Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 14, 2001 · HSBC Arena

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2–3

Final/OT

SOG 24–39

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime on Friday, December 14, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 39-24.

Maxim Afinogenov scored twice. Erik Cole, Josef Vasicek and Stu Barnes also scored.

Mika Noronen made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 36 of 39.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	1	0	1	0	2	24
BUF	1	1	0	1	3	39

Scoring

1st period

Maxim Afinogenov (9)Vyacheslav Kozlov (8)0–106:34 BUF
Erik Cole (6)Unassisted1–116:47 CAR

2nd period

Maxim Afinogenov (10)Tim Connolly (13), Vyacheslav Kozlov (9)1–205:45 BUF

3rd period

Josef Vasicek (9)Martin Gelinas (7), Shane Willis (6)2–213:02 CAR

OT period

Stu Barnes (11)Alexei Zhitnik (19), Miroslav Satan (16)2–300:50 BUF

Team stats

CARBUF

24Shots on goal39

56%Faceoff %44%

0/2Power play0/3

13Penalty minutes11

21Hits33

12Blocked shots9

11Giveaways8

2Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 06:40Rob Ray · fighting5 min
1st 06:40Darren Langdon · fighting5 min
1st 12:07Jeff O'Neill · high sticking2 min
1st 17:02Jeff O'Neill · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 01:47Maxim Afinogenov · holding2 min
2nd 06:53Richard Smehlik · hooking2 min
3rd 06:04Jeff O'Neill · roughing2 min
3rd 16:36Jason Woolley · roughing2 min
3rd 16:36Martin Gelinas · roughing2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

23Martin GelinasL	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	2	–	13:01
25Shane WillisR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100	12:31
26Erik ColeL	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	–	16:21
63Josef VasicekC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	30	12:47
10Ron FrancisC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	64	20:29
11Jeff DanielsL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50	09:18
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	19:18
16Tommy VestlundL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	80	06:40
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	62	21:26
20Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	04:01
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	20:43
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	6	53	20:28
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:03
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	–	20:26
5Marek MalikD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	22:12
8Sandis OzolinshD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	16:44
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	–	23:42
45David TanabeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:54

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Arturs IrbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tom BarrassoG	L	39	36	3	.923	60:50

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	2	2	+1	5	1	0	0	67	18:44
61Maxim AfinogenovR	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	2	–	15:47
18Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	40	17:08
41Stu BarnesC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	2	0	46	20:11
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	+1	6	1	0	0	–	22:21
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	22:54
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	17:22
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	17:29
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:45
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	04:09
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	30	20:10
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	33	06:15
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	53	15:55
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+2	1	3	3	0	–	23:06
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	–	15:19
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	–	19:16
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	13:14
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	0	–	23:15

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:50
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00