🌪️ Away Hurricanes 14-12-3 before this game

1–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	1	0	0	1
BOS	1	3	0	4

Hurricanes at Bruins

Bruins beat Hurricanes 4–1 at TD Garden on December 16, 2000.

🗓 Sat, Dec 16, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Sergei Samsonov

2 G

6 shots · 15:17 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Joe Thornton

2 G

5 shots · 16:22 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Brian Rolston

1 A

4 shots · 22:20 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Sergei Samsonov PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:06

Assists: Shawn Bates, Jonathan Girard · beat Arturs Irbe

0–1

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill Tying 1st · 17:41

Assists: Kevin Hatcher, Ron Francis · beat Byron Dafoe

1–1

2nd period

🐻 Joe Thornton Go-ahead 2nd · 04:47

Unassisted · beat Arturs Irbe

1–2

🐻 Joe Thornton 2nd · 08:51

Assists: Brian Rolston, Darren Van Impe · beat Arturs Irbe

1–3

🐻 Sergei Samsonov 2nd · 17:39

Assists: P.J. Axelsson, Andrei Kovalenko · beat Arturs Irbe

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR BOS🐻

18 Shots on goal 34

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8

16 Hits 27

12 Blocked shots 11

4 Takeaways 7

9 Giveaways 8

18 Penalty minutes 20

CAR shooting 5.6% (1/18) BOS shooting 11.8% (4/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

30/34

.882 SV% · 4 GA · 59:57 TOI

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

17/18

.944 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 14-12-3 (48% win rate, 29 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 10-15-6 (32% win rate, 31 games)

After 2nd — 1–4

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Gelinas · Brind'Amour · Francis 19:08

L2 O'Neill · Kapanen · DiMaio 17:39

L3 Battaglia · Vasicek · Willis 12:57

L4 Vestlund · Langdon · Adams 2:19

D1 Ozolinsh · Wesley 23:28

D2 Hatcher · Karpa 20:26

D3 Tanabe · Halko 16:12

🐻Bruins

L1 Allison · Guerin · Rolston 24:48

L2 Samsonov · Thornton · Kovalenko 15:17

L3 Ward · Axelsson · Bates 10:51

L4 Nazarov · Eloranta · Knuble 6:14

D1 Van Impe · Popovic 22:20

D2 Kultanen · Girard 17:51

D3 Traverse · Gill 14:09

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ CAR vs BOS, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Bruins on December 16, 2000?

Bruins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Bruins?

The final score was Hurricanes 1, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jeff O'Neill.

Who scored for Bruins?

Joe Thornton (2), Sergei Samsonov (2).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Bruins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Dec 15

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Dec 12

Also on December 16, 2000

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