Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres 5-4, Dec 31, 2001: Box Score | AskScores

Carolina Hurricanes

5

4

Final · KeyBank Center

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
CAR	2	1	2	5
BUF	1	0	3	4

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Dec 31, 2001 at KeyBank Center.

Top performers

Ron Francis
Ron Francis had 2 goals and 1 assist for the Hurricanes.
Arturs Irbe
Arturs Irbe made 23 saves on 27 shots for the Hurricanes.
Maxim Afinogenov
Maxim Afinogenov had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Sabres.
Martin Biron
Martin Biron made 16 saves on 18 shots for the Sabres.

Before and after

Hurricanes · 2001-02 season · Previous Dec 30, 2001: CAR 5, WSH 5 · Next Jan 2, 2002: BOS 6, CAR 3
Sabres · 2001-02 season · Previous Dec 29, 2001: BUF 2, CBJ 2 · Next Jan 3, 2002: BUF 1, CGY 3

Other Hurricanes vs Sabres games

Other Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres games

Jan 29, 2002	BUF at CAR	2-2	Regular
Dec 14, 2001	CAR at BUF	2-3	Regular
Dec 4, 2001	BUF at CAR	4-2	Regular
Jan 19, 2026	BUF at CAR	1-2	Regular
Nov 23, 2025	CAR at BUF	1-4	Regular
Nov 8, 2025	BUF at CAR	3-6	Regular

Carolina Hurricanes box score

Skaters

Carolina Hurricanes skaters, Dec 31, 2001

Ron Francis	2	1	3	1	6	0	19:25
Sami Kapanen	0	3	3	1	5	2	21:50
Bates Battaglia	1	1	2	0	3	2	23:03
Rod Brind'Amour	0	1	1	1	0	0	23:26
Martin Gelinas	1	0	1	-1	2	2	15:19
Sean Hill	1	0	1	0	2	0	27:11
Sandis Ozolinsh	0	1	1	1	2	0	18:40
David Tanabe	0	1	1	0	2	0	13:36
Glen Wesley	0	0	0	-1	0	2	12:35
Aaron Ward	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:37
Craig Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:04
Erik Cole	0	0	0	-1	3	0	16:27
Marek Malik	0	0	0	1	0	0	20:15
Jeff Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:35
Darren Langdon	0	0	0	0	0	10	4:00
Josef Vasicek	0	0	0	-1	3	0	10:13
Shane Willis	0	0	0	-1	2	4	15:31
Tommy Westlund	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:46
Team	5	8	13	0	30	26

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Carolina Hurricanes goalies, Dec 31, 2001
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs Irbe	27	23	4	.852	59:58

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Dec 31, 2001

Maxim Afinogenov	1	1	2	0	6	0	18:08
Denis Hamel	1	1	2	1	1	4	5:50
Stu Barnes	0	1	1	2	2	2	22:11
Alexei Zhitnik	0	1	1	1	2	0	23:18
Miroslav Satan	0	1	1	1	2	0	23:25
Curtis Brown	1	0	1	-2	3	0	14:01
Rhett Warrener	1	0	1	0	1	2	18:20
Rob Ray	0	0	0	0	0	12	2:46
Jason Woolley	0	0	0	0	2	2	20:09
Jay McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:43
Taylor Pyatt	0	0	0	0	1	0	5:49
J.P. Dumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:35
Tim Connolly	0	0	0	-1	0	0	15:59
Richard Smehlik	0	0	0	1	0	0	19:07
Vaclav Varada	0	0	0	-2	1	2	16:12
Dmitri Kalinin	0	0	0	1	0	0	17:23
Erik Rasmussen	0	0	0	-1	4	2	13:55
Team	4	5	9	1	25	26

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Dec 31, 2001

Martin Biron	18	16	2	.889	39:11
Mika Noronen	11	9	2	.818	20:00
Team	29	25	4	1.707

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%