The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes, 5 to 4, on December 31, 2001.

Final

Hurricanes

20-13-5-5

5

Sabres

15-20-4-1

4

Team

CAR

BUF

1

2

1

2

1

0

3

2

3

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

BUF

Bates Battaglia (EV) assisted by David Tanabe and Sami Kapanen

1

0

Maxim Afinogenov (SH) assisted by Stu Barnes

1

Martin Gelinas (EV) assisted by Sandis Ozolinsh

2

1

2nd period

CAR

BUF

Sean Hill (PP) assisted by Ron Francis and Bates Battaglia

3

1

3rd period

CAR

BUF

Rhett Warrener (EV) unassisted

3

2

Denis Hamel (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Maxim Afinogenov

3

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Sami Kapanen

4

3

Ron Francis (EV-EN) assisted by Sami Kapanen and Rod Brind'Amour

5

3

Curtis Brown (EV) assisted by Miroslav Satan and Denis Hamel

5

4

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goals

5

4

Shots

30

27

Penalty Minutes

26

30

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

8

6

Faceoff Wins

32

28

Hits

25

48

Giveaways

14

12

Takeaways

3

5

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Arturs Irbe (W)	1	27	4	23	.852	59:58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Craig Adams	0	0	0	0	0	4:04	3	1	0	0
Bates Battaglia	1	1	0	2	3	23:03	1	1	1	0
Rod Brind'Amour	0	1	+1	0	0	23:26	1	1	2	0
Erik Cole	0	0	-1	0	3	16:27	3	0	0	0
Jeff Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	10:35	1	2	0	0
Ron Francis	2	1	+1	0	6	19:25	0	0	0	0
Martin Gelinas	1	0	-1	2	2	15:19	1	0	2	2
Sean Hill	1	0	0	0	2	27:11	0	1	0	0
Sami Kapanen	0	3	+1	2	5	21:50	2	0	2	0
Darren Langdon	0	0	0	10	0	4:00	1	0	0	0
Marek Malik	0	0	+1	0	0	20:15	1	0	0	0
Sandis Ozolinsh	0	1	+1	0	2	18:40	1	0	3	0
David Tanabe	0	1	0	0	2	13:36	0	0	1	0
Josef Vasicek	0	0	-1	0	3	10:13	1	0	0	1
Tommy Vestlund	0	0	0	2	0	11:46	1	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	0	0	0	2	0	17:37	5	0	1	0
Glen Wesley	0	0	-1	2	0	12:35	2	2	0	0
Shane Willis	0	0	-1	4	2	15:31	1	1	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Mika Noronen	1	11	2	9	.818	20:00
Martin Biron (L)	0	18	2	16	.889	39:11

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	1	1	0	0	6	18:08	2	0	0	0
Stu Barnes	0	1	+2	2	2	22:11	1	0	0	0
Curtis Brown	1	0	-2	0	3	14:01	3	0	0	2
Tim Connolly	0	0	-1	0	0	15:59	1	0	0	0
J-P Dumont	0	0	0	0	0	12:35	3	0	1	0
Chris Gratton	0	0	-2	2	2	16:55	6	0	1	0
Denis Hamel	1	1	+1	4	1	5:50	3	0	0	0
Dmitri Kalinin	0	0	+1	0	0	17:23	3	1	0	0
Jay McKee	0	0	0	0	0	17:43	4	2	1	1
Taylor Pyatt	0	0	0	0	1	5:49	1	0	0	1
Erik Rasmussen	0	0	-1	2	4	13:55	7	0	0	0
Rob Ray	0	0	0	12	0	2:46	2	0	0	0
Miroslav Satan	0	1	+1	0	2	23:25	1	0	3	0
Richard Smehlik	0	0	+1	0	0	19:07	4	0	1	1
Vaclav Varada	0	0	-2	2	1	16:12	3	0	1	0
Rhett Warrener	1	0	0	2	1	18:20	2	1	1	0
Jason Woolley	0	0	0	2	2	20:09	0	0	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik	0	1	+1	0	2	23:18	2	4	2	0