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Monday, December 31, 2001 · HSBC Arena

Hurricanes 5 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 95OVR Ron Francis Hurricanes First Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG R 93OVR Sami Kapanen Hurricanes Second Star 3A · 5 SOG R 75OVR Maxim Afinogenov Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:46 Bates Battaglia (10) David Tanabe (11), Sami Kapanen (22) · Wrist CAR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 15:34 Maxim Afinogenov (14) SHG Stu Barnes (16) · Wrist CAR 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 16:58 Martin Gelinas (8) Sandis Ozolinsh (18) · Backhand CAR 2 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 18:42 Sean Hill (2) PPG Ron Francis (26), Bates Battaglia (12) · Snap CAR 3 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 7:29 Rhett Warrener (3) Unassisted · Backhand CAR 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 8:56 Denis Hamel (2) Alexei Zhitnik (22), Maxim Afinogenov (9) · Wrist CAR 3 – 3 BUF
  3. 14:33 Ron Francis (11) Sami Kapanen (23) · Backhand CAR 4 – 3 BUF
  4. 19:17 Ron Francis (12) Sami Kapanen (24), Rod Brind'Amour (19) · Wrist CAR 5 – 3 BUF
  5. 19:35 Curtis Brown (9) Miroslav Satan (20), Denis Hamel (4) · Wrist CAR 5 – 4 BUF

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ron Francis C 2 1 6 0 0 +1 19:25 2.73
Sami Kapanen R 0 3 5 2 0 +1 21:50 2.15
Bates Battaglia L 1 1 3 1 1 0 23:03 1.45
Sean Hill D 1 0 2 0 1 0 27:11 0.95
Sandis Ozolinsh D 0 1 2 1 0 +1 18:40 0.77
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 1 0 1 1 +1 23:26 0.73
David Tanabe D 0 1 2 0 0 0 13:36 0.73
Martin Gelinas L 1 0 2 1 0 -1 15:19 0.60
Marek Malik D 0 0 0 1 0 +1 20:15 0.15
Josef Vasicek C 0 0 3 1 0 -1 10:13 0.12
Jeff Daniels L 0 0 0 1 2 0 10:35 0.10
Erik Cole L 0 0 3 3 0 -1 16:27 0.07
Craig Adams R 0 0 0 3 1 0 4:04 0.05
Tommy Vestlund L 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:46 -0.15
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 2 2 -1 12:35 -0.20
Aaron Ward D 0 0 0 5 0 0 17:37 -0.20
Shane Willis R 0 0 2 1 1 -1 15:31 -0.30
Darren Langdon L 0 0 0 1 0 0 4:00 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Arturs Irbe W 27 23 4 .852 59:58 -0.70

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Maxim Afinogenov R 1 1 6 2 0 0 18:08 1.83
Denis Hamel L 1 1 1 3 0 +1 5:50 1.30
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 2 2 4 +1 23:18 1.03
Stu Barnes C 0 1 2 1 0 +2 22:11 0.93
Curtis Brown C 1 0 3 3 0 -2 14:01 0.78
Miroslav Satan R 0 1 2 1 0 +1 23:25 0.77
Rhett Warrener D 1 0 1 2 1 0 18:20 0.68
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 3 1 +1 17:23 0.20
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 0 4 0 +1 19:07 0.15
Taylor Pyatt L 0 0 1 1 0 0 5:49 0.13
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 4 2 0 17:43 0.10
Erik Rasmussen C 0 0 4 7 0 -1 13:55 0.00
Jason Woolley D 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:09 0.00
J-P Dumont R 0 0 0 3 0 0 12:35 -0.05
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15:59 -0.15
Chris Gratton C 0 0 2 6 0 -2 16:55 -0.35
Vaclav Varada R 0 0 1 3 0 -2 16:12 -0.43
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 2 0 0 2:46 -0.90
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mika Noronen — 11 9 2 .818 20:00 -0.60
Martin Biron L 18 16 2 .889 39:11 0.10