Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, April 9, 2009 · RBC Center
XM 206 · FS-CR · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 27-25.
Jason Pominville scored twice. Matt Ellis, Jochen Hecht, Derek Roy and Eric Staal also scored.
Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 9 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Pominville (19)Tim Connolly (27), Jaroslav Spacek (35)1–005:34 BUF
2nd period
Matt Ellis (6)Jaroslav Spacek (36), Daniel Paille (14)2–003:15 BUF
Jochen Hecht (12)Daniel Paille (15)3–006:16 BUF- Jason Pominville (20)Tim Connolly (28)4–010:13 BUF
3rd period
Derek Roy (28)Unassisted5–009:39 BUF · SHG
Eric Staal (40)Ray Whitney (51), Anton Babchuk (19)5–119:32 CAR · PPG
Team stats
BUFCAR
25Shots on goal27
32%Faceoff %68%
0/5Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes12
16Hits27
17Blocked shots14
2Giveaways4
8Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 08:14
Chad LaRose · interference goalkeeper2 min - 2nd 11:30Joe Corvo · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:36Tim Gleason · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:53Joni Pitkanen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 06:35Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 07:49
Craig Rivet · hooking2 min - 3rd 17:00Dominic Moore · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:00Tim Conboy · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:41Paul Gaustad · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:58 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:18 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 17Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:04 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 59:52 |
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 16:08 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 63Dwight HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:50 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:41 |
| 38Tim ConboyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 13 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 30:13 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 12 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 29:47 |