Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres 1-3, Dec 26, 2003: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Carolina Hurricanes

1

3

Final · KeyBank Center

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

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Dec 26, 2003 at KeyBank Center.

Top performers

Sean Hill
Sean Hill had 1 goal for the Hurricanes.
Kevin Weekes
Kevin Weekes made 30 saves on 32 shots for the Hurricanes.
Alexei Zhitnik
Alexei Zhitnik had 2 assists for the Sabres.
Mika Noronen
Mika Noronen made 30 saves on 31 shots for the Sabres.

Before and after

Hurricanes · 2003-04 season · Previous Dec 22, 2003: DAL 3, CAR 1 · Next Dec 27, 2003: MTL 1, CAR 2
Sabres · 2003-04 season · Previous Dec 23, 2003: OTT 2, BUF 2 · Next Dec 27, 2003: BUF 3, WSH 1

Other Hurricanes vs Sabres games

Other Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres games

Jan 25, 2004	BUF at CAR	4-2	Regular
Dec 29, 2003	BUF at CAR	1-2	Regular
Nov 21, 2003	CAR at BUF	0-5	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 26, 2003

Glen Wesley	0	1	1	1	0	0	23:20
Eric Staal	0	1	1	0	6	0	19:11
Sean Hill	1	0	1	0	1	0	25:24
Ron Francis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	20:33
Rod Brind'Amour	0	0	0	-1	1	0	23:24
Bret Hedican	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:03
Radim Vrbata	0	0	0	-1	2	0	13:14
Aaron Ward	0	0	0	-1	3	4	13:46
Craig Adams	0	0	0	0	2	0	8:34
Erik Cole	0	0	0	0	3	2	15:44
Jeff O'Neill	0	0	0	-1	4	0	21:40
Kevyn Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:18
Bob Boughner	0	0	0	-1	2	5	13:16
Danny Markov	0	0	0	-1	2	0	21:33
Marty Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:04
Josef Vasicek	0	0	0	0	2	0	9:56
Jesse Boulerice	0	0	0	0	0	2	2:25
Ryan Bayda	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:35
Team	1	2	3	-6	31	13

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

Goalies

Carolina Hurricanes goalies, Dec 26, 2003
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Kevin Weekes	32	30	2	.938	59:12

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Dec 26, 2003

Alexei Zhitnik	0	2	2	1	1	0	22:57
Miroslav Satan	0	1	1	0	2	0	21:08
Curtis Brown	0	1	1	1	1	0	19:00
Taylor Pyatt	1	0	1	0	2	5	12:17
Ales Kotalik	1	0	1	0	7	0	17:25
Dmitri Kalinin	0	1	1	1	2	0	22:08
Chris Taylor	1	0	1	1	3	0	12:07
James Patrick	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:19
Daniel Briere	0	0	0	0	4	0	20:13
Brian Campbell	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:15
Eric Boulton	0	0	0	0	0	0	3:52
Jochen Hecht	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:01
Jay McKee	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:27
J.P. Dumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	2:17
Derek Roy	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:56
Adam Mair	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:47
Rory Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:59
Maxim Afinogenov	0	0	0	0	5	4	12:52
Team	3	5	8	5	33	11

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

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Dec 26, 2003
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mika Noronen	31	30	1	.968	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%