Friday, December 26, 2003 · HSBC Arena
Hurricanes 1 at Sabres 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
-
3:09
Ales Kotalik
(9)
PPG
Dmitri Kalinin (8), Alexei Zhitnik (11)
· Tip-in
CAR 0 – 1 BUF
-
12:14
Taylor Pyatt
(8)
Miroslav Satan (6)
· Snap
CAR 0 – 2 BUF
-
14:22
Sean Hill
(1)
Glen Wesley (5), Eric Staal (9)
· Wrist
CAR 1 – 2 BUF
-
19:26
Chris Taylor
(3)
Curtis Brown (9), Alexei Zhitnik (12)
· Snap
CAR 1 – 3 BUF
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Staal C | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 | 1.08 |
| Sean Hill D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25:24 | 0.93 |
| Glen Wesley D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 23:20 | 0.83 |
| Bret Hedican D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19:03 | 0.30 |
| Josef Vasicek C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 | 0.15 |
| Marty Murray C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13:04 | 0.10 |
| Craig Adams R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8:34 | 0.10 |
| Ryan Bayda L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 | 0.08 |
| Erik Cole L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 | 0.07 |
| Kevyn Adams C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:18 | 0.05 |
| Jeff O'Neill C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:40 | 0.05 |
| Radim Vrbata R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:14 | 0.00 |
| Danny Markov D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:33 | 0.00 |
| Rod Brind'Amour C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 23:24 | -0.13 |
| Aaron Ward D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 13:46 | -0.13 |
| Ron Francis C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:33 | -0.15 |
| Jesse Boulerice R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:25 | -0.15 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 13:16 | -0.33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Weekes | L | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:12 | 1.50 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 22:57 | 1.58 |
| Ales Kotalik R | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 | 1.28 |
| Dmitri Kalinin D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 22:08 | 1.23 |
| Chris Taylor C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 12:07 | 1.13 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 19:00 | 1.10 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:08 | 0.83 |
| Taylor Pyatt L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 | 0.48 |
| Adam Mair C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 14:47 | 0.25 |
| Daniel Brière C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 | 0.25 |
| James Patrick D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:19 | 0.20 |
| Brian Campbell D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:15 | 0.20 |
| Maxim Afinogenov R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:52 | 0.13 |
| Derek Roy C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:56 | 0.10 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16:59 | 0.10 |
| Jochen Hecht C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:01 | 0.02 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:27 | 0.02 |
| J-P Dumont R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:17 | 0.00 |
| Eric Boulton L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:52 | 0.00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mika Noronen | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 | 2.25 |