Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, January 23, 2014 · First Niagara Center
BELL TV · SPSO · MSG-B
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at First Niagara Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 33-29.
Alexander Semin scored twice. Cody Hodgson, Jeff Skinner, Brian Flynn, Tyler Ennis, Andrej Sekera and Jiri Tlusty also scored.
Anton Khudobin made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cody Hodgson (1)Steve Ott (1)0–110:15 BUF
Jeff Skinner (1)Unassisted1–112:28 CAR
2nd period
Brian Flynn (1)Phil Varone (1), Marcus Foligno (1)1–203:20 BUF
Alexander Semin (1)Andrej Sekera (1), Justin Faulk (1)2–213:11 CAR
3rd period
Tyler Ennis (1)Drew Stafford (1), Zenon Konopka (1)2–300:48 BUF- Alexander Semin (2)Eric Staal (1), Jiri Tlusty (1)3–307:25 CAR
Andrej Sekera (1)Tuomo Ruutu (1), Mike Komisarek (1)4–309:50 CAR
Jiri Tlusty (1)Andrej Sekera (2)5–319:59 CAR · EN
Team stats
CARBUF
33Shots on goal29
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes8
16Hits29
9Blocked shots12
6Giveaways7
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 16:19
Steve Ott · cross checking2 min - 2nd 13:23
Alexander Semin · hooking2 min - 2nd 17:58Radek Dvorak · holding2 min
- 3rd 01:36Zemgus Girgensons · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 01:36Steve Ott · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 01:36Jay Harrison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 4Andrej SekeraD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 23:27 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 5Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | 17:44 |
| 14Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 18Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:29 |
| 21Drayson BowmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 22Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:11 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton KhudobinG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 59:43 |
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Steve OttC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 18:24 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 24Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:45 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:36 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:00 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:50 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:36 |
| 20Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 58:49 |
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |