Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Oct 14, 2011 · First Niagara Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Carolina Hurricanes

4 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at First Niagara Center. Cam Ward made 39 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–42.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	2	1	1	4	34
BUF	2	0	1	3	42

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:58	BUF	EV	Thomas Vanek (1) · wrist	Jordan Leopold (1)	0–1
1st	08:20	CAR	PP	Alexei Ponikarovsky (1) · tip-in	Jay Harrison (1), Jamie McBain (1)	1–1
1st	10:01	BUF	EV	Derek Roy (1) · wrist	Drew Stafford (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1)	1–2
1st	19:48	CAR	SH	Brandon Sutter (1) · wrist	Unassisted	2–2
2nd	06:59	CAR	SH	Tim Brent (1) · wrist	Jiri Tlusty (1)	3–2
3rd	17:39	BUF	EV	Drew Stafford (1) · backhand	Tyler Myers (1), Andrej Sekera (1)	3–3
3rd	18:36	CAR	PP	Jeff Skinner (1) · slap	Jussi Jokinen (1), Joni Pitkanen (1)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:50	BUF	Jason Pominville	hooking	2
1st	05:07	CAR	Jay Harrison	tripping	2
1st	06:20	BUF	Tyler Myers	tripping	2
1st	18:59	CAR	Bryan Allen	interference	2
2nd	03:10	BUF	Cody McCormick	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	05:49	CAR	Chad LaRose	high sticking	2
2nd	07:59	BUF	Nathan Gerbe	slashing	2
2nd	07:59	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	slashing	2
2nd	10:37	BUF	Paul Gaustad	fighting	5
2nd	10:37	CAR	Tim Gleason	fighting	5
2nd	13:47	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	17:58	CAR	Alexei Ponikarovsky	slashing	2
3rd	07:31	CAR	Jeff Skinner	tripping	2
3rd	10:20	CAR	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	18:00	BUF	Thomas Vanek	tripping	2
3rd	19:28	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: CAR 2.44 · BUF 4.28 · xG% CAR 36.4

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Joni Pitkanen	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	3		24:05	34
4	Jamie McBain	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		18:40	25
44	Jay Harrison	D	0	1	1	-1	2	4	0	1		18:20	30
23	Alexei Ponikarovsky	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2		18:07	29
16	Brandon Sutter	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2	61.9	17:41	25
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	63.6	17:12	26
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0		15:39	21
19	Jiri Tlusty	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2		12:59	20
37	Tim Brent	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	50.0	8:12	13
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	+2	5	0	3	0		22:08	30
5	Bryan Allen	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	3		20:51	30
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-3	0	5	0	0	41.7	18:49	29
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		18:35	24
51	Tomas Kaberle	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		16:11	22
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	42.9	14:54	25
59	Chad LaRose	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0		14:40	24
13	Anthony Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		5:21	8
22	Zac Dalpe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		3:36	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	W	42	39	3	.929	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Drew Stafford	R	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0		14:05	19
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	1	1	-2	2	6	0	0		26:18	26
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2		21:22	26
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0		21:10	28
26	Thomas Vanek	L	1	0	1	-1	2	8	1	0		18:35	24
9	Derek Roy	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0	64.0	16:11	23
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		14:05	21
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	2	40.0	19:48	24
17	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		19:31	23
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		17:44	24
72	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	33.3	16:51	19
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:15	17
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25.0	13:40	17
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	13:08	17
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	50.0	12:09	14
22	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	11:49	17
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	0		11:19	18
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		8:00	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	L	34	30	4	.882	58:52