Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, March 12, 2003 · HSBC Arena

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3–2

Final/OT

SOG 34–34

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at HSBC Arena.

Goals came from Adam Mair, Tim Connolly, Ron Francis, Radim Vrbata and Craig Adams.

Patrick Desrochers made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 31 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	0	1	1	1	3	34
BUF	2	0	0	0	2	34

Scoring

1st period

Adam Mair (6)Jason Botterill (2), Eric Boulton (2)0–118:11 BUF
Tim Connolly (10)Taylor Pyatt (12), Maxim Afinogenov (3)0–219:39 BUF

2nd period

Ron Francis (21)Ryan Bayda (8), Bruno St. Jacques (2)1–200:20 CAR

3rd period

Radim Vrbata (12)Ron Francis (28), Bret Hedican (13)2–219:50 CAR

OT period

Craig Adams (6)Kevyn Adams (8), Bruno St. Jacques (3)3–203:41 CAR

Team stats

CARBUF

34Shots on goal34

55%Faceoff %45%

0/3Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes6

19Hits25

9Blocked shots8

10Giveaways9

4Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 00:11Daniel Brière · holding stick obstruction2 min
1st 03:05Ales Kotalik · boarding2 min
1st 07:02David Tanabe · tripping2 min
2nd 04:44Rory Fitzpatrick · tripping2 min
3rd 14:27Bret Hedican · high sticking2 min
3rd 14:27Bret Hedican · high sticking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

10Ron FrancisC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	55	19:10
25Bruno St. JacquesD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	2	0	–	25:12
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	53	21:28
19Radim VrbataR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:46
27Craig AdamsR	1	0	1	+1	6	2	0	0	–	19:57
47Ryan BaydaL	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	17:28
6Bret HedicanD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	4	4	–	25:54
11Jeff DanielsL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	09:31
12Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	100	16:31
39Brad DefauwL	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	–	13:48
46Mike ZigomanisC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	60	07:16
63Josef VasicekC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	55	16:48
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	+2	4	0	1	0	55	19:55
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	23:35
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:33
21David TanabeD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	15:59
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	25:17
71Tomas MalecD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	08:36

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Patrick DesrochersG	W	34	32	2	.941	63:07
80Kevin WeekesG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

18Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	27	20:09
22Adam MairC	1	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	56	13:09
24Taylor PyattL	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:51
26Eric BoultonL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	09:56
28Jason BotterillL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	10:42
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	14:16
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	-2	3	5	0	2	–	16:55
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	–	13:51
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	53	15:58
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	40	16:28
71Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	60	18:02
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	22:01
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:24
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	19:20
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	–	13:52
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	2	0	–	28:24
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	23:16
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	27:11

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	34	31	3	.912	63:40