🌪️ Away Hurricanes 38-26-16 before this game

3–1

Final

🐆 Home Panthers 29-43-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	0	1	2	3
FLA	1	0	0	1

Hurricanes at Panthers

Hurricanes beat Panthers 3–1 at Amerant Bank Arena on April 12, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Apr 12, 2002 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Martin Gelinas

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 16:59 TOI · +2

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Craig MacDonald

1 G

4 shots · 11:03 TOI · +1

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Bret Hedican

1 G

2 shots · 24:09 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐆 Byron Ritchie Go-ahead 1st · 14:17

Assists: Ryan Jardine, Robert Svehla · beat Kevin Weekes

0–1

2nd period

🌪️ Craig MacDonald Tying 2nd · 02:36

Assists: Craig Adams, Aaron Ward · beat Trevor Kidd

1–1

3rd period

🌪️ Bret Hedican Go-ahead 3rd · 10:32

Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Martin Gelinas · beat Trevor Kidd

2–1

🌪️ Martin Gelinas Empty net 3rd · 19:21

Assists: Josef Vasicek, Jaroslav Svoboda

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR FLA🐆

37 Shots on goal 25

30 Hits 29

8 Blocked shots 7

5 Takeaways 3

2 Giveaways 7

17 Penalty minutes 31

CAR shooting 8.1% (3/37) FLA shooting 4.0% (1/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Kevin Weekes

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🐆Panthers

Trevor Kidd

34/36

.944 SV% · 2 GA · 59:29 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Panthers

Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 38-26-16 (48% win rate, 80 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 2nd: 29-43-8 (36% win rate, 80 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Gelinas · Brind'Amour · Vasicek 16:59

L2 Battaglia · Cole · Svoboda 15:08

L3 Vestlund · Daniels · Adams 13:15

L4 Langdon · MacDonald · Adams 9:10

D1 Hedican · Tanabe 23:20

D2 Ward · Malik 20:40

D3 Wallin · Tselios 16:16

🐆Panthers

L1 Huselius · Jokinen · Novoseltsev 19:46

L2 Worrell · Ritchie · Ward 16:35

L3 Hagman · Nilson · Jardine 13:53

L4 Weiss · Smith · Tetarenko 5:51

D1 Svehla · Ozolinsh 26:24

D2 Ulanov · Ference 18:16

D3 Krajicek · Norton 10:42

⚔️ Last meetings

Hurricanes lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Panthers won

2–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs FLA, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Panthers on April 12, 2002?

Hurricanes won 3–1.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Panthers?

The final score was Hurricanes 3, Panthers 1.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Bret Hedican, Craig MacDonald, Martin Gelinas.

Who scored for Panthers?

Byron Ritchie.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Trevor Kidd made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Panthers season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 4–1 after 5 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 · Apr 10

🐆Panthers

Previous game · Apr 10

Also on April 12, 2002

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