National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Carolina 3
When: 5:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 21, 2010
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Chris Lee, Stephen Walkom
Linesmen: Jean Morin, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 15311
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1405
Carolina 0123
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:47 - Sabres Tim Connolly (PP) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Derek Roy
Penalties
9:00 - Sabres Craig Rivet (2) Slashing
 9:00 - Sabres Chris Butler (2) Roughing
 9:00 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (2) Roughing
 12:30 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:49 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Tim Connolly
4:30 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (PP) Assists: Drew Stafford , Tyler Myers
8:45 - Sabres Toni Lydman (EV) Unassisted
8:57 - Hurricanes Sergei Samsonov (EV) Assists: Brett Carson , Rod Brind'Amour
11:11 - Sabres Tim Kennedy (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Derek Roy
Penalties
4:12 - Hurricanes Jussi Jokinen (2) Cross checking
 6:24 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Tripping
 13:27 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
3rd Period
Scoring
2:07 - Hurricanes Brandon Sutter (EV) Unassisted
17:00 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (PP) Assists: Jamie McBain
Penalties
3:13 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Holding
 13:57 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (2) Tripping
 16:32 - Sabres Adam Mair (4) Cross checking
 16:32 - Sabres Adam Mair (10) Misconduct
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 45:57 3:35 10:28 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Montador D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 16:26 15:47 0:16 0:23 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 29 21:51 15:03 2:23 4:25 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 2 2 E 0 1 23 16:07 9:28 2:18 4:21 0 0 - - 3 10 23
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 E 0 0 29 24:37 18:40 0:00 5:57 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Kennedy LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 18 11:41 11:25 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Tim Connolly C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 23 16:34 12:54 2:07 1:33 1 0 - - 5 7 42
Drew Stafford RW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 17 10:57 9:56 1:01 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -1 14 0 17 12:04 11:48 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Mike Grier RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 16:57 11:23 0:00 5:34 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 0 2 2 +1 2 2 19 11:32 9:14 2:18 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 2 0 25 13:58 11:53 1:01 1:04 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 27 18:46 13:09 2:18 3:19 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Butler D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 18 13:22 12:04 1:12 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 13:35 12:23 0:16 0:56 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 11:37 11:35 0:00 0:02 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 23 16:03 11:55 0:00 4:08 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 2 0 2 +1 0 4 24 17:47 12:39 1:01 4:07 1 0 - - 2 0 100
Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 31 25:41 18:32 1:12 5:57 0 0 - - - - -
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Manny Legace G 0 0 0 0 0 27:56 21:47 4:09 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Peters G 0 0 0 0 0 28:43 23:08 4:00 1:35 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Pothier D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23 20:50 16:32 2:55 1:23 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Boychuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 10:20 9:14 1:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 1 0 1 -1 0 7 23 21:47 12:36 8:13 0:58 1 0 - - 5 8 38
Ray Whitney LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20 19:49 12:15 7:18 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 16 14:01 14:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 20 15:47 12:32 2:32 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Sutter RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 21 14:20 10:49 2:13 1:18 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 17:29 14:23 2:28 0:38 0 0 - - 16 8 67
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 22 27:08 17:54 7:58 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Cole LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 12:11 9:00 2:21 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Carson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 14:40 12:26 0:02 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Jamie McBain D 0 1 1 E 0 2 23 24:13 17:05 7:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 14:18 12:50 0:00 1:28 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Bryan Rodney D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 18:08 15:17 2:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 E 2 3 19 16:52 9:26 7:26 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Patrick Dwyer RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 9:59 9:16 0:02 0:41 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Jay Harrison D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 15:01 12:40 0:02 2:19 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 12:53 12:31 0:04 0:18 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (41-18-8) 30 27 3 .900 0 60:00
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Manny Legace 6 5 1 .833 0 27:56
Justin Peters L (6-3-0) 14 10 4 .714 0 28:43