The Carolina Hurricanes fell to the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 2, on December 4, 2001.

Final

Sabres

13-13-2-1

4

Hurricanes

12-12-4-3

2

Team

BUF

CAR

1

2

1

2

0

1

3

2

0

Total

4

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

CAR

Sami Kapanen (PP) assisted by Ron Francis

0

1

Erik Rasmussen (EV) assisted by Vyacheslav Kozlov and Alexei Zhitnik

1

J-P Dumont (EV) assisted by Stu Barnes and Jason Woolley

2

1

2nd period

BUF

CAR

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Erik Cole and Marek Malik

2

3rd period

BUF

CAR

J-P Dumont (PP) assisted by Miroslav Satan and Jason Woolley

3

2

Erik Rasmussen (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly and Vyacheslav Kozlov

4

2

Sabres

Hurricanes

Goals

4

2

Shots

24

27

Penalty Minutes

8

6

Power-Play Goals

1

Power-Play Opportunities

3

4

Faceoff Wins

23

52

Hits

17

29

Giveaways

18

16

Takeaways

5

15

Sabres

Hurricanes

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Martin Biron (W)	1	27	2	25	.926	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	0	0	0	0	0	14:15	1	0	1	0
Stu Barnes	0	1	+1	0	3	18:06	0	2	1	2
Curtis Brown	0	0	-1	0	0	16:06	0	0	0	0
Tim Connolly	0	1	+2	0	0	13:25	1	0	1	0
J-P Dumont	2	0	+1	0	2	15:54	4	2	0	0
Chris Gratton	0	0	0	0	1	11:11	2	0	1	1
Denis Hamel	0	0	-1	0	1	11:04	1	1	0	0
Vyacheslav Kozlov	0	2	+2	2	1	16:36	0	2	0	0
Jay McKee	0	0	+1	0	0	20:45	0	4	3	0
James Patrick	0	0	0	0	0	14:27	1	1	0	0
Erik Rasmussen	2	0	+2	0	2	13:06	0	0	0	0
Rob Ray	0	0	0	0	1	8:27	1	1	0	0
Miroslav Satan	0	1	+1	0	3	20:26	0	0	1	1
Richard Smehlik	0	0	+1	2	1	19:38	2	2	1	0
Vaclav Varada	0	0	-1	0	3	17:29	0	0	0	0
Rhett Warrener	0	0	+1	0	3	22:46	3	2	3	0
Jason Woolley	0	2	0	0	2	16:38	0	0	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik	0	1	+1	4	1	23:36	1	3	1	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Arturs Irbe (L)	1	24	4	20	.833	58:56

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Bates Battaglia	0	0	-2	0	1	14:53	0	0	2	3
Rod Brind'Amour	0	0	-1	0	1	19:49	1	1	1	0
Erik Cole	0	1	0	0	6	17:13	4	0	0	0
Jeff Daniels	0	0	0	0	1	6:15	2	0	0	0
Chris Dingman	0	0	-1	0	2	11:28	3	1	0	0
Ron Francis	1	1	0	0	2	19:33	0	1	0	2
Martin Gelinas	0	0	0	0	1	14:10	0	1	0	0
Sami Kapanen	1	0	-1	0	4	19:59	1	0	0	1
Darren Langdon	0	0	0	2	0	4:19	1	0	0	1
Marek Malik	0	1	0	0	0	21:57	2	1	1	2
Jeff O'Neill	0	0	-1	0	3	19:48	3	0	0	2
Sandis Ozolinsh	0	0	-2	0	0	22:49	3	2	4	1
David Tanabe	0	0	0	0	1	21:13	1	0	1	0
Josef Vasicek	0	0	-1	0	0	16:19	0	0	0	1
Niclas Wallin	0	0	-2	2	0	14:37	0	1	0	0
Aaron Ward	0	0	0	0	2	18:18	3	1	0	0
Glen Wesley	0	0	0	0	1	17:35	1	4	3	0
Shane Willis	0	0	+1	2	2	14:31	4	0	2	2