Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Tuesday, March 26, 2002 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Bruins 31–30.
Rod Brind'Amour scored twice. Sergei Samsonov, Brian Rolston and Glen Murray also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (19)Erik Cole (22), Bates Battaglia (24)0–114:56 CAR
2nd period
Sergei Samsonov (28)Glen Murray (28), Jozef Stumpel (46)1–111:27 BOS
Brian Rolston (28)Unassisted2–119:04 BOS ·
3rd period
Glen Murray (34)P.J. Stock (3)3–115:46 BOS- Rod Brind'Amour (20)Sean Hill (21), Sami Kapanen (38)3–219:30 CAR ·
Team stats
BOSCAR
3031
43%57%
0/31/4
86
2431
135
48
918
Penalties
- 19:00 into the first period
Jeff O'Neill · high sticking2 min - 1:28 into the second periodRon Francis · holding2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
- 17:35 into the second period
Sean Brown · holding2 min - 13:36 into the third periodGlen Murray · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodByron Dafoe · delaying game2 min
- 19:26 into the third periodKyle McLaren · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 05:46 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:52 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 |
| 22Dennis BonvieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:43 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:46 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 31Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 06:47 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 20:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 22:25 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:12 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 23:03 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:42 |
| 12Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 15Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:03 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:11 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – |