Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 26, 2003 · HSBC Arena

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Final

SOG 31–33

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Friday, December 26, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 33-31.

Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Taylor Pyatt, Sean Hill and Chris Taylor.

Mika Noronen made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 30 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	0	0	1	1	31
BUF	0	0	3	3	33

Scoring

3rd period

Ales Kotalik (9)Dmitri Kalinin (8), Alexei Zhitnik (11)0–103:09 BUF · PPG
Taylor Pyatt (8)Miroslav Satan (6)0–212:14 BUF
Sean Hill (1)Glen Wesley (5), Eric Staal (9)1–214:22 CAR
Chris Taylor (3)Curtis Brown (9), Alexei Zhitnik (12)1–319:26 BUF · EN

Team stats

CARBUF

31Shots on goal33

52%Faceoff %48%

0/2Power play1/3

13Penalty minutes11

28Hits19

13Blocked shots25

7Giveaways9

2Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 00:20Erik Cole · interference2 min
1st 09:24Maxim Afinogenov · high sticking2 min
1st 09:24Aaron Ward · hooking2 min
1st 19:23Maxim Afinogenov · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 12:30Aaron Ward · roughing2 min
2nd 15:36Taylor Pyatt · fighting5 min
2nd 15:36Bob Boughner · fighting5 min
3rd 02:15Jesse Boulerice · tripping2 min
3rd 05:59Jay McKee · roughing2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	50	19:11
2Glen WesleyD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	0	–	23:20
22Sean HillD	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	25:24
10Ron FrancisC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	58	20:33
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	16:18
15Marty MurrayC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	50	13:04
16Ryan BaydaL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:35
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	50	23:24
19Radim VrbataR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	13:14
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	15:44
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	08:34
36Jesse BoulericeR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	02:25
63Josef VasicekC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	75	09:56
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	44	21:40
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	2	4	–	13:46
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	–	19:03
8Bob BoughnerD	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	5	–	13:16
55Danny MarkovD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	21:33

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jamie StorrG		0	0	0	–	–
80Kevin WeekesG	L	32	30	2	.938	59:12

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	2	2	+1	1	3	2	0	–	22:57
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	–	17:25
16Chris TaylorC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	25	12:07
24Taylor PyattL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	5	–	12:17
37Curtis BrownC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	3	0	56	19:00
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	21:08
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	4	0	–	22:08
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	36	15:56
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:17
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	100	14:47
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:52
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	54	20:13
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	100	22:01
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	4	–	12:52
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	21:19
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	16:59
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	17:15
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	19:27

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–