Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Tuesday, December 4, 2001 · Entertainment and Sports Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 27–24.
Erik Rasmussen scored twice and J-P Dumont scored twice. Sami Kapanen and Ron Francis also scored.
Martin Biron made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Sami Kapanen (15)Ron Francis (20)0–104:37 CAR · 
Erik Rasmussen (2)Vyacheslav Kozlov (3), Alexei Zhitnik (17)1–107:34 BUF
J-P Dumont (12)Stu Barnes (13), Jason Woolley (6)2–116:10 BUF
2nd period
Ron Francis (5)Erik Cole (8), Marek Malik (7)2–212:38 CAR
3rd period
- J-P Dumont (13)Miroslav Satan (12), Jason Woolley (7)3–201:05 BUF ·
- Erik Rasmussen (3)Tim Connolly (11), Vyacheslav Kozlov (4)4–205:16 BUF
Team stats
BUFCAR
2427
31%69%
1/31/4
86
1729
2013
1816
515
Penalties
- 4:33 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min - 16:37 into the first period
Darren Langdon · holding the stick2 min - 17:31 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
- 19:57 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · hooking2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodNiclas Wallin · cross checking2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · hooking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodShane Willis · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:26 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:29 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17:13 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:57 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:15 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 19Chris DingmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:19 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 25Shane WillisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:48 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |