Hurricanes at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Hurricanes 13 9 5 0 27
Sabres 6 8 8 0 22
Goals
123OTT
Hurricanes 2 1 0 0 3
Sabres 1 2 1 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. HURRICANES, ARNOTT 3 (MURRAY) (PP), 02:13
2. HURRICANES, PENNER 2 (GRABOVSKI, SCHULTZ) (PP), 11:15
3. SABRES, JOHNSON 1 (BYFUGLIEN, PARROS), 19:48

PENALTIES: S. OTT BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:50, M. JOHNSON BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Major) 05:01, R. KESLER BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 05:42, N. BACKSTROM BUF (SPEARING, Major) 07:20, D. DOUGHTY BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 08:44, A. KOTALIK CAR (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:09, C. DINGMAN BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 10:41

Period 2
4. HURRICANES, GRABOVSKI 2 (KARIYA, MARKOV) (SH), 12:29
5. SABRES, DOUGHTY 3 (WEINHANDL, KESLER), 16:13
6. SABRES, PARROS 1 (OTT, BYFUGLIEN), 16:42

PENALTIES: P. WORRELL BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 01:30, S. OTT BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 02:25, D. BACKES BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 05:09, N. GROSSMAN CAR (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:30, G. MURRAY CAR (BOARDING, Minor) 15:44, P. KANE BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:44 (Served by Andrew Ladd)

Period 3
7. SABRES, KESLER 1 (DOUGHTY, WORRELL), 04:09

PENALTIES: G. PARROS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:59, J. ARNOTT CAR (CHARGING, Double Minor) 03:53, J. RUUTU BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 03:53, G. PARROS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 08:16, J. WINCHESTER CAR (CHARGING, Minor) 10:34, M. GRABOVSKI CAR (CHARGING, Minor) 15:32, P. WORRELL BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 15:32, M. JOHNSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:13

Goalie Statistics

Tim Thomas (CAR), 18 saves out of 22 shots, L, 1-3-0
Jimmy Howard (BUF), 24 saves out of 27 shots, W, 2-1-1

Power Play Conversions

Hurricanes 2 for 12
Sabres 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Ryan Kesler (BUF)
2 - Drew Doughty (BUF)
3 - Jack Johnson (BUF)

Player Statistics

Hurricanes

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Keith Ballard         0  0  0    -2   0  1   4 21
Danny Markov          0  1  1    -1   0  1   3 25
Mikhail Grabovski     1  1  2    -2   2  2   4 21
Paul Kariya           0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 16
Jason Arnott          1  0  1  Even   4  2   3 17
Ales Kotalik          0  0  0    -2   2  3   2 18
Matthew Lombardi      0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  7
Brooks Orpik          0  0  0    -1   0  1   5 25
Dustin Penner         1  0  1    -2   0  4   1 21
Jesse Winchester      0  0  0    -1   2  0   3 17
Niklas Grossman       0  0  0    -1   2  0   0 15
Chris Higgins         0  0  0    -1   0  3   1 13
Craig Adams           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  6
Glen Murray           0  1  1  Even   2  4   1 12
Scott Walker          0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 14
Josef Melichar        0  0  0    -2   0  3   0 23
Nick Schultz          0  1  1    -1   0  1   1 12
Jarret Stoll          0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 12
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     0  0  0  Even   5  0   0 19
Peter Worrell         0  1  1    +2   4  2   3 15
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 26
David Backes          0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  5
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 15
Mattias Weinhandl     0  1  1    +2   0  0   1 14
Keith Yandle          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 20
Jack Johnson          1  0  1    +3   0  4   2 15
Alexander Edler       0  0  0    +1   0  0   3 21
Dustin Byfuglien      0  2  2    +2   0  1   2 18
Jarko Ruutu           0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  8
Chris Dingman         0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 13
Matt Johnson          0  0  0    +2   7  2   2 12
Steve Ott             0  1  1    +2   4  2   1 16
Patrick Kane          0  0  0  Even  12  3   0  8
Georges Parros        1  1  2    +2   4  1   3 10
Drew Doughty          1  1  2    +2   2  3   3 21
Ryan Kesler           1  1  2    +2   2  3   1 18
   

Financial

Attendance: 11430
Net Profit: $699 516,00

Game Notes

Paul Kariya injured at 15:44 of the 2nd Period
Patrick Kane ejected at 15:44 of the 2nd Period

Minor League Box Score

Charlotte      2
Rochester      1
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Viktor Tikhonov 1 (Yves Sarault, Pavel Vorobiev)
Jozef Balej 1 (Mathias Tjarnqvist, Patrick Berglund)

Zack Stortini 1 (David Ling, Alexandre Giroux)

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Goalies
Charlotte: Nick Ricci
Rochester: Stefan Liv
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