Friday, December 14, 2001 · HSBC Arena
Hurricanes 2 at Sabres 3
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
6:34
Maxim Afinogenov
(9)
Vyacheslav Kozlov (8)
· Wrist
CAR 0 – 1 BUF
-
16:47
Erik Cole
(6)
Unassisted
· Wrist
CAR 1 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
-
5:45
Maxim Afinogenov
(10)
Tim Connolly (13), Vyacheslav Kozlov (9)
· Backhand
CAR 1 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
-
13:02
Josef Vasicek
(9)
Martin Gelinas (7), Shane Willis (6)
· Wrist
CAR 2 – 2 BUF
Overtime
-
0:50
Stu Barnes
(11)
Alexei Zhitnik (19), Miroslav Satan (16)
· Tip-in
CAR 2 – 3 BUF
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cole L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 | 0.83 |
| Josef Vasicek C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 | 0.83 |
| Martin Gelinas L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 0.63 |
| Shane Willis R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:31 | 0.53 |
| Bates Battaglia L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:18 | 0.32 |
| Rod Brind'Amour C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 21:26 | 0.28 |
| Aaron Ward D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20:26 | 0.28 |
| Sandis Ozolinsh D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16:44 | 0.23 |
| Glen Wesley D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 | 0.15 |
| Tommy Vestlund L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:40 | 0.08 |
| David Tanabe D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 | 0.08 |
| Sean Hill D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 23:42 | 0.07 |
| Jeff Daniels L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9:18 | 0.05 |
| Sami Kapanen R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:43 | -0.10 |
| Marek Malik D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 22:12 | -0.10 |
| Ron Francis C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:29 | -0.15 |
| Darren Langdon L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4:01 | -0.30 |
| Jeff O'Neill C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:28 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | L | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 60:50 | 1.35 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Kozlov L | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 18:44 | 1.83 |
| Maxim Afinogenov R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 15:47 | 1.75 |
| Stu Barnes C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 20:11 | 1.35 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 22:21 | 1.28 |
| Tim Connolly C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 17:08 | 1.05 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:54 | 0.83 |
| Rhett Warrener D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 23:06 | 0.48 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +2 | 23:15 | 0.45 |
| J-P Dumont R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 | 0.08 |
| Vaclav Varada R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:29 | 0.02 |
| Eric Boulton L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:45 | 0.00 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:10 | 0.00 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:19 | 0.00 |
| Dmitri Kalinin D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:14 | -0.05 |
| Chris Gratton C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 15:55 | -0.08 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 | -0.08 |
| Denis Hamel L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6:15 | -0.10 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:09 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mika Noronen | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:50 | 0.70 |