Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 7, 2012 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 42-24.
Goals came from Jaroslav Spacek, Tyler Myers, Thomas Vanek, Chad LaRose and Jason Pominville.
Ryan Miller made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 39 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jaroslav Spacek (1)Jamie McBain (1), Jussi Jokinen (1)1–002:47 CAR
2nd period
Tyler Myers (1)Patrick Kaleta (1), Jordan Leopold (1)1–100:22 BUF
Thomas Vanek (1)Christian Ehrhoff (1), Jason Pominville (1)1–201:02 BUF · PPG
Chad LaRose (1)Jeff Skinner (1)2–205:11 CAR
OT period
Jason Pominville (1)Christian Ehrhoff (2), Thomas Vanek (1)2–300:56 BUF · PPG
Team stats
CARBUF
24Shots on goal42
54%Faceoff %46%
0/3Power play2/7
14Penalty minutes6
11Hits19
21Blocked shots11
5Giveaways9
0Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 03:18
Tyler Myers · tripping2 min - 1st 08:30
Jay Harrison · tripping2 min - 1st 15:23Bryan Allen · slashing2 min
- 2nd 00:33Jussi Jokinen · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:53Chad LaRose · boarding2 min
- 3rd 01:32Jussi Jokinen · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 05:08Drew Stafford · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:29Derek Roy · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:30Jussi Jokinen · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:05Bryan Allen · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 15:21 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 8Jaroslav SpacekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:36 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:59 |
| 14Andreas NodlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:47 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 71Jerome SamsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:33 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:54 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:29 |
| 27Derek JoslinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:51 |
| 28Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:05 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | O | 42 | 39 | 3 | .929 | 60:56 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 19:47 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:24 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:31 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:49 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:40 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:47 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:36 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:48 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:24 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:37 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:56 |