🌪️ Away Hurricanes 1-3 in series
3–2
Final
NJD leads 4–2
😈 Home Devils 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CAR 2013
NJD 1012

Hurricanes at Devils — First Round Game 5

Hurricanes, First Round Game 5, beat Devils 3–2 at Prudential Center on April 20, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Apr 20, 2001 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Prudential Center, Newark 🏒 2000-01 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

CAR vs NJD · NJD leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
1–5
Final · NJD
Game 2
0–2
Final · NJD
Game 3
4–0
Final · NJD
Game 4
2–3
OT · CAR
Game 5
3–2
Final · CAR
Game 6
5–1
Final · NJD

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Jeff O'Neill
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:06 TOI · +2
2nd star 😈 NJD
Sergei Nemchinov
2 A
1 shots · 13:50 TOI · +1
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Sami Kapanen
1 G
4 shots · 21:06 TOI · -1
4rd star 🌪️ CAR
Arturs Irbe
37 saves
0.949 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Josef Vasicek Go-ahead 1st · 10:53
Assists: Martin Gelinas, Jeff O'Neill
1–0
😈 Scott Gomez Tying 1st · 11:41
Assists: Scott Niedermayer, Sergei Nemchinov
1–1
🌪️ Sami Kapanen Go-ahead 1st · 15:09
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Bates Battaglia
2–1
3rd period
🌪️ Jeff O'Neill 3rd · 05:47
Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh
3–1
😈 Bobby Holik 3rd · 19:40
Assists: Sergei Nemchinov, Petr Sykora
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR NJD😈
14 Shots on goal 39
18 Hits 28
24 Blocked shots 7
18 Takeaways 19
5 Giveaways 10
10 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 21.4% (3/14) NJD shooting 5.1% (2/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Arturs Irbe
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
11/14
.786 SV% · 3 GA · 58:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Devils
Devils: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Devils
Devils: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Gelinas · Brind'Amour · Kapanen 21:06
L2 Daniels · Vestlund · O'Neill 17:42
L3 Pellerin · Vasicek · DiMaio 14:02
L4 Battaglia · Langdon · Adams 2:58
D1 Wesley · Hatcher 22:16
D2 Wallin · Tanabe 20:32
D3 Karpa · Ozolinsh 17:00
😈Devils
L1 Holik · Elias · Sykora 18:35
L2 Brylin · Gomez · Mckay 15:28
L3 Nemchinov · Pandolfo · Mogilny 13:50
L4 Madden · Arnott · Stevenson 10:07
D1 Niedermayer · Rafalski 25:13
D2 Stevens · Daneyko 20:14
D3 White · O'Donnell 13:20

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 18, 2001
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won
Apr 17, 2001
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
4–0 · Devils won
Apr 15, 2001
🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD
0–2 · Devils won
Apr 12, 2001
🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD
1–5 · Devils won
Mar 2, 2001
🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD
3–7 · Devils won

❓ CAR vs NJD, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Devils on April 20, 2001?

Hurricanes won 3–2.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Devils?

The final score was Hurricanes 3, Devils 2.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jeff O'Neill, Josef Vasicek, Sami Kapanen.

Who scored for Devils?

Bobby Holik, Scott Gomez.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 save percentage).

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 11 saves on 14 shots (.786 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

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 · Apr 18
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
Next game · Apr 22
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
5–1 · NJD won
😈Devils
Previous game · Apr 18
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
Next game · Apr 22
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
5–1 · NJD won
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