National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 7, Carolina 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 14, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Marc Joannette, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 0011
Buffalo 4217
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:44 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) Assists: Derek Roy
5:06 - Sabres Adam Mair (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford , Steve Bernier
10:51 - Sabres Derek Roy (SH) Assists: Jason Pominville , Henrik Tallinder
13:46 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (EV) Assists: Adam Mair , Jason Pominville
Penalties
9:34 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Tripping
 11:23 - Sabres Jason Pominville (2) Hooking
 12:30 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) Cross checking
 12:30 - Hurricanes Matt Cullen (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 18:29 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (2) Cross checking
 19:00 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:55 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford , Adam Mair
15:38 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Assists: Daniel Paille , Steve Bernier
Penalties
4:12 - Hurricanes Trevor Letowski (2) Tripping
 5:33 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Goaltender interference
 11:56 - Hurricanes Glen Wesley (2) Delay of game
 16:10 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Roughing
 16:10 - Hurricanes Matt Cullen (2) Roughing
 16:10 - Hurricanes Bret Hedican (2) Roughing
 19:02 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Roughing
 19:02 - Hurricanes Patrick Eaves (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
11:30 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (SH) Assists: Tim Gleason , Glen Wesley
16:39 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (PP) Assists: Andrej Sekera , Henrik Tallinder
Penalties
0:52 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Hooking
 4:57 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (5) Fighting
 4:57 - Sabres Mike Weber (10) Misconduct
 4:57 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (5) Fighting
 4:57 - Hurricanes John Grahame (2) Slashing
 4:57 - Hurricanes Ryan Bayda (10) Misconduct
 7:41 - Sabres Adam Mair (5) Fighting
 7:41 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (5) Interference
 7:41 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (10) Game misconduct
 7:41 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (5) Fighting
 14:18 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (10) Misconduct
 14:18 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (2) Interference
 14:18 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (10) Misconduct
 16:08 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) Roughing
 17:21 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Slashing
 17:21 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) Cross checking
 17:21 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 17:21 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (10) Misconduct
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 13:39 9:50 3:49 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Grahame G 0 0 0 2 0 46:14 24:46 2:44 18:44 0 0 - - - - -
Glen Wesley D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 23 13:31 6:49 0:00 6:42 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 20:37 10:14 0:52 9:31 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 18 13:07 10:55 1:28 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Bret Hedican D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 22 14:40 10:40 0:11 3:49 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 18:42 9:14 0:17 9:11 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 21 17:42 11:28 5:30 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -3 4 2 16 11:30 6:54 4:10 0:26 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 E 2 3 24 19:40 9:38 4:29 5:33 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 16:00 9:38 5:36 0:46 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 24 15:26 6:53 1:47 6:46 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 -1 10 2 17 12:46 10:01 0:25 2:20 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Trevor Letowski RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 24 16:24 6:53 0:08 9:23 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Scott Walker RW 1 0 1 -2 23 4 21 14:40 11:30 1:00 2:10 0 1 - - - - -
Erik Cole LW 0 0 0 E 10 4 23 17:37 9:41 3:23 4:33 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Aucoin LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 20 16:07 13:29 1:59 0:39 0 0 - - 2 6 25
Tim Conboy D 0 0 0 -1 20 1 9 6:29 6:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 27 17:14 9:57 0:30 6:47 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 -4 2 0 24 14:24 8:55 1:00 4:29 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 34:43 18:44 6:33 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Funk D 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 11:56 10:37 1:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17 14:56 10:57 1:08 2:51 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 27 25:39 11:43 10:05 3:51 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 2 1 3 +3 0 8 28 25:46 10:03 12:01 3:42 0 1 - - 17 11 61
Henrik Tallinder D 0 2 2 +1 0 0 22 20:55 15:03 2:10 3:42 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 1 0 1 -1 4 3 17 14:00 7:58 6:02 0:00 1 0 - - 4 3 57
Daniel Paille LW 1 1 2 +2 0 3 19 13:00 7:52 1:56 3:12 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 2 2 +2 2 3 17 14:52 8:33 5:47 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 1 2 3 +3 5 1 13 10:21 9:14 0:35 0:32 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 18 16:51 9:06 7:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 2 2 +1 0 1 22 16:04 8:34 7:20 0:10 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 +1 7 1 18 13:47 8:55 3:08 1:44 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 +2 2 3 22 21:08 7:39 11:54 1:35 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +4 10 0 12 7:36 7:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 1 0 1 +2 10 1 9 7:30 7:06 0:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 +4 0 0 27 21:54 12:56 6:16 2:42 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 20 17:22 6:47 9:07 1:28 0 0 - - 2 4 33
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 17 14:23 8:32 5:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
John Grahame 24 21 3 .875 2 46:14
Cam Ward L (37-25-5) 7 3 4 .429 0 13:39
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 28 27 1 .964 0 60:00