Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, November 7, 2002 · RBC Center
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Thursday, November 7, 2002 at RBC Center. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 26-21.
Goals came from Jeff O'Neill and Craig Adams.
Kevin Weekes made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff O'Neill (5)Jan Hlavac (2), Ron Francis (4)0–117:23 CAR
3rd period
Craig Adams (1)Unassisted0–217:46 CAR
Team stats
BUFCAR
26Shots on goal21
37%Faceoff %63%
0/4Power play0/5
28Penalty minutes13
3Hits3
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:49
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 09:54Jochen Hecht · high sticking2 min
- 1st 13:07Chris Gratton · tripping2 min
- 1st 17:23Alexei Zhitnik · kneeing5 min
- 1st 17:23Alexei Zhitnik · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 03:53Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:53
Jesse Boulerice · fighting5 min - 2nd 04:55Bates Battaglia · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 05:20Jaroslav Svoboda · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 13:06Rod Brind'Amour · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:16Niclas Wallin · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:46Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct coach2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:54 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:24 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:26 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:21 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:40 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:07 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 59:58 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 20Jan HlavacL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:34 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:22 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 15Harold DrukenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:23 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:33 |
| 36Jesse BoulericeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:27 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:43 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:35 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 21David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | W | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |