Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 15, 2017 · KeyBank Center
FS-CR · MSG-B
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Friday, December 15, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 41–34.
Jack Eichel scored a hat trick. Justin Williams, Jake McCabe, Jordan Staal, Derek Ryan, Elias Lindholm and Jaccob Slavin also scored.
Cam Ward made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 29 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Justin Williams (7)Brock McGinn (8), Jordan Staal (11)1–010:16 CAR
Jack Eichel (9)Evander Kane (15), Jake McCabe (6)1–110:46 BUF
3rd period
Jake McCabe (2)Evander Kane (16), Jack Eichel (17)1–201:20 BUF
Jordan Staal (8)Jaccob Slavin (5), Justin Williams (15)2–203:00 CAR
Derek Ryan (6)Brett Pesce (5)3–204:03 CAR
Elias Lindholm (9)Derek Ryan (11), Sebastian Aho (15)4–206:57 CAR- Jack Eichel (10)Jake McCabe (7), Kyle Okposo (9)4–309:24 BUF
- Jack Eichel (11)Evander Kane (17)4–409:34 BUF
Overtime
Jaccob Slavin (3)Elias Lindholm (9), Sebastian Aho (16)5–402:15 CAR
Team stats
CARBUF
3441
38%62%
0/20/2
66
1719
137
66
34
Penalties
- 5:50 into the first period
Kyle Okposo · hooking2 min - 11:24 into the first period
Justin Faulk · hooking2 min - 16:20 into the first periodBrock McGinn · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:15 into the first periodZemgus Girgensons · hooking2 min
- 19:15 into the first periodJeff Skinner · embellishment2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodNathan Beaulieu · slashing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 7Derek RyanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:47 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:23 |
| 28Elias LindholmC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 24:19 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:12 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:40 |
| 16Marcus KrugerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 34Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 4Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:19 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:20 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 33Scott DarlingG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 11 | 19:57 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 20:43 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:20 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:03 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 24Hudson FaschingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:25 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:02 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:22 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:46 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:25 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 14:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | O | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | – |