The Buffalo Sabres handily defeated the Carolina Hurricanes, 6 to 3, on January 3, 2003.

Final

Hurricanes

15-16-5-3

3

Sabres

9-22-5-2

6

Team

CAR

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

BUF

J-P Dumont (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Ales Kotalik

Rod Brind'Amour (EV) assisted by Glen Wesley and Bates Battaglia

2nd period

CAR

BUF

Bates Battaglia (EV) assisted by Rod Brind'Amour and Erik Cole

Curtis Brown (SH) assisted by Miroslav Satan and Henrik Tallinder

Miroslav Satan (EV) assisted by Curtis Brown

Jeff O'Neill (EV) assisted by Rod Brind'Amour and Bates Battaglia

3rd period

CAR

BUF

Stu Barnes (EV) assisted by J-P Dumont and Ales Kotalik

J-P Dumont (EV) assisted by Stu Barnes and Brian Campbell

Miroslav Satan (PP) assisted by James Patrick and Alexei Zhitnik

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Kevin Weekes (L) K. Weekes	0	1	0	0	34	28	.824	6	6.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Craig Adams C. Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4:51
Kevyn Adams K. Adams	0	0	0	-1	0	0		4	7	57.1	0	9:45
Bates Battaglia B. Battaglia	1	2	3	+2	2	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	1	18:41
Jesse Boulerice J. Boulerice	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4:55
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	1	2	3	+3	0	4	25.0	15	27	55.6	0	19:46
Erik Cole E. Cole	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0	1	2	50.0	0	16:50
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	0	0	-3	0	0		1	6	16.7	0	17:29
Steven Halko S. Halko	0	0	0	-1	0	0		0	0		0	13:28
Sean Hill S. Hill	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0	0	0		0	19:21
Jan Hlavac J. Hlavac	0	0	0	-2	2	5	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	16:17
Sami Kapanen S. Kapanen	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	16:06
Tomas Malec T. Malec	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0	0	0		1	17:56
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	1	0	1	-2	0	5	20.0	5	14	35.7	0	16:12
Jaroslav Svoboda J. Svoboda	0	0	0	-1	0	0		0	0		0	14:36
Josef Vasicek J. Vasicek	0	0	0	-1	0	0		4	8	50.0	0	12:59
Niclas Wallin N. Wallin	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0.0	0	0		0	20:18
Aaron Ward A. Ward	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0.0	0	0		0	23:30
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	22:07

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ryan Miller (W) R. Miller	1	0	0	0	28	25	.893	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	13	20	65.0	0	19:37
Eric Boulton E. Boulton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	5:25
Curtis Brown C. Brown	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	10	21	47.6	0	15:35
Brian Campbell B. Campbell	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	13:38
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	6	33.3	0	11:35
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7	0	0		0	16:25
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	7	13	53.8	1	17:02
Denis Hamel D. Hamel	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	13:32
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	19:01
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100.0	0	13:06
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	4	25.0	1	10:54
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	18:12
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	16:37
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	17:34
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	2	1	3	+1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	40.0	0	0		0	21:06
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	18:21
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	1	16:24
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	29:20