🌪️ Away Hurricanes 4-3-1 before this game

1–5

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 4-4-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	1	0	0	1
COL	0	3	2	5

Hurricanes at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Hurricanes 5–1 at Ball Arena on October 23, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Oct 23, 2001 · 20:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Shjon Podein

2 G

4 shots · 12:55 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Rob Blake

2 A

8 shots · 25:39 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Martin Skoula

2 A

3 shots · 22:29 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill Go-ahead 1st · 03:19

Assists: Ron Francis, Sami Kapanen · beat David Aebischer

1–0

2nd period

🏔️ Shjon Podein Tying 2nd · 02:56

Assists: Martin Skoula · beat Arturs Irbe

1–1

🏔️ Brian Willsie Go-ahead 2nd · 10:35

Assists: Stephane Yelle, Brad Larsen · beat Arturs Irbe

1–2

🏔️ Joe Sakic PP 2nd · 19:50

Assists: Rob Blake, Chris Drury · beat Arturs Irbe

1–3

3rd period

🏔️ Alex Tanguay PP 3rd · 12:33

Assists: Milan Hejduk, Martin Skoula · beat Arturs Irbe

1–4

🏔️ Shjon Podein 3rd · 17:20

Assists: Steve Reinprecht, Rob Blake · beat Arturs Irbe

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR COL🏔️

24 Shots on goal 37

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

13 Hits 16

10 Blocked shots 23

10 Takeaways 16

6 Giveaways 7

15 Penalty minutes 17

CAR shooting 4.2% (1/24) COL shooting 13.5% (5/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

32/37

.865 SV% · 5 GA · 59:52 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

David Aebischer

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Francis · Brind'Amour · Kapanen 20:28

L2 Gelinas · O'Neill · Vasicek 18:06

L3 Battaglia · Cole · Willis 15:01

L4 Dingman · Daniels · Adams 7:05

D1 Malik · Wesley 22:38

D2 Ward · Wallin 19:42

D3 Tanabe · Halko 15:13

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Drury · Hejduk 19:29

L2 Tanguay · Messier · Yelle 15:44

L3 Podein · Reinprecht · Hinote 13:15

L4 Larsen · Nedorost · Willsie 8:38

D1 Blake · Skoula 24:04

D2 De Vries · Trepanier 18:41

D3 Gill · Berry 14:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Jan 6, 2001

🏔️COL @ 🌪️CAR

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ CAR vs COL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Avalanche on October 23, 2001?

Avalanche won 5–1.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Avalanche?

The final score was Hurricanes 1, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jeff O'Neill.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Shjon Podein (2), Alex Tanguay, Brian Willsie, Joe Sakic.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 32 saves on 37 shots (.865 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 20

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Oct 21

Also on October 23, 2001

Hurricanes season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule