Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Friday, December 15, 2000 · Entertainment and Sports Arena

3–5

28–25

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Friday, December 15, 2000 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 28–25.

Goals came from James Patrick, Sami Kapanen, Miroslav Satan, Martin Gelinas, Jeff O'Neill, Ron Francis, Rod Brind'Amour and Dmitri Kalinin.

Arturs Irbe made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 17 of 21.

Goals
BUF	1	1	1	3	28
CAR	1	2	2	5	25

Scoring

1st period

James Patrick (2)J-P Dumont (11), Alexei Zhitnik (10)1–011:50 BUF ·
Sami Kapanen (9)Jeff O'Neill (8), Ron Francis (16)1–115:00 CAR

2nd period

Miroslav Satan (8)J-P Dumont (12), Stu Barnes (12)2–101:33 BUF
Martin Gelinas (8)Josef Vasicek (9)2–211:34 CAR
Jeff O'Neill (9)Ron Francis (17), Sami Kapanen (12)2–319:50 CAR ·

3rd period

Ron Francis (6)Jeff O'Neill (9), Glen Wesley (5)2–400:39 CAR
Rod Brind'Amour (4)Bates Battaglia (5)2–505:19 CAR
Dmitri Kalinin (2)Miroslav Satan (15), Alexei Zhitnik (11)3–514:02 BUF ·

Team stats

BUFCAR

2825

42%58%

2/81/3

616

2120

1315

Penalties

2:20 into the first periodMaxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
6:44 into the first periodDavid Tanabe · slashing2 min
11:24 into the first periodSami Kapanen · kneeing2 min
6:25 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · tripping2 min
13:12 into the second periodJay McKee · interference2 min
15:28 into the second periodGlen Wesley · holding the stick2 min
17:17 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · tripping2 min
19:37 into the second periodVaclav Varada · interference2 min
1:29 into the third periodSandis Ozolinsh · slashing2 min
6:11 into the third periodDave Karpa · hooking2 min
13:54 into the third periodDave Karpa · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	0	2	2	−1	3	2	1	0	–	17:39
81Miroslav SatanR	1	1	2	−1	2	1	0	0	–	19:56
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	2	2	−3	3	2	2	0	–	25:18
41Stu BarnesC	0	1	1	−1	3	0	1	0	35	18:49
3James PatrickD	1	0	1	−1	4	0	3	0	–	20:13
45Dmitri KalininD	1	0	1	−2	2	0	2	0	–	17:42
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	−2	0	3	1	0	100	13:17
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	–	10:52
29Vladimir TsyplakovL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:28
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:49
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	29	16:24
52Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:31
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	20	06:49
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	–	18:03
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	63	17:29
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	20:31
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	0	–	16:32
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	15:30

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
39Dominik HasekG	L	21	17	4	.809	40:24
43Martin BironG		4	3	1	.750	17:47

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

10Ron FrancisC	1	2	3	+2	3	0	3	0	69	19:59
92Jeff O'NeillC	1	2	3	+2	3	1	0	0	57	18:35
24Sami KapanenR	1	1	2	+2	1	2	1	2	–	18:42
13Bates BattagliaL	0	1	1	+1	1	5	0	0	–	14:48
17Rod Brind'AmourC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	2	50	23:49
23Martin GelinasL	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	18:03
63Josef VasicekC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	70	10:25
2Glen WesleyD	0	1	1	+2	2	3	4	2	–	24:00
16Tommy VestlundL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	07:11
19Rob DiMaioR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:58
20Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:59
25Shane WillisR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:49
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:10
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	+3	4	1	1	0	–	27:04
8Sandis OzolinshD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	4	–	22:41
14Steven HalkoD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	14:23
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	21:40
45David TanabeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:22

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
1Arturs IrbeG	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00
31Tyler MossG		0	0	0	–	00:00