Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2003 · RBC Center

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1–2

22–31

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Monday, December 29, 2003 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 31–22.

Goals came from Curtis Brown, Ron Francis and Bret Hedican.

Kevin Weekes made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 29 of 31.

Goals
BUF	1	0	0	1	22
CAR	0	2	0	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Curtis Brown (5)Jay McKee (1)1–018:39 BUF

2nd period

Ron Francis (6)Jeff O'Neill (16), Eric Staal (10)1–104:14 CAR
Bret Hedican (2)Unassisted1–215:10 CAR

Team stats

BUFCAR

2231

43%57%

0/50/4

810

411

1616

57

611

Penalties

4:09 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
8:06 into the first periodDanny Markov · interference2 min
10:32 into the first periodAles Kotalik · high sticking2 min
11:07 into the first periodEric Staal · hooking2 min
14:55 into the first periodEric Boulton · interference2 min
19:20 into the first periodRadim Vrbata · hooking obstruction2 min
7:07 into the second periodAdam Mair · tripping2 min
10:26 into the second periodAaron Ward · roughing2 min
16:43 into the second periodAaron Ward · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

37Curtis BrownC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	65	0	0	27	16:35
74Jay McKeeD	0	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	–	0	0	25	20:07
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	28	0	0	20	16:18
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	–	3	0	27	17:02
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	17	0	0	14	08:36
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	23	18:44
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	24	19:13
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	6	03:55
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	36	0	0	21	20:47
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	0	2	20	17:05
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	1	17	12:38
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	26	22:28
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	0	0	8	06:14
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	14:47
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	22	15:55
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	1	0	32	27:19
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	1	30	24:18
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	2	14	11:06

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG	L	31	29	2	.935	58:51
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

10Ron FrancisC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	80	0	0	20	14:27
12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	57	0	2	27	17:40
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	54	0	0	20	13:53
6Bret HedicanD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	26	19:08
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	56	0	0	19	13:17
15Marty MurrayC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	0	1	22	14:54
16Ryan BaydaL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	17	12:06
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	58	1	0	26	18:45
19Radim VrbataR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	1	2	20	14:42
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	0	1	23	14:20
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	1	1	20	15:19
62Jaroslav SvobodaL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	12	06:39
63Josef VasicekC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	0	1	20	13:24
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	1	0	31	20:00
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	0	0	27	16:37
8Bob BoughnerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	0	0	24	20:01
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	4	0	–	0	1	28	22:20
55Danny MarkovD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	2	–	1	1	28	22:19

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
1Jamie StorrG		0	0	0	–	–
80Kevin WeekesG	W	22	21	1	.955	59:59