Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2016 · PNC Arena
FS-CR · MSG-B
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in a shootout on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at PNC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 24-22.
Goals came from Joakim Nordstrom and Evander Kane.
Cam Ward made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 21 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joakim Nordstrom (3)Jay McClement (2), Brett Pesce (7)0–114:04 CAR
3rd period
Evander Kane (5)Jake McCabe (7), Marcus Foligno (5)1–117:23 BUF
SO period
Lee StempniakUnassisted1–200:00 CAR
Team stats
BUFCAR
24Shots on goal22
40%Faceoff %60%
0/0Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes0
35Hits20
14Blocked shots21
3Giveaways7
12Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 14:33
Johan Larsson · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:07 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:18 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | O | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 65:00 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:50 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:55 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 21Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 25Viktor StalbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 33Derek RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:26 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 26Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:17 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:24 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 65:00 |
| 32Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |