New Jersey Devils vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, April 3, 2002 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Devils outshot the Hurricanes 27-26.
Goals came from Patrik Elias, Jeff O'Neill, Jaroslav Svoboda, Sergei Brylin and Jamie Langenbrunner.
Martin Brodeur made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Elias (28)Petr Sykora (26), Joe Nieuwendyk (31)1–012:33 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Jeff O'Neill (30)Ron Francis (50)1–110:35 CAR · PPG
Jaroslav Svoboda (2)Erik Cole (23)1–214:19 CAR
Sergei Brylin (15)Unassisted2–219:36 NJD
3rd period
Jamie Langenbrunner (13)Patrik Elias (31)3–203:45 NJD
Team stats
NJDCAR
27Shots on goal26
39%Faceoff %61%
1/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
44Hits45
14Blocked shots10
9Giveaways9
13Takeaways16
Penalties
- 1st 12:03
Glen Wesley · cross checking2 min - 2nd 09:31
Scott Stevens · kneeing2 min - 2nd 11:54Andrei Zyuzin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:49Brian Gionta · interference2 min
- 3rd 19:46Bates Battaglia · interference2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 26Patrik EliasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:25 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:42 |
| 12Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 22Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:02 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:42 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 7Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:01 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 59:58 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:17 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:22 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:55 |
| 12Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:48 |
| 15Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:58 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:50 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 59:03 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |