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Carolina Hurricanes vs. Buffalo Sabres Box Score: December 31, 2001

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Carolina Hurricanes

5

20-13-5-5

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December 31, 2001

Arena: HSBC Arena

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
00:46	CAR		Bates Battaglia (10)	David Tanabe, Sami Kapanen
15:34	BUF	SH	Maxim Afinogenov (14)	Stu Barnes
16:58	CAR		Martin Gélinas (8)	Sandis Ozoliņš
2nd Period
18:42	CAR	PP	Sean Hill (2)	Ron Francis, Bates Battaglia
3rd Period
07:29	BUF		Rhett Warrener (3)
08:56	BUF		Denis Hamel (2)	Alexei Zhitnik, Maxim Afinogenov
14:33	CAR		Ron Francis (11)	Sami Kapanen
19:17	CAR	EN	Ron Francis (12)	Sami Kapanen, Rod Brind'Amour
19:35	BUF		Curtis Brown (9)	Miroslav Šatan, Denis Hamel

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
05:56	BUF	Denis Hamel	High sticking	2 min
06:38	CAR	Bates Battaglia	Tripping	2 min
10:37	BUF	Rob Ray	Boarding	2 min
13:31	CAR	Martin Gélinas	Interference	2 min
14:24	BUF	J.P. Dumont	Too many men on the ice	2 min
19:00	CAR	Shane Willis	Holding the stick	2 min
2nd Period
04:05	CAR	Tommy Westlund	Hooking	2 min
10:58	CAR	Sami Kapanen	Cross checking	2 min
10:58	BUF	Stu Barnes	Roughing	2 min
15:32	BUF	Denis Hamel	Roughing	2 min
15:32	CAR	Darren Langdon	Misconduct	10 min
15:32	BUF	Rob Ray	Misconduct	10 min
15:32	CAR	Aaron Ward	Interference	2 min
15:32	CAR	Glen Wesley	Slashing	2 min
15:42	BUF	Chris Gratton	Hooking	2 min
17:39	BUF	Jason Woolley	Hooking	2 min
3rd Period
00:10	BUF	Erik Rasmussen	Roughing	2 min
04:28	BUF	Václav Varaďa	Tripping	2 min
05:20	BUF	Rhett Warrener	Slashing	2 min
11:24	CAR	Shane Willis	High sticking	2 min

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Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Craig Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	4:04
2	Bates Battaglia	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	33.3	29	23:03
3	Rod Brind'Amour	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		30	23:26
4	Erik Cole	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	21	16:27
5	Jeff Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	10:35
6	Ron Francis	2	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	6	33.3	26	19:25
7	Martin Gélinas	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	22	15:19
8	Sean Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	31	27:11
9	Sami Kapanen	0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	25	21:50
10	Darren Langdon	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0		6	4:00
11	Marek Malík	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		28	20:15
12	Sandis Ozoliņš	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	20	18:40
13	David Tanabe	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	21	13:36
14	Josef Vašíček	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	17	10:13
15	Aaron Ward	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		22	17:37
16	Glen Wesley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0		24	12:35
17	Tommy Westlund	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		19	11:46
18	Shane Willis	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	19	15:31
19	Artūrs Irbe	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					59:58
	TOTAL	5	8	13		26	4	1	0		30	16.7

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Artūrs Irbe	W	4	27	23	.852	0	0	59:58

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Maxim Afinogenov	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	16.7	19	18:08
2	Stu Barnes	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	25	22:11
3	Curtis Brown	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3	19	14:01
4	Tim Connolly	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	15:59
5	J.P. Dumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	12:35
6	Chris Gratton	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	23	16:55
7	Denis Hamel	1	1	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	100.0	14	5:50
8	Dmitri Kalinin	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		22	17:23
9	Jay McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22	17:43
10	Taylor Pyatt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	10	5:49
11	Erik Rasmussen	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	20	13:55
12	Rob Ray	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0		7	2:46
13	Miroslav Šatan	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	25	23:25
14	Richard Šmehlík	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	19:07
15	Václav Varaďa	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	22	16:12
16	Rhett Warrener	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	100.0	22	18:20
17	Jason Woolley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	22	20:09
18	Alexei Zhitnik	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	23	23:18
19	Martin Biron	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					39:11
20	Mika Noronen	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					20:00
	TOTAL	4	5	9		28	3	0	1		27	14.8

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Mika Noronen		2	11	9	.818	0	0	20:00
2	Martin Biron	L	2	18	16	.889	0	0	39:11
3	Empty Net		1	1	0	.000	0	0

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