Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 2016 · KeyBank Center

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3–1

Final

SOG 34–23

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FS-CR · MSG-B

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at KeyBank Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 34-23.

Goals came from Jeff Skinner, Justin Faulk, Johan Larsson and Sebastian Aho.

Cam Ward made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 31 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	2	0	1	3	34
BUF	0	0	1	1	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jeff Skinner (13)Jaccob Slavin (11), Noah Hanifin (9)1–001:44 CAR
Justin Faulk (6)Lee Stempniak (10)2–017:51 CAR

3rd period

Johan Larsson (6)Sam Reinhart (11), Marcus Foligno (6)2–105:32 BUF
Sebastian Aho (6)Victor Rask (16), Brett Pesce (8)3–119:00 CAR · EN

Team stats

CARBUF

34Shots on goal23

34%Faceoff %66%

0/4Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes13

15Hits30

8Blocked shots9

5Giveaways6

4Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 02:54Noah Hanifin · hooking2 min
2nd 00:48Johan Larsson · holding2 min
2nd 04:40Kyle Okposo · elbowing2 min
2nd 14:13Derek Grant · hooking2 min
2nd 17:19Zach Bogosian · fighting5 min
2nd 17:19Jordan Staal · fighting5 min
2nd 17:19Jake McCabe · slashing2 min
3rd 13:04Justin Faulk · hooking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

20Sebastian AhoR	1	0	1	+2	3	2	1	0	–	14:35
21Lee StempniakR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:43
49Victor RaskC	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	50	17:28
53Jeff SkinnerC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:24
5Noah HanifinD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	16:05
22Brett PesceD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	22:30
27Justin FaulkD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2	–	22:32
74Jaccob SlavinD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	3	0	–	22:13
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	30	15:04
16Elias LindholmC	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	50	17:40
18Jay McClementC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	11:57
23Brock McGinnL	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	15:54
25Viktor StalbergL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:54
33Derek RyanC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	67	14:52
42Joakim NordstromC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:38
86Teuvo TeravainenL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	36	14:49
26Matt TennysonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	13:03
65Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	23:56

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	W	23	22	1	.957	59:43
31Eddie LackG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

22Johan LarssonL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	64	13:17
23Sam ReinhartC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:29
82Marcus FolignoL	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	0	–	16:05
9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	67	19:41
12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	15:54
15Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-2	7	3	0	0	80	20:01
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	2	–	16:43
26Matt MoulsonL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	10:00
27Derek GrantC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50	06:56
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	13:03
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	06:26
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	68	20:33
4Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	16:26
29Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	2	–	18:19
41Justin FalkD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:31
47Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	5	–	19:03
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	–	27:31
77Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	22:10

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Anders NilssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Robin LehnerG	L	33	31	2	.939	58:52