Sabres at Hurricanes

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 7 11 9 0 27
Hurricanes 4 12 11 0 27
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 0 1 2 0 3
Hurricanes 0 3 2 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: D. BACKES BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 03:16, J. NIINIMAA CAR (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:16, M. GRABOVSKI CAR (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:41, J. MELICHAR CAR (HOOKING, Minor) 13:20, G. PARROS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:45, A. KOTALIK CAR (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:16

Period 2
1. HURRICANES, GRABOVSKI 28 (SUNDSTROM, KOTALIK) (PP), 02:41
2. HURRICANES, WALKER 11 (UNASSISTED), 05:29
3. SABRES, DINGMAN 13 (EDLER, KESLER), 07:02
4. HURRICANES, NIINIMAA 11 (LOMBARDI, PAILLE), 08:40

PENALTIES: D. BACKES BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 01:41 (Served by Drew Doughty), M. JOHNSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 02:12, C. DINGMAN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 12:44, M. GRABOVSKI CAR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 12:44

Period 3
5. SABRES, EDLER 5 (JOHNSON, PARROS), 07:30
6. HURRICANES, GRABOVSKI 29 (WINCHESTER, NIINIMAA) (PP), 11:46
7. HURRICANES, ARNOTT 25 (NIINIMAA, KOTALIK), 18:02
8. SABRES, KANE 23 (BACKSTROM, JOHNSON), 19:28

PENALTIES: A. KOTALIK CAR (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 02:30, R. KESLER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:29, M. JOHNSON BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:57, M. JOHNSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:15, J. NIINIMAA CAR (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:49

Goalie Statistics

Jimmy Howard (BUF), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 18-48-3
Ondrej Pavelec (BUF), 0 saves out of 0 shots
Dan Cloutier (CAR), 24 saves out of 27 shots, W, 24-19-4

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 5
Hurricanes 2 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Janne Niinimaa (CAR)
2 - Alexander Edler (BUF)
3 - Jason Arnott (CAR)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     0  1  1    +1   0  2   0 21
Peter Worrell         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 14
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 23
David Backes          0  0  0  Even  14  1   0  8
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 21
Keith Yandle          0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 24
Jack Johnson          0  1  1    +2   0  1   0 20
Alexander Edler       1  1  2    +1   0  2   1 14
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 18
Jason Doig            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  7
Jarko Ruutu           0  0  0    -2   0  1   3 20
Chris Dingman         1  0  1    -1   2  5   2 20
Matt Johnson          0  1  1  Even   6  1   4 22
Patrick Kane          1  0  1  Even   0  4   3 18
Georges Parros        0  1  1    +2   2  0   2 12
Drew Doughty          0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 14
Ryan Kesler           0  1  1    +2   2  2   0 15
   
Hurricanes

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Janne Niinimaa        1  2  3    +2   4  1   0 26
Maxim Lapierre        0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 13
Carl Gunnarsson       0  0  0    -3   0  0   1 19
Dan Cleary            0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 22
Mikhail Grabovski     2  0  2    -3   4  2   1 18
Jason Arnott          1  0  1    +1   0  5   2 27
Ales Kotalik          0  2  2  Even  14  3   1 24
Matthew Lombardi      0  1  1    +1   0  0   1  3
Cory Sarich           0  0  0    +2   0  0   8 27
Jesse Winchester      0  1  1  Even   0  4   1 23
Niklas Grossman       0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 17
Craig Adams           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  3
Daniel Paille         0  1  1    +1   0  1   0  6
Scott Walker          1  0  1    +1   0  3   2  9
Josef Melichar        0  0  0    -2   2  1   1 20
Niklas Sundstrom      0  1  1    -2   0  1   1 22
Nick Schultz          0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 11
   

Financial

Attendance: 11171
Net Profit: $663 557,00

Game Notes

Craig Adams injured at 01:41 of the 2nd Period
David Backes ejected at 01:41 of the 2nd Period
Matthew Lombardi injured at 02:30 of the 3rd Period
Ondrej Pavelec enters game at 18:02 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      2
Charlotte      2
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Ronald Petrovicky 14 (Steve Eminger, Zack Stortini)
Alexandre Giroux 31 (Erik Rasmussen, Chris Campoli)

Jeff Taffe 14 (Yves Sarault, Jon Klemm)
Jozef Balej 15 (Matt Davidson, Viktor Tikhonov)

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Goalies
Rochester: Stefan Liv
Charlotte: Ray Emery
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