Carolina Hurricanes vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 4, 2003 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Saturday, January 4, 2003 at FleetCenter. The Hurricanes outshot the Bruins 41–34.
Jeff O'Neill scored twice. Joe Thornton, Craig Adams, Glen Murray and Erik Cole also scored.
Arturs Irbe made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Thornton (21)Jonathan Girard (10)0–100:22 BOS
Jeff O'Neill (14)Aaron Ward (2), Ron Francis (15)1–105:45 CAR ·
2nd period
Craig Adams (2)Kevyn Adams (5)2–103:37 CAR- Jeff O'Neill (15)Sami Kapanen (10), Jan Hlavac (12)3–119:49 CAR ·
3rd period
Glen Murray (21)Joe Thornton (31)3–202:08 BOS
Erik Cole (12)Bates Battaglia (10)4–212:55 CAR ·
Team stats
CARBOS
4134
51%49%
3/70/6
3224
44
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:13 into the first period
Martin Lapointe · roughing2 min - 7:16 into the first period
Aaron Ward · high sticking2 min - 8:20 into the first periodJaroslav Svoboda · hooking2 min
- 12:26 into the first periodP.J. Stock · high sticking2 min
- 12:26 into the first periodAaron Ward · diving2 min
- 14:45 into the first periodNick Boynton · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodNick Boynton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodCraig Adams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:37 into the second periodNick Boynton · cross checking2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodErik Cole · hooking2 min
- 14:06 into the second periodJosef Vasicek · holding2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodMichal Grosek · boarding2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodSteve Shields · goalie leave crease2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodJoe Thornton · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodJoe Thornton · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodNick Boynton · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodSean Hill · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodArturs Irbe · goalie leave crease2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodTomas Malec · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodTomas Malec · game misconduct10 min
- 4:48 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:46 into the third periodMichal Grosek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:24 into the third periodNiclas Wallin · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodErik Cole · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16:13 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:07 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 20Jan HlavacL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:43 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:28 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 17:13 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 04:32 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 24:56 |
| 36Jesse BoulericeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 03:54 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27:28 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 28:32 |
| 28Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:24 |
| 71Tomas MalecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:32 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:28 |
| 46Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:54 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:07 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:24 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:31 |
| 22Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 36Ivan HumlL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:44 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:17 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 28Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:55 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |