Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 31, 2001 · HSBC Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Carolina Hurricanes	5	30
Buffalo Sabres	4	27

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:46	CAR	Bates Battaglia (10)	David Tanabe (11), Sami Kapanen (22)	1 - 0
15:34	BUF	Maxim Afinogenov (14) SH	Stu Barnes (16)	1 - 1
16:58	CAR	Martin Gelinas (8)	Sandis Ozolinsh (18)	2 - 1
2nd Period
18:42	CAR	Sean Hill (2) PP	Ron Francis (26), Bates Battaglia (12)	3 - 1
3rd Period
07:29	BUF	Rhett Warrener (3)	Unassisted	3 - 2
08:56	BUF	Denis Hamel (2)	Alexei Zhitnik (22), Maxim Afinogenov (9)	3 - 3
14:33	CAR	Ron Francis (11)	Sami Kapanen (23)	4 - 3
19:17	CAR	Ron Francis (12)	Sami Kapanen (24), Rod Brind'Amour (19)	5 - 3
19:35	BUF	Curtis Brown (9)	Miroslav Satan (20), Denis Hamel (4)	5 - 4

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
05:56	BUF	Denis Hamel	High sticking	2
06:38	CAR	Bates Battaglia	Tripping	2
10:37	BUF	Rob Ray	Boarding	2
13:31	CAR	Martin Gelinas	Interference	2
14:24	BUF	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
19:00	CAR	Shane Willis	Holding the stick	2
2nd Period
04:05	CAR	Tommy Vestlund	Hooking	2
10:58	BUF	Stu Barnes	Roughing	2
10:58	CAR	Sami Kapanen	Cross checking	2
15:32	BUF	Rob Ray	Misconduct	10
15:32	BUF	Denis Hamel	Roughing	2
15:32	CAR	Glen Wesley	Slashing	2
15:32	CAR	Aaron Ward	Interference	2
15:32	CAR	Darren Langdon	Misconduct	10
15:42	BUF	Chris Gratton	Hooking	2
17:39	BUF	Jason Woolley	Hooking	2
3rd Period
00:10	BUF	Erik Rasmussen	Roughing	2
04:28	BUF	Vaclav Varada	Tripping	2
05:20	BUF	Rhett Warrener	Slashing	2
11:24	CAR	Shane Willis	High sticking	2

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI
10	Ron Francis	C	2	1	3	1	0	6	0	19:25
24	Sami Kapanen	R	0	3	3	1	2	5	2	21:50
33	Bates Battaglia	L	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	23:03
6	Sean Hill	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	27:11
23	Martin Gelinas	L	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	15:19
17	Rod Brind'Amour	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	23:26
24	Sandis Ozolinsh	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	18:40
45	David Tanabe	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	13:36
2	Glen Wesley	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	12:35
4	Aaron Ward	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	17:37
11	Jeff Daniels	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:35
16	Tommy Vestlund	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	11:46
17	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	04:00
22	Marek Malik	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20:15
24	Shane Willis	R	0	0	0	-1	4	2	1	15:31
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	04:04
63	Josef Vasicek	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	10:13
72	Erik Cole	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	16:27

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI
1	Arturs Irbe	W	27	23	4	59:58

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI
14	Denis Hamel	L	1	1	2	1	4	1	3	05:50
61	Maxim Afinogenov	R	1	1	2	0	0	6	2	18:08
37	Curtis Brown	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	3	14:01
44	Rhett Warrener	D	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	18:20
14	Stu Barnes	C	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	22:11
77	Alexei Zhitnik	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	23:18
81	Miroslav Satan	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	23:25
2	Richard Smehlik	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19:07
10	Erik Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	7	13:55
12	Tim Connolly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	15:59
15	Jason Woolley	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	20:09
17	Taylor Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	05:49
26	Vaclav Varada	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	3	16:12
32	Rob Ray	R	0	0	0	0	12	0	2	02:46
45	Dmitri Kalinin	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	17:23
71	J-P Dumont	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12:35
74	Jay McKee	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	17:43
77	Chris Gratton	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	6	16:55

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI
43	Martin Biron	L	18	16	2	39:11
31	Mika Noronen		11	9	2	20:00