🐻 Away Bruins 44-21-8 before this game
3–2
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 34-23-15 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0213
CAR 1012

Bruins at Hurricanes

Bruins beat Hurricanes 3–2 at PNC Arena on March 26, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Mar 26, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Glen Murray
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:52 TOI · +2
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Rod Brind'Amour
2 G
6 shots · 22:25 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Sergei Samsonov
1 G
4 shots · 18:01 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour Go-ahead 1st · 14:56
Assists: Erik Cole, Bates Battaglia · beat Byron Dafoe
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Sergei Samsonov Tying 2nd · 11:27
Assists: Glen Murray, Jozef Stumpel · beat Arturs Irbe
1–1
🐻 Brian Rolston SH Go-ahead 2nd · 19:04
Unassisted · beat Arturs Irbe
2–1
3rd period
🐻 Glen Murray 3rd · 15:46
Assists: P.J. Stock · beat Arturs Irbe
3–1
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour PP 3rd · 19:30
Assists: Sean Hill, Sami Kapanen · beat Byron Dafoe
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS CAR🌪️
30 Shots on goal 31
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
24 Hits 31
13 Blocked shots 5
9 Takeaways 18
4 Giveaways 8
8 Penalty minutes 6
BOS shooting 10.0% (3/30) CAR shooting 6.5% (2/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Arturs Irbe
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 58:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Mcinnis · Guerin · Murray 21:10
L2 Samsonov · Stumpel · Rolston 18:01
L3 Zamuner · Axelsson · Lapointe 15:24
L4 Stock · Bonvie 6:44
D1 O'Donnell · McLaren 21:59
D2 Boynton · Brown 18:50
D3 Gill · Sweeney 16:21
D4 Rivers 6:47
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Francis · Kapanen 22:12
L2 Battaglia · Cole · O'Neill 19:06
L3 Gelinas · MacDonald · Vasicek 12:02
L4 Langdon · Daniels · Adams 6:11
D1 Hill · Wesley 21:25
D2 Hedican · Ward 18:35
D3 Malik · Tanabe 16:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Feb 28, 2002
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
6–2 · Hurricanes won
Jan 2, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
6–3 · Bruins won
Feb 18, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
4–5 · Hurricanes won
Jan 18, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
2–4 · Hurricanes won
Dec 16, 2000
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs CAR, answered

Who won Bruins vs Hurricanes on March 26, 2002?

Bruins won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Hurricanes?

The final score was Bruins 3, Hurricanes 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brian Rolston, Glen Murray, Sergei Samsonov.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Rod Brind'Amour (2).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Hurricanes season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Mar 24
🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL
4–3 · BOS won
Next game · Mar 30
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
2–0 · CAR won
🌪️Hurricanes
Previous game · Mar 23
🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD
4–2 · CAR won
Next game · Mar 28
🔔PHI @ 🌪️CAR
1–4 · CAR won
Also on March 26, 2002
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
4–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR
2–7 final
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 final
🌲MIN @ 🎵STL
2–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🛢️EDM
1–3 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
0–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🦈SJS
2–3 final
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