Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Tuesday, March 30, 2004 · RBC Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 29–23

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at RBC Center. The Bruins outshot the Hurricanes 29-23.

Goals came from Ryan Bayda, Martin Lapointe, Sergei Samsonov, Joe Thornton and Josef Vasicek.

Felix Potvin made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	1	1	1	3	29
CAR	1	0	1	2	23

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Bayda (3)Rod Brind'Amour (24)0–106:39 CAR
Martin Lapointe (14)P.J. Axelsson (14), Sean O'Donnell (9)1–112:07 BOS

2nd period

Sergei Samsonov (15)Patrice Bergeron (22), Joe Thornton (49)2–105:00 BOS

3rd period

Joe Thornton (23)Sergei Gonchar (47)3–102:40 BOS
Josef Vasicek (19)Eric Staal (20), Justin Williams (31)3–207:15 CAR

Team stats

BOSCAR

29Shots on goal23

48%Faceoff %52%

0/4Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes8

12Hits6

16Blocked shots13

5Giveaways4

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 18:19Josef Vasicek · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 11:31Allan Rourke · interference2 min
2nd 14:59Glen Murray · hooking2 min
2nd 14:59Joe Thornton · interference2 min
2nd 19:34Joe Thornton · tripping2 min
3rd 10:34Rod Brind'Amour · boarding2 min
3rd 19:55Justin Williams · holding2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

19Joe ThorntonC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	4	42	20:49
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:12
14Sergei SamsonovL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:57
20Martin LapointeR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:21
37Patrice BergeronC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	25	18:06
21Sean O'DonnellD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	19:26
55Sergei GoncharD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	23:11
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	36	16:04
26Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	20:48
27Glen MurrayR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	20:13
39Travis GreenC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	80	12:05
40Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	07:35
56Doug DoullL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:01
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	71	15:57
6Dan McgillisD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:06
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	18:57
44Nick BoyntonD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	3	0	–	20:26
71Jiri SlegrD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:49

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Andrew RaycroftG		0	0	0	–	–
29Felix PotvinG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

11Justin WilliamsR	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	–	15:14
12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	62	14:02
16Ryan BaydaL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	13:45
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	54	21:50
63Josef VasicekC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	15:40
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	53	18:12
18Mike ZigomanisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33	06:42
19Radim VrbataR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	11:02
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	21:14
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	17:59
37Tomas KurkaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:06
62Jaroslav SvobodaL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	12:19
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	21:10
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:56
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	21:36
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:29
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	25:17
38Allan RourkeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	17:33

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Arturs IrbeG		0	0	0	–	–
80Kevin WeekesG	L	29	26	3	.897	58:35