🌪️ Away Hurricanes 8-5-7 before this game

7–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 10-7-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	0	5	2	7
MTL	2	1	0	3

Hurricanes at Canadiens

Hurricanes beat Canadiens 7–3 at Bell Centre on November 23, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Nov 23, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Erik Cole

3 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:40 TOI · +2

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Jan Hlavac

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 17:22 TOI · +1

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Sean Hill

3 A

2 shots · 21:22 TOI · +1

4rd star 🌪️ CAR

Arturs Irbe

32 saves

0.914 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault Go-ahead 1st · 13:22

Assists: Oleg Petrov, Karl Dykhuis · beat Arturs Irbe

0–1

🇨🇦 Richard Zednik 1st · 16:17

Assists: Saku Koivu, Donald Audette · beat Arturs Irbe

0–2

2nd period

🌪️ Jan Hlavac PP 2nd · 02:15

Assists: Sean Hill, Glen Wesley · beat Jose Theodore

1–2

🌪️ Erik Cole PP Tying 2nd · 03:08

Assists: Sean Hill, Jan Hlavac · beat Jose Theodore

2–2

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:59

Assists: Sean Hill, Glen Wesley · beat Jose Theodore

3–2

🌪️ Erik Cole SH 2nd · 13:47

Assists: Rod Brind'Amour · beat Jose Theodore

4–2

🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault PP 2nd · 14:37

Assists: Oleg Petrov · beat Arturs Irbe

4–3

🌪️ Ron Francis 2nd · 15:20

Assists: Glen Wesley, Jan Hlavac · beat Jose Theodore

5–3

3rd period

🌪️ Bates Battaglia 3rd · 09:19

Assists: Erik Cole · beat Jose Theodore

6–3

🌪️ Erik Cole 3rd · 17:40

Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Bret Hedican · beat Jose Theodore

7–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR MTL🇨🇦

31 Shots on goal 35

3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

3 Hits 6

18 Penalty minutes 12

CAR shooting 22.6% (7/31) MTL shooting 8.6% (3/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

32/35

.914 SV% · 3 GA · 59:57 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

24/31

.774 SV% · 7 GA · 59:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 5–3

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Cole · Brind'Amour · Francis 20:27

L2 Battaglia · Hlavac · O'Neill 19:21

L3 Svoboda · Adams · Adams 14:56

L4 Daniels · MacDonald · Boulerice 2:12

D1 Hedican · Tanabe 23:38

D2 Hill · Wesley 20:38

D3 Ward · Wallin 15:38

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Gilmour · Perreault · Zednik 18:41

L2 Koivu · Petrov · Audette 18:14

L3 Juneau · Bulis · Dackell 14:34

L4 Blouin · Ribeiro · Mckay 5:35

D1 Rivet · Brisebois 22:20

D2 Quintal · Markov 20:34

D3 Traverse · Dykhuis 16:23

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Nov 1, 2002

🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR

2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

4–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won

May 7, 2002

🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL

1–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ CAR vs MTL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Canadiens on November 23, 2002?

Hurricanes won 7–3.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Canadiens?

The final score was Hurricanes 7, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Erik Cole (3), Bates Battaglia, Jan Hlavac, Jeff O'Neill, Ron Francis.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Yanic Perreault (2), Richard Zednik.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 24 saves on 31 shots (.774 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Canadiens 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 · Nov 21

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Nov 21

Also on November 23, 2002

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