National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3, Carolina 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 17, 2009
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Dave Jackson
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 0011
Buffalo 2103
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:58 - Sabres Tim Connolly (EV) Assists: Toni Lydman , Thomas Vanek
16:30 - Sabres Teppo Numminen (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Derek Roy
Penalties
7:49 - Sabres Jason Pominville (2) Hooking
 7:51 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (2) Tripping
 10:07 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) Hooking
 12:46 - Sabres Daniel Paille (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
16:56 - Sabres Tim Connolly (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek
Penalties
10:58 - Sabres Craig Rivet (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:17 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (EV) Assists: Matt Cullen , Scott Walker
Penalties
1:31 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Holding
 15:47 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) Tripping
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 56:37 47:07 7:28 2:02 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 23:54 20:21 2:19 1:14 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 16:19 15:31 0:00 0:48 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 10:41 10:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 21 18:16 17:04 0:00 1:12 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:16 8:31 2:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 24 22:18 17:31 4:47 0:00 0 0 - - 8 10 44
Ray Whitney LW 1 0 1 +1 0 5 24 18:49 14:45 4:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 22:17 16:32 4:47 0:58 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 E 0 4 25 20:28 15:26 5:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Sutter RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 6:24 5:34 0:00 0:50 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 21 14:31 11:16 3:15 0:00 0 0 - - 7 4 64
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 13 9:20 8:32 0:00 0:48 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Scott Walker RW 0 1 1 +1 2 3 21 15:13 15:11 0:00 0:02 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 24:14 17:17 5:43 1:14 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 17:45 15:36 2:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:29 7:15 0:00 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 16 13:03 13:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 31 27:06 20:25 5:53 0:48 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:56 2:02 8:02 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 28 26:01 21:13 1:01 3:47 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 E 0 2 28 20:29 16:49 0:00 3:40 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 E 0 3 23 19:08 14:14 1:01 3:53 0 0 - - 9 8 53
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 29 21:33 18:12 0:00 3:21 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 18 14:49 13:50 0:59 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 2 0 2 +2 0 5 24 17:22 14:27 1:01 1:54 0 0 - - 6 10 38
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 10:39 8:59 0:00 1:40 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 12:32 11:31 1:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 7:22 7:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Thomas Vanek LW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 20 15:03 14:02 1:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Teppo Numminen D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 17 10:49 9:15 0:00 1:34 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 18:09 14:53 1:01 2:15 0 0 - - 11 4 73
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 E 2 1 23 18:07 13:13 1:03 3:51 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Butler D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 17:39 16:36 0:02 1:01 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12 7:48 7:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:47 11:45 0:00 1:02 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 E 2 1 26 21:49 18:07 1:01 2:41 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 23 17:54 15:26 0:59 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward L (39-23-5) 26 23 3 .885 0 56:37
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (34-18-6) 37 36 1 .973 0 60:00