The Buffalo Sabres couldn't pull it off against the Carolina Hurricanes, 3 to 2, in overtime on March 12, 2003.

Final

Hurricanes

22-34-9-6

3

Sabres

21-32-9-7

2

Team

CAR

BUF

1

0

2

1

0

3

1

0

OT

1

0

Total

3

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

BUF

Adam Mair (EV) assisted by Jason Botterill and Eric Boulton

0

1

Tim Connolly (EV) assisted by Taylor Pyatt and Maxim Afinogenov

0

2

2nd period

CAR

BUF

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Ryan Bayda and Bruno St. Jacques

1

2

3rd period

CAR

BUF

Radim Vrbata (EV) assisted by Ron Francis and Bret Hedican

2

OT

CAR

BUF

Craig Adams (EV) assisted by Kevyn Adams and Bruno St. Jacques

3

2

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goals

3

2

Shots

34

Penalty Minutes

6

Power-Play Goals

0

Power-Play Opportunities

3

Faceoff Wins

31

25

Hits

19

25

Giveaways

10

9

Takeaways

4

5

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Patrick Desrochers (W)	1	34	2	32	.941	63:07

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Craig Adams	1	0	+1	0	6	19:57	2	0	0	0
Kevyn Adams	0	1	+1	0	2	21:28	2	0	0	1
Ryan Bayda	0	1	+2	0	2	17:28	1	0	2	0
Jeff Daniels	0	0	-1	0	1	9:31	0	0	1	0
Brad Defauw	0	0	-1	0	0	13:48	5	0	1	1
Ron Francis	1	1	+2	0	4	19:10	0	1	2	0
Bret Hedican	0	1	+1	4	1	25:54	0	4	1	0
Sean Hill	0	0	+1	0	2	25:17	1	0	0	0
Craig MacDonald	0	0	0	0	4	16:31	3	0	1	0
Tomas Malec	0	0	-1	0	0	8:36	1	0	0	0
Jeff O'Neill	0	0	+2	0	4	19:55	0	1	0	0
Bruno St. Jacques	0	2	+1	0	1	25:12	1	2	0	1
David Tanabe	0	0	-1	2	1	15:59	0	0	0	0
Josef Vasicek	0	0	-1	0	2	16:48	0	0	0	1
Radim Vrbata	1	0	0	0	3	17:46	0	0	0	0
Niclas Wallin	0	0	-1	0	0	10:33	1	0	1	0
Aaron Ward	0	0	+1	0	0	23:35	2	0	1	0
Michael Zigomanis	0	0	-1	0	1	7:16	0	1	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Martin Biron (L)	1	34	3	31	.912	63:40

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	0	1	+1	0	5	14:16	1	0	2	1
Jason Botterill	0	1	+1	0	1	10:42	2	0	1	0
Eric Boulton	0	1	+1	0	1	9:56	0	0	0	0
Daniel Briere	0	0	0	2	2	16:28	0	0	0	0
Curtis Brown	0	0	-1	0	2	15:58	0	0	0	1
Brian Campbell	0	0	0	0	1	27:11	0	1	0	1
Tim Connolly	1	0	-1	0	2	20:09	0	1	0	0
J-P Dumont	0	0	0	0	7	13:51	1	0	0	0
Rory Fitzpatrick	0	0	-1	2	0	13:52	2	0	1	0
Jochen Hecht	0	0	0	0	3	18:02	1	0	1	0
Dmitri Kalinin	0	0	0	0	0	23:16	0	0	2	1
Ales Kotalik	0	0	-2	2	3	16:55	5	0	1	0
Adam Mair	1	0	0	0	1	13:09	7	0	0	0
James Patrick	0	0	0	0	0	12:24	0	1	0	0
Taylor Pyatt	0	1	0	0	1	12:51	2	0	0	1
Miroslav Satan	0	0	-1	0	3	22:01	0	1	1	0
Rhett Warrener	0	0	+1	0	1	19:20	2	2	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik	0	0	-2	0	1	28:24	2	2	0	0