Carolina Hurricanes 2 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 23 - 28
PP: 2 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:19/31=59 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:69/91=75 %, Challenges:37/45=80 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 903935 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:16 0-1
Derek Roy [2] (Brian Savage, Jiri Novotny)
14:09 1-1
Cory Stillman [4] (Frantisek Kaberle)PP
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26:12 1-2
Aleksey Morozov [2] (Chris Drury, Henrik Tallinder)
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46:15 2-2
Erik Cole [4] (Rod Brind'Amour, Anton Babchuk)PP
46:41 2-3
Derek Roy [3] (Jiri Novotny, Brian Savage)
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Penalty summary:
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02:58
Éric Bélanger (2 min for roughing)
02:58
Brian Savage (2 min for roughing)
09:43
Andrew Peters (2 min for tripping)
12:49
Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
16:18
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
19:41
Jochen Hecht (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:46
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
25:46
Tim Gleason (5 min for fighting)
33:29
Daniel Brière (2 min for tripping)
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44:36
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for holding the stick)
47:33
David Tanabe (2 min for high-sticking)
54:27
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
57:24
Eric Staal (2 min for roughing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 11.10 5
R Cory Stillman 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 -1 18.50 7
R Justin Williams 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 -1 18.00 6
C Travis Green 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 10.30 5
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 20.20 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
L Brad Isbister 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 11.10 5
L Ray Whitney 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Erik Cole 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
D Anton Babchuk 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -2 17.10 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8.40 6
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 23.50 6
D David Tanabe 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 -1 23.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 26.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrew Peters 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 0 8.00 6
R Jiri Novotny 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 17.40 9
R Aleksey Morozov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 1 0 6 0 18.10 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 8.50 5
C Derek Roy 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 12.50 9
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 18.30 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Brian Savage 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 9.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 16.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 20.40 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 18.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Danny Battochio 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Derek Roy
2nd star: Jiri Novotny
3rd star: Aleksey Morozov
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ray Whitney had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Aleksey Morozov finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Aleksey Morozov finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Derek Roy ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Thomas Vanek had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Tim Gleason in a fight.
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 15) , Rochester Americans 2( 19)
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0-1 ROC Dan Paillé (Jeff Jillson)
1-1 LOW Ryan Bayda (Mike Commodore, Joe Barnes)
1-2 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Marek Zagrapan)
2-2 LOW Vince Bellissimo (Ernie Hartlieb)
Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Martin Biron