Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 2008 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 35-30.
Goals came from Keith Aucoin, Tim Gleason, Derek Roy, Sergei Samsonov, Drew Stafford, Toni Lydman and Scott Walker.
Cam Ward made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Aucoin (5)Ryan Bayda (2), Joe Corvo (28)0–116:35 CAR
Tim Gleason (3)Patrick Eaves (9), Matt Cullen (36)0–217:01 CAR
2nd period
Derek Roy (27)Unassisted1–207:46 BUF
Sergei Samsonov (12)Eric Staal (33), Dennis Seidenberg (13)1–308:52 CAR
Drew Stafford (14)Dmitri Kalinin (7), Derek Roy (34)2–318:07 BUF
3rd period
Toni Lydman (3)Jochen Hecht (21), Maxim Afinogenov (14)3–310:00 BUF · PPG
OT period
Scott Walker (10)Eric Staal (34), Joe Corvo (29)3–402:50 CAR · PPG
Team stats
BUFCAR
30Shots on goal35
42%Faceoff %58%
1/3Power play1/8
16Penalty minutes6
13Hits19
19Blocked shots7
6Giveaways4
3Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 06:02
Andrej Sekera · hooking2 min - 1st 17:43
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 05:23Maxim Afinogenov · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:05Nolan Pratt · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:23Jaroslav Spacek · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:46Ryan Bayda · interference2 min
- 3rd 05:26Toni Lydman · slashing2 min
- 3rd 08:04Bret Hedican · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:30Paul Gaustad · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 17:58Derek Roy · high sticking2 min
- OT 01:14Jaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:56 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:33 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:11 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:15 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:11 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 27:20 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | O | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 62:50 |
| 35Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29:43 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:03 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:21 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 23:04 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:59 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:31 |
| 37Keith AucoinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:39 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:52 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:24 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 38Tim ConboyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 02:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 62:48 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |