The Buffalo Sabres couldn't pull it off against the Carolina Hurricanes, 5 to 4, on December 31, 2001.

Final

Hurricanes

20-13-5-5

5

Sabres

15-20-4-1

4

Team

CAR

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

BUF

Bates Battaglia (EV) assisted by David Tanabe and Sami Kapanen

Maxim Afinogenov (SH) assisted by Stu Barnes

Martin Gelinas (EV) assisted by Sandis Ozolinsh

2nd period

CAR

BUF

Sean Hill (PP) assisted by Ron Francis and Bates Battaglia

3rd period

CAR

BUF

Rhett Warrener (EV) unassisted

Denis Hamel (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Maxim Afinogenov

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Sami Kapanen

Ron Francis (EV-EN) assisted by Sami Kapanen and Rod Brind'Amour

Curtis Brown (EV) assisted by Miroslav Satan and Denis Hamel

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
Arturs Irbe (W) A. Irbe	1	0	0	0	27	23	.852	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Craig Adams C. Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	1	0	0	4:04
Bates Battaglia B. Battaglia	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0		1	1	0	1	23:03
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		15	29	51.7	1	1	0	2	23:26
Erik Cole E. Cole	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	0	16:27
Jeff Daniels J. Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	66.7	1	2	0	0	10:35
Ron Francis R. Francis	2	1	3	+1	0	0	1	1	6	33.3	9	16	56.3	0	0	0	0	19:25
Martin Gelinas M. Gelinas	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	0	2	2	15:19
Sean Hill S. Hill	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	27:11
Sami Kapanen S. Kapanen	0	3	3	+1	2	0	0	0	5	0.0	1	1	100.0	2	0	0	2	21:50
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	4:00
Marek Malik M. Malik	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	20:15
Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	3	18:40
David Tanabe D. Tanabe	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	13:36
Josef Vasicek J. Vasicek	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	5	10	50.0	1	0	1	0	10:13
Tommy Vestlund T. Vestlund	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	11:46
Aaron Ward A. Ward	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		5	0	0	1	17:37
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	2	0	0	12:35
Shane Willis S. Willis	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	15:31

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mika Noronen M. Noronen					11	9	.818	2	6.00	0	20
Martin Biron (L) M. Biron	0	1	0	0	18	16	.889	2	3.06	0	39

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	6	16.7	0	0		2	0	0	0	18:08
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	2	0.0	8	14	57.1	1	0	0	0	22:11
Curtis Brown C. Brown	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	3	33.3	6	12	50.0	3	0	2	0	14:01
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		3	9	33.3	1	0	0	0	15:59
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	0	0	1	12:35
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0	11	23	47.8	6	0	0	1	16:55
Denis Hamel D. Hamel	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	3	0	0	0	5:50
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	1	0	0	17:23
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	2	1	1	17:43
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	5:49
Erik Rasmussen E. Rasmussen	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		7	0	0	0	13:55
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	2:46
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	3	23:25
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	0	1	1	19:07
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	1	16:12
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		2	1	0	1	18:20
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	20:09
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	4	0	2	23:18