🌪️ Away Hurricanes 12-9-7 before this game

2–5

Final

🏛️ Home Senators 17-7-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	1	1	0	2
OTT	2	0	3	5

Hurricanes at Senators

Senators beat Hurricanes 5–2 at Canadian Tire Centre on December 7, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Dec 7, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Senators lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏛️ OTT

Todd White

3 A

1 shots · 17:53 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏛️ OTT

Martin Havlat

2 G

4 shots · 21:54 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏛️ OTT

Petr Schastlivy

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 15:42 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🏛️ Martin Havlat Go-ahead 1st · 00:35

Assists: Karel Rachunek, Wade Redden · beat Arturs Irbe

0–1

🏛️ Chris Phillips PP 1st · 06:02

Assists: Karel Rachunek, Petr Schastlivy · beat Arturs Irbe

0–2

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill PP 1st · 18:59

Assists: Ron Francis, Sean Hill · beat Patrick Lalime

1–2

2nd period

🌪️ Erik Cole PP Tying 2nd · 08:12

Assists: Sean Hill · beat Patrick Lalime

2–2

3rd period

🏛️ Martin Havlat Go-ahead 3rd · 10:09

Assists: Todd White, Chris Phillips · beat Arturs Irbe

2–3

🏛️ Brad Smyth PP 3rd · 15:44

Assists: Todd White · beat Arturs Irbe

2–4

🏛️ Petr Schastlivy PP 3rd · 18:12

Assists: Todd White, Zdeno Chara · beat Arturs Irbe

2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR OTT🏛️

21 Shots on goal 36

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/8

8 Hits 8

44 Penalty minutes 29

CAR shooting 9.5% (2/21) OTT shooting 13.9% (5/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

31/36

.861 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏛️Senators

Patrick Lalime

19/21

.905 SV% · 2 GA · 59:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 12-9-7 (43% win rate, 28 games)

Senators

Senators — tied after 2nd: 17-7 (71% win rate, 24 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Brind'Amour · Francis · O'Neill 18:18

L2 Cole · Hlavac · Battaglia 16:55

L3 Svoboda · Adams · Vasicek 9:53

L4 MacDonald · Adams · Boulerice 7:37

D1 Wesley · Hill 25:42

D2 Ward · Hedican 18:56

D3 Wallin · Tanabe 15:27

🏛️Senators

L1 Bonk · Havlat · Hossa 21:07

L2 Arvedson · White · Fisher 17:53

L3 Schastlivy · Van Allen · Hull 14:55

L4 Smyth · Neil 5:36

D1 Redden · Chara 25:07

D2 Rachunek · Volchenkov 18:55

D3 Phillips · Leschyshyn 15:04

D4 Kwiatkowski 5:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Senators lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

Nov 19, 2002

🏛️OTT @ 🌪️CAR

4–4 (OT) · Senators won

1–1 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs OTT, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Senators on December 7, 2002?

Senators won 5–2.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Senators?

The final score was Hurricanes 2, Senators 5.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Erik Cole, Jeff O'Neill.

Who scored for Senators?

Martin Havlat (2), Brad Smyth, Chris Phillips, Petr Schastlivy.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 31 saves on 36 shots (.861 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Senators season series?

Senators lead the season series 3–0 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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Dec 6

🏛️Senators

Previous game · Dec 5

Also on December 7, 2002

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