Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 35 - 17
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:70/85=82 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:59/84=70 %, Challenges:25/39=62 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 860890 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:23 1-0
Eric Staal [3] (Erik Cole, Cory Stillman)
18:04 2-0
Jeff Hamilton [1] (Trevor Letowski, Ladislav Smid)
18:56 2-1
Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Jochen Hecht, Andrew Peters)
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26:54 2-2
Jason Pominville [2] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jochen Hecht)PP
35:08 3-2
Shawn Horcoff [1] (Andrew Ladd, Mike Commodore)
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59:44 4-2
Eric Staal [4] (Ray Whitney) EN
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Penalty summary:
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21:21
Shawn Horcoff (2 min for high-sticking)
23:56
Jochen Hecht (2 min for slashing)
26:25
Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for holding the stick)
27:27
Jeff Hamilton (2 min for slashing)
29:55
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
32:18
Eric Staal (2 min for tripping)
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43:44
Tim Connolly (2 min for roughing)
48:26
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for high-sticking)
55:17
Braydon Coburn (2 min for roughing)
55:17
Cory Stillman (2 min for roughing)
56:38
Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5.40 7
R Chad LaRose 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 5
R Scott Walker 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Cory Stillman 0 1 5 1 2 0 2 1 19.20 7
C Jeff Hamilton 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 7.40 8
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 12.00 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 18.20 8
C Eric Staal 2 0 5 1 1 1 2 1 22.00 8
L Ryan Bayda 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 13.00 8
L Ray Whitney 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 18.40 8
L Erik Cole 0 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 20.40 9
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 16.40 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 21.10 7
D Mike Commodore 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 12.00 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 21.30 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -3 13.30 5
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 17.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -3 17.20 6
C Jason Pominville 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.50 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 13.00 7
L Andrew Peters 0 1 1 5 2 5 0 0 6.50 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 13.30 5
L Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21.20 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 18.20 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 14.20 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 18.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 19.40 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -3 13.10 5
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -2 25.30 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 31 0 0 59.20 7
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Jeff Hamilton