National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 8, Carolina 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 1, 2007
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Dan Schachte
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 0011
Buffalo 2248
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:32 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (EV) Assists: Toni Lydman
4:18 - Sabres Tim Connolly (PP) Assists: Derek Roy , Jaroslav Spacek
Penalties
2:25 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Roughing
 2:25 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (2) Roughing
 3:16 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (2) Interference
 5:21 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) Hooking
 9:17 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Slashing
 9:17 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (2) Slashing
 13:03 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Interference
 18:33 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
15:32 - Sabres Adam Mair (EV) Assists: Paul Gaustad
16:28 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (EV) Assists: Brian Campbell
Penalties
5:22 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Cross checking
 7:47 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Slashing
 19:25 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
1:16 - Sabres Derek Roy (SH) Assists: Tim Connolly
6:48 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford
10:34 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (PP) Assists: Paul Gaustad , Jaroslav Spacek
12:03 - Sabres Jaroslav Spacek (EV) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Brian Campbell
18:05 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (PP) Assists: Bret Hedican , Dennis Seidenberg
Penalties
7:53 - Sabres Nolan Pratt (2) Cross checking
 7:53 - Sabres Nolan Pratt (2) Roughing
 7:53 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (2) Roughing
 10:20 - Hurricanes Trevor Letowski (2) Holding
 11:31 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Slashing
 11:31 - Hurricanes Bret Hedican (2) Slashing
 17:47 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Hooking
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Grahame G 0 0 0 0 0 59:52 44:16 12:18 3:18 0 0 - - - - -
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 14:01 12:33 0:15 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 26 21:04 15:29 5:23 0:12 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 -5 0 0 27 15:05 13:12 1:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bret Hedican D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 25 18:38 17:26 0:18 0:54 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 25 16:54 14:49 0:00 2:05 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 21 18:54 10:18 7:59 0:37 0 0 - - 7 2 78
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 21 16:22 11:05 4:22 0:55 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22 18:15 13:13 4:43 0:19 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Ray Whitney LW 1 0 1 -2 2 3 22 18:14 10:30 7:23 0:21 1 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ladd LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 11:27 10:51 0:22 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 24 20:43 12:07 6:55 1:41 0 0 - - 19 12 61
Trevor Letowski RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 14 9:34 8:47 0:22 0:25 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Scott Walker RW 0 0 0 -2 2 3 23 18:26 9:58 8:14 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Cole LW 0 0 0 -2 2 1 21 17:10 12:46 4:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 17:28 15:01 0:15 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
David Tanabe D 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 8:35 7:19 1:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 -2 4 4 16 12:09 11:22 0:01 0:46 0 0 - - - - -
Cory Stillman LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 17:50 10:23 7:25 0:02 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 44:24 3:18 12:18 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 +2 4 0 18 13:52 13:27 0:02 0:23 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 1 1 +1 4 1 22 18:15 15:39 0:00 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 1 2 3 +3 0 1 26 22:36 12:46 1:50 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 1 2 +3 2 5 22 17:40 12:49 1:24 3:27 0 1 - - 7 15 32
Ales Kotalik RW 2 0 2 +1 2 3 17 14:51 13:04 1:38 0:09 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Tim Connolly C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 20 14:55 10:23 1:50 2:42 1 0 - - 4 6 40
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15 9:58 7:50 0:14 1:54 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Drew Stafford RW 0 1 1 +1 4 4 14 9:15 9:13 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 11 7:31 7:29 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 +2 4 1 17 14:14 12:06 2:02 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 2 2 +2 2 0 21 15:32 13:14 1:04 1:14 0 0 - - 7 4 64
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 15:55 7:27 1:12 7:16 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryan C 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 7:44 7:10 0:00 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 17:21 15:44 1:28 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 24 20:31 16:36 0:00 3:55 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 2 2 +4 0 0 25 25:07 14:32 1:02 9:33 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 18:20 11:06 0:00 7:14 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Maxim Afinogenov RW 1 1 2 +3 0 2 19 18:04 16:26 1:38 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
John Grahame L (5-7-1) 25 17 8 .680 0 59:52
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 21 20 1 .952 0 60:00