Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 20, 2006 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–4 on Friday, October 20, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 29–20.
Goals came from Scott Walker, Jason Pominville, Eric Staal, Dmitri Kalinin, Maxim Afinogenov, Eric Belanger, Thomas Vanek, Jaroslav Spacek and Mike Commodore.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Walker (4)Eric Staal (4)1–005:28 CAR
Jason Pominville (3)Jochen Hecht (4), Daniel Brière (8)1–109:14 BUF
2nd period
Eric Staal (4)Ray Whitney (7), Erik Cole (3)2–108:37 CAR · 
Dmitri Kalinin (2)Paul Gaustad (3), Jason Pominville (2)2–212:33 BUF · 
Maxim Afinogenov (4)Brian Campbell (3), Derek Roy (3)2–313:31 BUF
Eric Belanger (3)Ray Whitney (8), Chad LaRose (2)3–315:42 CAR
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (4)Maxim Afinogenov (7), Derek Roy (4)3–413:26 BUF · 
Jaroslav Spacek (2)Thomas Vanek (5), Maxim Afinogenov (8)3–515:24 BUF
Mike Commodore (2)Erik Cole (4)4–518:45 CAR ·
Team stats
CARBUF
2029
46%54%
1/51/5
1010
1122
189
1918
37
Penalties
- 19:12 into the first period
Daniel Brière · tripping2 min - 1:55 into the second period
Bret Hedican · holding2 min - 2:43 into the second periodCraig Adams · hooking2 min
- 6:52 into the second periodDaniel Brière · high sticking2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodTeppo Numminen · hooking2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodDerek Roy · diving2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodDmitri Kalinin · interference2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodJustin Williams · tripping2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodRay Whitney · hooking2 min
- 18:04 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · holding the stick2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.