National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Carolina 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 9, 2009
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Dan Marouelli, Andy McElman
Attendance: 18513
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1315
Carolina 0011
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:34 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Tim Connolly , Jaroslav Spacek
Penalties
8:14 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (2) Goaltender interference
2nd Period
Scoring
3:15 - Sabres Matt Ellis (EV) Assists: Jaroslav Spacek , Daniel Paille
6:16 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Daniel Paille
10:13 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Tim Connolly
Penalties
11:30 - Hurricanes Joe Corvo (2) Roughing
 14:36 - Hurricanes Tim Gleason (2) Holding
 19:53 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
9:39 - Sabres Derek Roy (SH) Unassisted
19:32 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (PP) Assists: Ray Whitney , Anton Babchuk
Penalties
6:35 - Hurricanes Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 7:49 - Sabres Craig Rivet (2) Hooking
 17:00 - Sabres Dominic Moore (2) High sticking
 17:00 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (2) High sticking
 17:41 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Hooking
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 59:52 47:33 9:14 3:05 0 0 - - - - -
Mikael Tellqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 25 22:04 15:49 4:21 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 2 2 +3 0 1 29 21:22 15:18 4:53 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 24 20:48 13:50 5:35 1:23 0 1 - - 3 11 21
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 18:35 16:41 0:00 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Dominic Moore RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 16:06 13:23 1:48 0:55 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Tim Connolly C 0 2 2 +2 0 0 22 17:00 12:27 3:48 0:45 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Daniel Paille LW 0 2 2 +2 0 2 17 11:58 11:29 0:19 0:10 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:47 11:03 2:44 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 12:17 12:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 +2 0 1 20 16:32 11:37 4:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 2 2 23 15:24 11:22 3:39 0:23 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Jason Pominville RW 2 0 2 +2 0 3 20 15:15 11:51 3:00 0:24 0 0 - - 0 7 0
Chris Butler D 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 15:29 15:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17 10:18 10:08 0:00 0:10 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 9:34 9:12 0:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 28 20:04 16:51 2:57 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 E 2 0 27 21:04 15:33 4:36 0:55 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 19 16:40 12:46 3:13 0:41 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
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 30:13 28:13 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 29:47 19:28 3:05 7:14 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 16:46 11:23 0:10 5:13 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Conboy D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 11 7:29 7:15 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 25 20:40 17:24 0:00 3:16 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 14:15 9:46 0:00 4:29 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 1 0 1 E 0 4 24 19:32 12:09 2:50 4:33 1 0 - - 8 7 53
Ray Whitney LW 0 1 1 -2 0 5 19 16:08 12:34 2:55 0:39 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:45 13:40 0:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 13:56 11:59 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 17:57 15:09 0:05 2:43 0 0 - - 11 3 79
Scott Walker RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 12:17 12:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 25 24:41 21:04 1:32 2:05 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Cole LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 16:36 11:45 0:52 3:59 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 21 20:31 17:42 1:20 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 22 17:04 14:49 0:10 2:05 0 0 - - 9 3 75
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 9:46 8:14 0:10 1:22 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 -2 2 3 24 18:22 15:14 0:01 3:07 0 0 - - - - -
Dwight Helminen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 5:50 5:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 26 22:31 18:50 1:45 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (34-18-6) 27 26 1 .963 0 59:52
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward L (39-23-5) 13 9 4 .692 0 30:13
Michael Leighton 12 11 1 .917 0 29:47