Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Playoffs · Sunday, May 12, 2002 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–1 on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at Entertainment and Sports Arena.
Goals came from Martin Gelinas, Rod Brind'Amour, Ron Francis, Tommy Vestlund, Karl Dykhuis and Bates Battaglia.
Arturs Irbe made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Gelinas (2)Unassisted0–103:17 CAR
2nd period
Rod Brind'Amour (3)Erik Cole (1), Bates Battaglia (6)0–202:13 CAR
3rd period
Ron Francis (3)Rod Brind'Amour (3), Sean Hill (1)0–303:40 CAR · 
Tommy Vestlund (1)Jeff O'Neill (3), Martin Gelinas (2)0–411:18 CAR
Karl Dykhuis (1)Bill Lindsay (2), Joe Juneau (4)1–414:32 MTL
Bates Battaglia (4)Erik Cole (2)1–516:13 CAR
Team stats
MTLCAR
3131
49%51%
0/31/4
186
2131
923
1211
920
Penalties
- 12:12 into the first period
Andrei Markov · holding2 min - 14:55 into the first period
Josef Vasicek · holding2 min - 4:29 into the second periodNiclas Wallin · interference2 min
- 2:14 into the third periodJoe Juneau · high sticking2 min
- 4:11 into the third periodBret Hedican · cross checking2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodGino Odjick · charging2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodGino Odjick · roughing2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodGino Odjick · misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 14Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:02 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 27Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 82Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 21:00 |
| 95Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:36 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:39 |
| 16Tommy VestlundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 15Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:46 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – |