Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Thu, Jan 24, 2013 · PNC Arena · 2012–13 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 6

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at PNC Arena. Jeff Skinner scored twice; Jason Pominville scored twice; Eric Staal scored a hat trick. Cam Ward made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	3	33
CAR	0	4	2	6	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:02	CAR	EV	Jeff Skinner (1) · backhand	Jordan Staal (1), Zac Dalpe (1)	0–1
2nd	04:06	CAR	SH	Justin Faulk (1) · slap	Jordan Staal (2)	0–2
2nd	08:50	BUF	EV	Cody Hodgson (1) · backhand	Jordan Leopold (1), Thomas Vanek (1)	1–2
2nd	10:39	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (1) · tip-in	Christian Ehrhoff (1), Alexander Sulzer (1)	2–2
2nd	13:56	CAR	EV	Jeff Skinner (2) · wrap-around	Unassisted	2–3
2nd	14:05	CAR	EV	Eric Staal (1) · backhand	Jamie McBain (1), Joni Pitkanen (1)	2–4
3rd	06:06	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (2) · snap	Thomas Vanek (2), Robyn Regehr (1)	3–4
3rd	09:26	CAR	EV	Eric Staal (2) · snap	Joni Pitkanen (2)	3–5
3rd	18:32	CAR	SH EN	Eric Staal (3) · snap	Zac Dalpe (2)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:07	CAR	Jeff Skinner	tripping	2
1st	04:03	BUF	Alexander Sulzer	holding	2
1st	09:23	CAR	Drayson Bowman	boarding	2
1st	14:13	BUF	Tyler Myers	holding	2
1st	16:14	CAR	Eric Staal	interference	2
2nd	03:07	CAR	Patrick Dwyer	interference	2
2nd	04:49	BUF	Tyler Myers	interference	2
2nd	18:43	CAR	Chad LaRose	slashing	2
3rd	10:33	BUF	Alexander Sulzer	roughing	2
3rd	12:44	CAR	Jordan Staal	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.88 · CAR 3.46 · xG% BUF 45.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Jason Pominville	R	2	0	2	-1	0	7	0	2	75.0	20:07	24
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	2	2	-1	0	2	0	0		18:45	21
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	1	1	-2	0	4	2	4		25:17	26
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	0		21:27	25
19	Cody Hodgson	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	0	22.2	18:53	23
52	Alexander Sulzer	D	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0		15:15	22
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		13:23	18
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0		22:09	25
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	0	50.0	20:58	22
9	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	1	66.7	19:13	21
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	50.0	17:47	22
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2		15:29	23
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	0		13:58	17
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	54.5	12:17	17
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	11:47	14
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		10:29	15
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:06	13
32	John Scott	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		4:45	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jhonas Enroth	L	37	32	5	.865	59:55

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Eric Staal	C	3	0	3	+3	2	7	0	0	53.8	21:00	28
25	Joni Pitkanen	D	0	2	2	+4	0	1	1	4		24:59	31
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	65.0	18:55	28
53	Jeff Skinner	L	2	0	2	+1	2	5	2	0		18:20	24
22	Zac Dalpe	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	0		8:40	16
27	Justin Faulk	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	2		22:51	30
4	Jamie McBain	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	4		18:06	24
19	Jiri Tlusty	L	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	1		20:58	27
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		20:36	23
44	Jay Harrison	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	6	2		18:25	24
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		18:05	26
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	52.9	16:47	27
21	Drayson Bowman	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		14:35	23
59	Chad LaRose	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		13:49	22
24	Bobby Sanguinetti	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		13:31	20
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	100.0	9:19	17
37	Tim Brent	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50.0	7:09	9
8	Kevin Westgarth	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1:57	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	W	33	30	3	.909	59:48