🌪️ Away Hurricanes 17-12-6 before this game

7–0

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 15-13-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	1	3	3	7
PIT	0	0	0	0

Hurricanes at Penguins

Hurricanes beat Penguins 7–0 at PPG Paints Arena on December 16, 2001.

🗓 Sun, Dec 16, 2001 · 14:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Rod Brind'Amour

1 G, 4 A

3 shots · 20:21 TOI · +3

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Ron Francis

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · 19:14 TOI

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Jeff O'Neill

1 G, 1 A

7 shots · 20:42 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour Go-ahead 1st · 12:46

Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh, David Tanabe · beat Johan Hedberg

1–0

2nd period

🌪️ Bates Battaglia 2nd · 07:50

Assists: Erik Cole, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Johan Hedberg

2–0

🌪️ Erik Cole 2nd · 12:00

Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Sean Hill · beat Johan Hedberg

3–0

🌪️ Jeff Daniels SH 2nd · 18:56

Unassisted · beat Johan Hedberg

4–0

3rd period

🌪️ Ron Francis PP 3rd · 02:50

Assists: Jeff O'Neill, Sean Hill · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin

5–0

🌪️ Ron Francis PP 3rd · 10:05

Assists: Sami Kapanen, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin

6–0

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill PP 3rd · 11:32

Assists: Ron Francis, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin

7–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR PIT🐧

49 Shots on goal 11

3/13 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

15 Hits 27

7 Blocked shots 15

0 Takeaways 1

6 Giveaways 4

11 Penalty minutes 68

CAR shooting 14.3% (7/49) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/11)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Tom Barrasso Shutout

11/11

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:52 TOI

🐧Penguins

Johan Hedberg

25/29

.862 SV% · 4 GA · 39:53 TOI

Jean-Sebastien Aubin

17/20

.850 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–0

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 O'Neill · Brind'Amour · Kapanen 20:33

L2 Battaglia · Francis · Vasicek 18:22

L3 Gelinas · Cole · Willis 14:25

L4 Daniels · Vestlund · Langdon 10:25

D1 Hill · Tanabe 20:30

D2 Ozolinsh · Malik 17:52

D3 Wesley · Ward 14:44

🐧Penguins

L1 Hrdina · Lang · Kovalev 21:44

L2 Kraft · Beech · Petersen 14:45

L3 Lacouture · Richer · Tibbetts 11:30

L4 Stevens · Primeau 9:12

D1 Kasparaitis · Ference 21:22

D2 Rozsival · Jonsson 19:17

D3 Laukkanen · Melichar 15:44

D4 Jakopin 3:33

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Nov 6, 2001

🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR

2–2 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ CAR vs PIT, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on December 16, 2001?

Hurricanes won 7–0.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Penguins?

The final score was Hurricanes 7, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Ron Francis (2), Bates Battaglia, Erik Cole, Jeff Daniels, Jeff O'Neill, Rod Brind'Amour.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 11 saves on 11 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Penguins 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 14

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 14

Also on December 16, 2001

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