⚔️ Away Sabres 5-6-1 before this game
0–2
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 5-4-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BUF 0000
CAR 1012

Sabres at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Sabres 2–0 at PNC Arena on November 7, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Nov 7, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Jeff O'Neill
1 G
3 shots · 19:53 TOI · +1
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Craig Adams
1 G
1 shots · 10:22 TOI · +1
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Ron Francis
1 A
2 shots · 21:19 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Jeff O'Neill Go-ahead 1st · 17:23
Assists: Jan Hlavac, Ron Francis · beat Mika Noronen
0–1
3rd period
🌪️ Craig Adams 3rd · 17:46
Unassisted · beat Mika Noronen
0–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF CAR🌪️
26 Shots on goal 21
3 Hits 3
28 Penalty minutes 13
BUF shooting 0.0% (0/26) CAR shooting 9.5% (2/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Mika Noronen
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Kevin Weekes Shutout
26/26
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Hecht · Gratton 20:56
L2 Brown · Connolly · Varada 17:57
L3 Pyatt · Dumont · Kotalik 14:29
L4 Boulton · Mair 6:18
D1 Kalinin · McKee 21:18
D2 Patrick · Woolley 18:21
D3 Warrener · Campbell 14:46
D4 Zhitnik 7:07
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Francis · Kapanen 21:19
L2 Svoboda · Battaglia · O'Neill 18:06
L3 Adams · Druken · Adams 12:59
L4 Hlavac · Cole · Boulerice 5:33
D1 Hedican · Wesley 22:09
D2 Hill · Tanabe 21:31
D3 Ward · Wallin 16:16

⚔️ Last meetings

Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 29, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
2–2 (OT) · Sabres won
Dec 31, 2001
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
5–4 · Hurricanes won
Dec 14, 2001
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 (OT) · Sabres won
Dec 4, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
4–2 · Sabres won
Mar 24, 2001
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs CAR, answered

Who won Sabres vs Hurricanes on November 7, 2002?

Hurricanes won 2–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Hurricanes?

The final score was Sabres 0, Hurricanes 2.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Craig Adams, Jeff O'Neill.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mika Noronen made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 26 saves on 26 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Sabres vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Hurricanes season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Nov 3
⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ
2–3 · CBJ won
Next game · Nov 9
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
6–4 · ATL won
🌪️Hurricanes
Previous game · Nov 5
🔔PHI @ 🌪️CAR
2–1 · PHI won
Next game · Nov 9
🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
Also on November 7, 2002
🔥CGY @ 🗽NYR
0–1 final
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
1–0 final
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
1–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🐙DET
1–2 final
🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL
5–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🪶CHI
0–5 final
🌲MIN @ 🌵PHX
1–4 final
Sabres season page Hurricanes season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule