Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Thu, Jan 8, 2015 · PNC Arena · 2014–15 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 5

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at PNC Arena. Phil Varone scored twice. Cam Ward made 18 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	20
CAR	0	4	1	5	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	04:52	CAR	EV	Jeff Skinner (9) · snap	Alexander Semin (6), Ryan Murphy (2)	0–1
2nd	05:51	BUF	EV	Phil Varone (1) · wrist	Chris Stewart (7)	1–1
2nd	13:50	CAR	PP	Jiri Tlusty (11) · snap	Nathan Gerbe (11), Justin Faulk (16)	1–2
2nd	14:43	CAR	EV	Eric Staal (12) · wrap-around	Ryan Murphy (3), John-Michael Liles (7)	1–3
2nd	15:09	CAR	EV	Victor Rask (5) · deflected	Ron Hainsey (4)	1–4
3rd	08:17	BUF	EV	Phil Varone (2) · tip-in	Tyson Strachan (5), Mike Weber (5)	2–4
3rd	10:10	CAR	EV	Riley Nash (6) · snap	Justin Faulk (17), Jiri Tlusty (6)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:09	CAR	Jiri Tlusty	tripping	2
2nd	06:04	CAR	Eric Staal	tripping	2
2nd	11:52	BUF	Nicolas Deslauriers	holding	2
2nd	12:40	BUF	Tyson Strachan	cross checking	2
3rd	01:22	BUF	Tyler Myers	cross checking	2
3rd	06:12	CAR	John-Michael Liles	holding the stick	2
3rd	11:30	CAR	Ryan Murphy	cross checking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.25 · CAR 3.66 · xG% BUF 38.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
84	Phil Varone	C	2	0	2	+1	0	2	2	1	42.9	15:19	21
6	Mike Weber	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	6	8		19:10	27
24	Tyson Strachan	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	2	2		18:45	29
80	Chris Stewart	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		14:58	21
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0		24:38	30
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	5		23:15	30
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		19:05	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	40.0	18:22	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	3		17:39	19
51	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	1		17:08	22
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		16:54	20
65	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		16:01	22
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	63.6	14:21	20
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	4	2		13:13	17
19	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:10	18
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	33.3	11:48	17
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0		10:56	17
59	Tim Schaller	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	38.5	9:20	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jhonas Enroth	L	31	26	5	.839	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Justin Faulk	D	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	0		21:01	26
7	Ryan Murphy	D	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	1		18:38	22
19	Jiri Tlusty	L	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	0		13:54	20
65	Ron Hainsey	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		22:45	29
26	John-Michael Liles	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0		17:51	27
14	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	100.0	17:34	27
20	Riley Nash	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	2	1	41.7	16:27	27
49	Victor Rask	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	60.0	15:26	19
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		14:58	17
12	Eric Staal	C	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0		14:17	18
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	0	50.0	13:50	19
4	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		18:49	27
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2		18:20	25
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	60.0	15:51	23
16	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		14:29	22
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1		14:26	23
18	Jay McClement	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	62.5	13:49	22
24	Brad Malone	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		9:36	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	W	20	18	2	.900	60:00