🌪️ Away Hurricanes 13-13-7 before this game

1–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	0	0	0	1
BUF	0	0	0	3

Hurricanes at Sabres

Sabres beat Hurricanes 3–1 at KeyBank Center on December 26, 2003.

🗓 Fri, Dec 26, 2003 · 19:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

2 A

1 shots · 22:57 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Ales Kotalik

1 G

7 shots · 17:25 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Chris Taylor

1 G

3 shots · 12:07 TOI · +1

4rd star ⚔️ BUF

Mika Noronen

30 saves

0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR BUF⚔️

31 Shots on goal 33

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

28 Hits 19

13 Blocked shots 25

2 Takeaways 6

7 Giveaways 9

13 Penalty minutes 11

CAR shooting 3.2% (1/31) BUF shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Kevin Weekes

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:12 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Mika Noronen

30/31

.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 13-13-7 (39% win rate, 33 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 13-18-3 (38% win rate, 34 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 13-13-7 (39% win rate, 33 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 13-18-3 (38% win rate, 34 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Brind'Amour · O'Neill · Francis 21:40

L2 Cole · Staal · Adams 16:18

L3 Bayda · Murray · Vrbata 13:04

L4 Vasicek · Adams · Boulerice 8:34

D1 Hill · Wesley 24:22

D2 Markov · Hedican 20:18

D3 Ward · Boughner 13:31

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Brière · Satan 21:08

L2 Brown · Roy · Kotalik 17:25

L3 Pyatt · Mair · Afinogenov 12:52

L4 Boulton · Taylor · Dumont 3:52

D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 22:32

D2 Patrick · McKee 20:23

D3 Campbell · Fitzpatrick 17:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs BUF, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Sabres on December 26, 2003?

Sabres won 3–1.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Sabres?

The final score was Hurricanes 1, Sabres 3.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mika Noronen made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Dec 22

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 23

Also on December 26, 2003

Hurricanes season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule