🌪️ Away Hurricanes 35-24-15 before this game
2–0
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 45-21-8 before this game
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BOS 0000

Hurricanes at Bruins

Hurricanes beat Bruins 2–0 at TD Garden on March 30, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Mar 30, 2002 · 12:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Jeff O'Neill
1 G
4 shots · 19:38 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Erik Cole
1 G
3 shots · 18:09 TOI · +1
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Sami Kapanen
1 A
2 shots · 19:10 TOI

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🌪️ Jeff O'Neill PP Go-ahead 2nd · 06:49
Assists: Ron Francis, Sami Kapanen · beat Byron Dafoe
1–0
3rd period
🌪️ Erik Cole Empty net 3rd · 19:13
Assists: Arturs Irbe
2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BOS🐻
15 Shots on goal 21
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
15 Hits 20
13 Blocked shots 7
8 Takeaways 7
2 Giveaways 6
10 Penalty minutes 8
CAR shooting 13.3% (2/15) BOS shooting 0.0% (0/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Arturs Irbe Shutout
21/21
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
13/14
.929 SV% · 1 GA · 59:07 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 35-24-15 (47% win rate, 74 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 45-21-8 (61% win rate, 74 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
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 Battaglia · Francis · Brind'Amour 19:57
L2 Cole · O'Neill · Kapanen 19:10
L3 Gelinas · MacDonald · Vasicek 11:43
L4 Svoboda · Adams · Adams 5:35
D1 Malik · Hedican 23:08
D2 Hill · Wesley 18:18
D3 Ward · Tanabe 16:26
🐻Bruins
L1 Mcinnis · Guerin · Rolston 20:54
L2 Samsonov · Axelsson · Murray 18:02
L3 Zamuner · Knuble · Lapointe 15:18
L4 Stock · Bonvie 6:48
D1 O'Donnell · Boynton 19:38
D2 McLaren · Gill 18:34
D3 Brown · Sweeney 14:49
D4 Rivers 9:01

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Mar 26, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
3–2 · Bruins won
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

❓ CAR vs BOS, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Bruins on March 30, 2002?

Hurricanes won 2–0.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Bruins?

The final score was Hurricanes 2, Bruins 0.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Erik Cole, Jeff O'Neill.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 21 saves on 21 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 13 saves on 14 shots (.929 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 2–2 after 4 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 · Mar 28
🔔PHI @ 🌪️CAR
1–4 · CAR won
Next game · Apr 2
🌪️CAR @ 🏛️OTT
3–4 · OTT won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Mar 26
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
3–2 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 2
🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI
4–2 · BOS won
Also on March 30, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
3–1 final
😈NJD @ 🍁TOR
3–1 final
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 final
⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
4–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🐙DET
1–4 final
🎵STL @ 🐯NSH
4–2 final
Hurricanes season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule