Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, March 12, 2016 · First Niagara Center
BELL TV · FS-CR · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at First Niagara Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 30-24.
Jack Eichel scored twice. Phillip Di Giuseppe, Marcus Foligno and Victor Rask also scored.
Chad Johnson made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 21 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Phillip Di Giuseppe (6)Jeff Skinner (18)1–006:42 CAR
Marcus Foligno (9)Brian Gionta (17)1–107:52 BUF
3rd period
Jack Eichel (21)Sam Reinhart (15), Evander Kane (13)1–204:56 BUF
Victor Rask (16)Riley Nash (12), Elias Lindholm (25)2–209:01 CAR · PPG
OT period
- Jack Eichel (22)Evander Kane (14)2–304:59 BUF
Team stats
CARBUF
30Shots on goal24
64%Faceoff %36%
1/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
10Hits17
13Blocked shots16
4Giveaways5
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 06:46
Brett Pesce · hooking2 min - 1st 10:33
Johan Larsson · interference2 min - 1st 18:35Jordan Staal · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:49Evander Kane · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:22Michal Jordan · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:09Evander Kane · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:02Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:45 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 34Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:01 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 14Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 24Brad MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 56Brendan WoodsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:34 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:22 |
| 7Ryan MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 47Michal JordanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 54Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 25:13 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | O | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 64:59 |
| 31Eddie LackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 22:07 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:34 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 19Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:49 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 43Daniel CatenacciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 25Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 26:17 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 64:59 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |