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December 1,2007  (Saturday) in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot CAR 0 0 1 1 BUF 2 2 4 8	Shots 1 2 3 Tot CAR 8 6 7 21 BUF 7 9 9 25	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season CAR 1 / 7 31 / 143 (21.7%) 92 / 124 (74.2%) BUF 2 / 3 24 / 105 (22.9%) 88 / 104 (84.6%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 18,690 Referees: Eric Furlatt, Chris Lee Officials: Dan Schachte, Scott Cherrey	Carolina Hurricanes Game #27 14-12-1 29 Pts Prev Game vs WAS Next Game at NYR Buffalo Sabres Game #24 12-11-1 25 Pts Prev Game at STL Next Game vs ANA Three Stars: (1) Maxim Afinogenov  (BUF)  (2) Ales Kotalik (BUF)  (3) Ryan Miller (BUF)

Goals 1st Period 1. BUF Ales Kotalik    [6]  [c84]   ( Toni Lydman [5] ) 1:32 2. BUF Tim Connolly    [3]  [c66]   (Powerplay)   (GW)   ( Derek Roy [10],  Jaroslav Spacek [8] ) 4:18 2nd Period 3. BUF Adam Mair    [3]  [c21]   ( Paul Gaustad [6] ) 15:32 4. BUF Maxim Afinogenov    [4]  [c122]   ( Brian Campbell [15] ) 16:28 3rd Period 5. BUF Derek Roy    [9]  [c57]   (Shorthanded)   ( Tim Connolly [15] ) 1:16 6. BUF Thomas Vanek    [7]  [c75]   ( Drew Stafford [5] ) 6:48 7. BUF Ales Kotalik    [7]  [c85]   (Powerplay)   ( Paul Gaustad [7],  Jaroslav Spacek [9] ) 10:34 8. BUF Jaroslav Spacek    [6]  [c62]   ( Maxim Afinogenov [6],  Brian Campbell [16] ) 12:03 9. CAR Ray Whitney    [12]  [c266]   (Powerplay)   ( Bret Hedican [5],  Dennis Seidenberg [6] ) 18:05 Missed Penalty Shots Drew Stafford at 16:58 of 2nd period. Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA John Grahame Career CAR L 60 8 25 17 3-4-0 3.77 Ryan Miller Career BUF W 60 1 21 20 10-10-1 2.51

Penalties 1st Period 1. CAR Chad LaRose [1] Roughing 2 2:25 2. BUF Paul Gaustad [2] Roughing 2 2:25 3. CAR Erik Cole [1] Goalie Interference 2 3:16 4. CAR Scott Walker [3] Hooking 2 5:21 5. CAR Ray Whitney [1] Slashing 2 9:17 6. BUF Derek Roy [3] Slashing 2 9:17 7. BUF Ales Kotalik [2] Goalie Interference 2 13:03 8. BUF Drew Stafford [2] Hooking 2 18:33 2nd Period 9. BUF Thomas Vanek [1] Cross Checking 2 5:22 10. BUF Thomas Vanek [5] Slashing 2 7:47 11. BUF Toni Lydman [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 19:25 3rd Period 12. CAR Chad LaRose [2] Roughing 2 7:53 13. BUF Nolan Pratt [1] Cross Checking 2 7:53 14. BUF Nolan Pratt [1] Roughing 2 7:53 15. CAR Trevor Letowski [1] Holding 2 10:20 16. CAR Bret Hedican [1] Slashing 2 11:31 17. BUF Drew Stafford [2] Slashing 2 11:31 18. BUF Toni Lydman [4] Hooking 2 17:47

Faceoffs
Carolina Hurricanes   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Rod Brind'Amour 19 12 61.3% 417 300 58.2% Eric Staal 10 8 55.6% 228 260 46.7% Matt Cullen 7 2 77.8% 165 136 54.8% Trevor Letowski 3 1 75.0% 61 76 44.5%   39 23 62.9% 899 817 52.4%	Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Derek Roy 7 15 31.8% 218 213 50.6% Jochen Hecht 5 9 35.7% 139 162 46.2% Paul Gaustad 7 4 63.6% 175 157 52.7% Tim Connolly 4 6 40.0% 79 94 45.7% Daniel Paille 0 2 .0% 9 11 45.0% Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 .0% 1 2 33.3% Adam Mair 0 1 .0% 22 38 36.7% Ales Kotalik 0 1 .0% 10 26 27.8%   23 39 37.1% 668 724 48.0%

Carolina Hurricanes Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Glen Wesley D 1406 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:01 0:15 1:13 4 Dennis Seidenberg D 195 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 21:04 5:23 0:12 5 Frantisek Kaberle D 440 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 1 15:05 1:53 0:00 6 Bret Hedican D 947 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 0 18:38 0:18 0:54 7 Niclas Wallin D 358 0 0 0 -4 0 0 2 0 16:54 0:00 2:05 8 Matt Cullen C 698 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 18:54 7:59 0:37 11 Justin Williams RW 449 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 1 16:22 4:22 0:55 12 Eric Staal C 272 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 18:15 4:43 0:19 13 Ray Whitney LW 871 1 0 1 -2 2 3 0 1 18:14 7:23 0:21 16 Andrew Ladd LW 105 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:27 0:22 0:14 17 Rod Brind'Amour C 1135 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 2 20:43 6:55 1:41 19 Trevor Letowski RW 565 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9:34 0:22 0:25 24 Scott Walker RW 698 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 3 18:26 8:14 0:14 26 Erik Cole LW 364 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 1 17:10 4:24 0:00 42 Tim Gleason D 209 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 17:28 0:15 2:12 45 David Tanabe D 441 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8:35 1:16 0:00 59 Chad LaRose C 156 0 0 0 -2 4 4 0 2 12:09 0:01 0:46 61 Cory Stillman LW 784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:50 7:25 0:02   10898 1 2 3 -29 14 21 7 17

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 4 Nolan Pratt D 546 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 3 13:52 0:02 0:23 5 Toni Lydman D 454 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 18:15 0:00 2:36 6 Jaroslav Spacek D 577 1 2 3 3 0 1 3 4 22:36 1:50 8:00 9 Derek Roy C 218 1 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 17:40 1:24 3:27 12 Ales Kotalik RW 313 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 3 14:51 1:38 0:09 19 Tim Connolly C 409 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 14:55 1:50 2:42 20 Daniel Paille LW-C 67 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9:58 0:14 1:54 21 Drew Stafford RW 62 0 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 9:15 0:02 0:00 22 Adam Mair C 348 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7:31 0:02 0:00 26 Thomas Vanek LW 187 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 14:14 2:02 0:06 28 Paul Gaustad C 157 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 6 15:32 1:04 1:14 29 Jason Pominville RW 164 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 15:55 1:12 7:16 37 Michael Ryan C 37 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 7:44 0:00 0:34 38 Nathan Paetsch D 88 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:21 1:28 0:09 44 Andrej Sekera D 16 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 20:31 0:00 3:55 51 Brian Campbell D 352 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 3 25:07 1:02 9:33 55 Jochen Hecht C 497 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18:20 0:00 7:14 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 489 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 18:04 1:38 0:00   5309 8 11 19 28 22 25 13 25

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