National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 4, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 23, 2017
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 14470
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0202
Carolina 1304
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:33 - Hurricanes Sebastian Aho (EV) Assists: Brett Pesce , Teuvo Teravainen
Penalties
15:18 - Hurricanes Phillip Di Giuseppe (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:53 - Hurricanes Jordan Staal (PP) Assists: Elias Lindholm , Teuvo Teravainen
2:44 - Sabres Nathan Beaulieu (EV) Assists: Johan Larsson , Jack Eichel
4:35 - Hurricanes Justin Faulk (EV) Assists: Sebastian Aho , Teuvo Teravainen
11:16 - Hurricanes Justin Faulk (EV) Assists: Jaccob Slavin , Jeff Skinner
13:41 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel
Penalties
0:06 - Sabres Evander Kane (2) High sticking
 0:29 - Sabres Johan Larsson (2) Tripping
 5:59 - Hurricanes Marcus Kruger (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
11:24 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) Tripping
 16:19 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 58:45 48:29 4:00 6:16 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 11:45 9:52 0:09 1:44 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 29 22:29 18:05 1:33 2:51 0 0 2 4 - - -
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 -2 2 3 21 18:32 15:01 1:55 1:36 0 0 1 1 1 2 33
Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 14:22 11:55 0:09 2:18 0 0 - - 3 11 21
Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 23 20:56 17:10 1:55 1:51 0 0 1 - 2 14 12
Jordan Nolan LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:10 11:01 0:09 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 20:42 18:00 0:09 2:33 0 0 3 1 - - -
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:32 9:10 0:54 0:28 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 21 14:32 12:37 1:55 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Johan Larsson C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 22 16:04 14:40 0:00 1:24 0 0 1 - 8 9 47
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 16:22 14:26 1:56 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 3 0
Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 23 17:33 15:20 0:00 2:13 0 0 4 - 1 1 50
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:41 11:45 1:56 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 17:13 16:39 0:00 0:34 0 0 1 2 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 30 25:48 20:04 2:18 3:26 0 0 2 1 - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 12:28 8:35 1:11 2:42 0 0 2 - 0 2 0
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 10:18 8:23 1:55 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
Nathan Beaulieu D 1 0 1 +2 0 1 22 19:08 17:12 1:56 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
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 59:58 49:42 6:16 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Darling G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 18:52 15:30 3:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Klas Dahlbeck D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 15:47 14:47 0:00 1:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Derek Ryan C 0 0 0 E 0 4 23 16:42 13:33 3:09 0:00 0 0 2 - 13 4 76
Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 +2 0 1 24 19:55 14:00 2:54 3:01 1 0 2 1 12 5 71
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 17:17 14:08 3:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marcus Kruger C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 15 9:53 9:25 0:05 0:23 0 0 2 1 4 1 80
Sebastian Aho RW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 20 18:57 15:39 3:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Pesce D 0 1 1 E 0 1 24 19:27 16:27 0:05 2:55 0 0 1 3 - - -
Brock McGinn LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:01 12:27 0:00 1:34 0 0 3 - - - -
Justin Faulk D 2 0 2 +1 0 7 25 22:13 19:24 2:49 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 E 0 0 23 16:33 12:23 3:02 1:08 0 0 - - 7 2 78
Phillip Di Giuseppe LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 14 9:50 9:45 0:05 0:00 0 0 6 - - - -
Joakim Nordstrom LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 15 10:42 8:43 0:05 1:54 0 0 2 - - - -
Victor Rask C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 19 15:48 12:55 2:53 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 2 78
Jeff Skinner LW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 20 15:56 12:47 3:09 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 0 100
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 14:51 13:37 0:00 1:14 0 0 - - - - -
Jaccob Slavin D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 24 22:36 19:32 0:13 2:51 0 0 1 1 - - -
Teuvo Teravainen LW 0 3 3 +2 0 4 20 16:42 13:40 3:02 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson L (4-10-3) 38 34 4 .895 0 58:45
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (17-8-4) 22 20 2 .909 0 59:58