🌪️ Away Hurricanes 39-26-16 before this game
2–2
Final / OT
🐦 Home Thrashers 21-47-13 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
CAR 10102
ATL 10102

Hurricanes at Thrashers

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 2–2 in overtime on April 14, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Apr 14, 2002 · 14:00 CDT 🏒 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
2 shots · 18:10 TOI · -1
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Josef Vasicek
1 G
4 shots · 17:13 TOI · -1
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Rod Brind'Amour
1 A
2 shots · 21:37 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Jeff Odgers Go-ahead 1st · 01:30
Assists: Todd Reirden, Per Svartvadet · beat Arturs Irbe
0–1
🌪️ Josef Vasicek PP Tying 1st · 09:26
Assists: Martin Gelinas, Marek Malik · beat Milan Hnilicka
1–1
3rd period
🐦 Dany Heatley Go-ahead 3rd · 04:41
Assists: Tony Hrkac, Lubos Bartecko · beat Arturs Irbe
1–2
🌪️ Martin Gelinas PP Tying 3rd · 08:14
Assists: Bret Hedican, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Milan Hnilicka
2–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR ATL🐦
26 Shots on goal 25
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
21 Hits 31
7 Blocked shots 7
2 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 10
10 Penalty minutes 14
CAR shooting 7.7% (2/26) ATL shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Arturs Irbe
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Milan Hnilicka
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 64:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 39-26-16 (48% win rate, 81 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 21-47-13 (26% win rate, 81 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 39-26-16 (48% win rate, 81 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 21-47-13 (26% win rate, 81 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Cole · Battaglia · Brind'Amour 18:50
L2 Gelinas · Svoboda · Vasicek 17:13
L3 Daniels · Vestlund · Adams 13:58
L4 Langdon · MacDonald · Adams 8:20
D1 Hedican · Ward 25:32
D2 Tanabe · Malik 22:54
D3 Wallin · Tselios 16:46
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Stefan · Hrkac 21:21
L2 Bartecko · Svartvadet · Rheaume 15:37
L3 Cowan · Kallio · Odgers 13:54
L4 Butsayev · Snyder · Vigier 9:27
D1 Kaberle · Tjarnqvist 25:38
D2 Sutton · Tremblay 20:40
D3 Tamer · Reirden 15:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Hurricanes lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →
Apr 7, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
1–1 (OT) · Thrashers won
Dec 21, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
4–5 (OT) · Hurricanes won
Oct 20, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won
Oct 13, 2001
🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL
5–2 · Hurricanes won
Apr 6, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs ATL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Thrashers on April 14, 2002?

Hurricanes won 2–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Thrashers?

The final score was Hurricanes 2, Thrashers 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Josef Vasicek, Martin Gelinas.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Jeff Odgers.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

What is the Hurricanes vs Thrashers 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 12
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
3–1 · CAR won
Next game · Apr 17
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 · CAR won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Apr 12
🐦ATL @ 🧥CBJ
4–5 · CBJ won
Next game · Oct 11
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
3–5 · CAR won
Also on April 14, 2002
🔔PHI @ 🏝️NYI
1–3 final
🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN
4–2 final
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
3–2 final
🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI
0–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL
2–2 final
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
5–3 final
🦆ANA @ 👑LAK
0–1 final
🐯NSH @ 🌵PHX
4–6 final
Hurricanes season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule