National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 8, 2008
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Stephane Auger, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Vaughan Rody
Attendance: 18808
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 02103
Carolina 21014
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
16:35 - Hurricanes Keith Aucoin (EV) Assists: Ryan Bayda , Joe Corvo
17:01 - Hurricanes Tim Gleason (EV) Assists: Patrick Eaves , Matt Cullen
Penalties
6:02 - Sabres Andrej Sekera (2) Hooking
 17:43 - Hurricanes Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
7:46 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Unassisted
8:52 - Hurricanes Sergei Samsonov (EV) Assists: Eric Staal , Dennis Seidenberg
18:07 - Sabres Drew Stafford (EV) Assists: Dmitri Kalinin , Derek Roy
Penalties
5:23 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Tripping
 10:05 - Sabres Nolan Pratt (2) High sticking
 18:23 - Sabres Jaroslav Spacek (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
10:00 - Sabres Toni Lydman (PP) Assists: Jochen Hecht , Maxim Afinogenov
Penalties
1:46 - Hurricanes Ryan Bayda (2) Interference
 5:26 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Slashing
 8:04 - Hurricanes Bret Hedican (2) Tripping
 15:30 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Goaltender interference
 17:58 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) High sticking
Overtime
Scoring
2:50 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (PP) Assists: Eric Staal , Joe Corvo
Penalties
1:14 - Sabres Jaroslav Spacek (2) Hooking
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 62:50 41:18 5:56 15:36 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 E 2 0 18 10:30 7:35 0:00 2:55 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 1 0 1 E 2 2 29 22:33 15:28 0:23 6:42 1 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 33 27:20 18:02 3:22 5:56 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 1 2 +1 2 1 27 21:35 12:24 3:39 5:32 0 0 - - 12 13 48
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 14:06 11:46 2:17 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 19:15 10:24 3:15 5:36 0 0 - - 3 8 27
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 0 5 17 13:15 10:53 0:00 2:22 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 18 13:32 10:49 2:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 4:16 4:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 6 25
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 11:47 7:17 3:53 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 17:44 13:31 1:33 2:40 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 18:25 10:05 2:36 5:44 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 3:11 3:11 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 6:52 6:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 30 26:37 19:17 0:00 7:20 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 1 1 E 0 1 32 27:11 16:18 2:34 8:19 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 30 19:39 11:53 0:44 7:02 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 1 1 E 2 5 20 17:56 15:15 2:41 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
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 62:48 41:16 15:36 5:56 0 0 - - - - -
John Grahame G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 17:06 12:48 1:00 3:18 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 14:21 10:44 3:13 0:24 0 0 - - - - -
Bret Hedican D 0 0 0 E 2 1 27 20:18 18:05 0:50 1:23 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 15:30 11:50 0:00 3:40 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 2 2 +1 0 3 21 22:03 10:59 11:01 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 24 24:21 13:57 10:24 0:00 0 0 - - 19 7 73
Eric Staal C 0 2 2 E 0 5 31 29:43 15:40 12:00 2:03 0 0 - - 9 10 47
Sergei Samsonov LW 1 0 1 +2 0 4 25 23:04 13:49 9:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 27 18:51 13:59 3:13 1:39 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Ryan Bayda LW 0 1 1 +1 2 3 24 12:59 10:19 2:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Trevor Letowski RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 9:03 5:07 0:03 3:53 0 0 - - 7 3 70
Scott Walker RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 25 17:20 9:38 5:54 1:48 1 0 - - 1 1 50
Erik Cole LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 30 26:24 14:43 9:12 2:29 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Aucoin LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 20 14:03 8:49 5:14 0:00 0 0 - - 2 6 25
Tim Conboy D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 2:57 2:34 0:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 1 0 1 E 0 1 27 20:46 17:39 0:03 3:04 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 1 1 +1 0 6 22 16:39 14:40 1:59 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 35 31 4 .886 0 62:50
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (37-25-5) 30 27 3 .900 0 62:48