period
Peter Worrell · fighting5 min - 13:35 into the first periodJeff O'Neill · tripping2 min
- 15:00 into the first periodIgor Ulanov · holding2 min
- 5:15 into the second periodLance Pitlick · elbowing2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodIvan Novoseltsev · hooking2 min
- 1:25 into the third periodRon Francis · slashing2 min
- 1:25 into the third periodOlli Jokinen · slashing2 min
- 6:18 into the third periodBrad Norton · roughing2 min
- 6:18 into the third periodOlli Jokinen · holding2 min
- 10:20 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 18Marcus NilsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 28Jason WiemerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:49 |
| 38Eric BeaudoinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 31:42 |
| 44Sandis OzolinshD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:12 |
| 8Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 14Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 22Kristian HuseliusL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 26Pierre DagenaisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 39Ivan NovoseltsevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:56 |
| 41Nick SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:30 |
| 43Byron RitchieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:58 |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 23Rocky ThompsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 42Brad NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 45Brad FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 12Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:29 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 22:42 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:31 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 25:54 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:37 |
| 15Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:04 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:35 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:32 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19:41 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:40 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |