Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 14, 2011 · First Niagara Center
NHLN-CA · FS-CR (HD) · MSG-B (HD)
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Friday, October 14, 2011 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 42-34.
Goals came from Thomas Vanek, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Derek Roy, Brandon Sutter, Tim Brent, Drew Stafford and Jeff Skinner.
Cam Ward made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Vanek (1)Jordan Leopold (1)0–106:58 BUF
Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)Jay Harrison (1), Jamie McBain (1)1–108:20 CAR
Derek Roy (1)Drew Stafford (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1)1–210:01 BUF
Brandon Sutter (1)Unassisted2–219:48 CAR · SHG
2nd period
Tim Brent (1)Jiri Tlusty (1)3–206:59 CAR · SHG
3rd period
Drew Stafford (1)Tyler Myers (1), Andrej Sekera (1)3–317:39 BUF
Jeff Skinner (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Joni Pitkanen (1)4–318:36 CAR · PPG
Team stats
CARBUF
34Shots on goal42
50%Faceoff %50%
1/6Power play0/6
19Penalty minutes19
8Hits8
16Blocked shots8
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 02:50
Jason Pominville · hooking2 min - 1st 05:07
Jay Harrison · tripping2 min - 1st 06:20Tyler Myers · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:59Bryan Allen · interference2 min
- 2nd 03:10Cody McCormick · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 05:49Chad LaRose · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:59Nathan Gerbe · slashing2 min
- 2nd 07:59Tuomo Ruutu · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:37Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
- 2nd 10:37Tim Gleason · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:47Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 17:58Alexei Ponikarovsky · slashing2 min
- 3rd 07:31Jeff Skinner · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:20Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 18:00Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:28Christian Ehrhoff · tripping2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 16Brandon SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:12 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 24:05 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:20 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 18:49 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:21 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 22Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:36 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:40 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:08 |
| 51Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 42 | 39 | 3 | .929 | 60:00 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14:05 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 18:35 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 26:18 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:10 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:49 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:09 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 58:52 |