Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 3, 2003 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Friday, January 3, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 34-28.
J-P Dumont scored twice and Miroslav Satan scored twice. Rod Brind'Amour, Bates Battaglia, Curtis Brown, Jeff O'Neill and Stu Barnes also scored.
Ryan Miller made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
J-P Dumont (9)Alexei Zhitnik (10), Ales Kotalik (4)0–101:11 BUF
Rod Brind'Amour (12)Glen Wesley (6), Bates Battaglia (8)1–108:52 CAR
2nd period
Bates Battaglia (5)Rod Brind'Amour (18), Erik Cole (11)2–104:42 CAR
Curtis Brown (7)Miroslav Satan (18), Henrik Tallinder (6)2–207:10 BUF · SHG
Miroslav Satan (14)Curtis Brown (8)2–311:38 BUF
Jeff O'Neill (13)Rod Brind'Amour (19), Bates Battaglia (9)3–312:42 CAR
3rd period
Stu Barnes (8)J-P Dumont (9), Ales Kotalik (5)3–407:23 BUF- J-P Dumont (10)Stu Barnes (11), Brian Campbell (7)3–509:59 BUF
- Miroslav Satan (15)James Patrick (8), Alexei Zhitnik (11)3–617:34 BUF · PPG
Team stats
CARBUF
28Shots on goal34
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes6
2Hits4
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 11:35
Chris Gratton · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 13:58
Aaron Ward · tripping2 min - 2nd 02:38Ales Kotalik · interference2 min
- 2nd 06:46Eric Boulton · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:11Tomas Malec · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 19:20Jan Hlavac · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:41Sean Hill · interference2 min
- 3rd 12:39Niclas Wallin · charging2 min
- 3rd 16:05Bates Battaglia · kneeing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 19:46 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:50 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 16:12 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:07 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:45 |
| 20Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 16:17 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 36Jesse BoulericeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:55 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:30 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 28Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 71Tomas MalecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | L | 34 | 28 | 6 | .824 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 21:06 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 29:20 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:25 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17:02 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 59:56 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |