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» Buffalo Sabres 7 Carolina Hurricanes 1

March 14,2008 (Friday)
in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
CAR	0	0	1	1
BUF	4	2	1	7

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
CAR	11	10	7	28
BUF	9	9	13	31

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
CAR	0 / 5	63 / 363 (17.4%)	239 / 307 (77.9%)
BUF	1 / 9	59 / 316 (18.7%)	256 / 307 (83.4%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 18,690
Referees: Marc Joannette, Kelly Sutherland
Officials: Mark Shewchyk, Brian Murphy

Carolina Hurricanes	Game #73	38-33-2	78 Pts	Prev Game at CHI	Next Game vs OTT
Buffalo Sabres	Game #72	33-28-11	77 Pts	Prev Game vs PIT	Next Game vs TOR

Three Stars: (1) Adam Mair (BUF) (2) Andrej Sekera (BUF) (3) Derek Roy (BUF)

Goals

1st Period
1.	BUF	Daniel Paille [17] [c21] ( Derek Roy [34] )	4:44
2.	BUF	Adam Mair [5] [c23] (GW) ( Drew Stafford [17], Steve Bernier [15] )	5:06
3.	BUF	Derek Roy [28] [c76] (Shorthanded) ( Jason Pominville [42], Henrik Tallinder [14] )	10:51
4.	BUF	Paul Gaustad [9] [c27] ( Adam Mair [9], Jason Pominville [43] )	13:46
2nd Period
5.	BUF	Patrick Kaleta [3] [c3] ( Drew Stafford [18], Adam Mair [10] )	2:55
6.	BUF	Derek Roy [29] [c77] ( Daniel Paille [16], Steve Bernier [16] )	15:38
3rd Period
7.	CAR	Scott Walker [11] [c138] (Shorthanded) ( Tim Gleason [13], Glen Wesley [6] )	11:30
8.	BUF	Ales Kotalik [21] [c99] (Powerplay) ( Andrej Sekera [3], Henrik Tallinder [15] )	16:39

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Cam Ward	Career	CAR	L	14	4	7	3	32-22-4	2.83
John Grahame	Career	CAR		46	3	24	21	6-7-0	3.72
Ryan Miller	Career	BUF	W	60	1	28	27	31-23-9	2.51

Penalties

1st Period
1.	BUF	Paul Gaustad	[2]	Tripping	2	9:34
2.	BUF	Jason Pominville	[2]	Hooking	2	11:23
3.	CAR	Matt Cullen	[1]	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2	12:30
4.	BUF	Jochen Hecht	[4]	Cross checking	2	12:30
5.	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	[4]	Cross checking	2	18:29
6.	BUF	Thomas Vanek	[2]	High Sticking	2	19:00
2nd Period
7.	CAR	Trevor Letowski	[2]	Tripping	2	4:12
8.	BUF	Maxim Afinogenov	[2]	Goalie Interference	2	5:33
9.	CAR	Glen Wesley	[1]	Delay of game	2	11:56
10.	CAR	Matt Cullen	[1]	Roughing	2	16:10
11.	CAR	Bret Hedican	[4]	Roughing	2	16:10
12.	BUF	Ales Kotalik	[1]	Roughing	2	16:10
13.	CAR	Patrick Eaves	[2]	Roughing	2	19:02
3rd Period
13.	BUF	Drew Stafford	[3]	Slashing	2	17:21
2nd Period
14.	BUF	Toni Lydman	[1]	Roughing	2	19:02
15.	CAR	Scott Walker	[2]	High Sticking	2	20:00
3rd Period
16.	BUF	Ales Kotalik	[7]	Hooking	2	0:52
17.	CAR	Scott Walker	[5]	Fighting	5	4:57
18.	CAR	John Grahame	[1]	Slashing	2	4:57
19.	CAR	Ryan Bayda	[1]	Misconduct	10	4:57
20.	BUF	Paul Gaustad	[5]	Fighting	5	4:57
20.	CAR	Scott Walker	[2]	Misconduct	10	17:21
21.	BUF	Mike Weber	[1]	Misconduct	10	4:57
22.	CAR	Tim Conboy	[1]	Interference	5	7:41
23.	CAR	Tim Conboy	[1]	Game misconduct	10	7:41
24.	CAR	Tim Conboy	[6]	Fighting	5	7:41
25.	BUF	Adam Mair	[4]	Fighting	5	7:41
26.	CAR	Eric Staal	[1]	Interference	2	14:18
27.	CAR	Erik Cole	[2]	Misconduct	10	14:18
28.	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	[2]	Misconduct	10	14:18
29.	CAR	Scott Walker	[4]	Roughing	2	16:08
30.	CAR	Scott Walker	[2]	Cross checking	2	17:21
31.	CAR	Scott Walker	[2]	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2	17:21

Faceoffs

Carolina Hurricanes
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Eric Staal	10	9	52.6%	672	812	45.3%
Trevor Letowski	6	9	40.0%	198	247	44.5%
Matt Cullen	8	5	61.5%	355	280	55.9%
Keith Aucoin	2	6	25.0%	80	147	35.2%
Tuomo Ruutu	0	2	.0%	27	34	44.3%
Ryan Bayda	0	1	.0%	0	2	.0%

	26	32	44.8%	2233	2227	50.1%

Buffalo Sabres
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Derek Roy	17	11	60.7%	588	582	50.3%
Paul Gaustad	5	6	45.5%	563	468	54.6%
Ales Kotalik	4	3	57.1%	82	98	45.6%
Jochen Hecht	2	4	33.3%	333	458	42.1%
Adam Mair	4	2	66.7%	130	161	44.7%

	32	26	55.2%	1968	2100	48.4%

Carolina Hurricanes Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Glen Wesley	D	1448	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	13:31	0:00	6:42
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	221	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	20:37	0:52	9:31
5	Frantisek Kaberle	D	484	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	1	13:07	1:28	0:44
6	Bret Hedican	D	980	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2	14:40	0:11	3:49
7	Niclas Wallin	D	397	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	18:42	0:17	9:11
8	Matt Cullen	C	728	0	0	0	-3	4	2	0	0	11:30	4:10	0:26
12	Eric Staal	C	318	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	19:40	4:29	5:33
14	Sergei Samsonov	LW	648	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	16:00	5:36	0:46
15	Tuomo Ruutu	C	236	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	15:26	1:47	6:46
18	Ryan Bayda	LW	100	0	0	0	-1	10	2	0	0	12:46	0:25	2:20
19	Trevor Letowski	RW	607	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	16:24	0:08	9:23
24	Scott Walker	RW	737	1	0	1	-2	23	4	0	2	14:40	1:00	2:10
26	Erik Cole	LW	409	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	1	17:37	3:23	4:33
37	Keith Aucoin	C	44	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	2	16:07	1:59	0:39
38	Tim Conboy	D	15	0	0	0	-1	20	1	0	3	6:29	0:00	0:00
42	Tim Gleason	D	253	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	2	17:14	0:30	6:47
44	Patrick Eaves	RW	166	0	0	0	-4	2	0	2	2	14:24	1:00	4:29
77	Joe Corvo	D	344	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	17:42	5:30	0:44

			8710	1	2	3	-26	81	28	6	27

Buffalo Sabres Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Michael Funk	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:56	1:19	0:00
4	Nolan Pratt	D	582	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	14:56	1:08	2:51
5	Toni Lydman	D	501	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	25:39	10:05	3:51
9	Derek Roy	C	261	2	1	3	3	0	8	1	0	25:46	12:01	3:42
10	Henrik Tallinder	D	309	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	20:55	2:10	3:42
12	Ales Kotalik	RW	359	1	0	1	-1	4	3	0	2	14:00	6:02	0:00
20	Daniel Paille	LW-C	109	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	13:00	1:56	3:12
21	Drew Stafford	RW	95	0	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	14:52	5:47	0:32
22	Adam Mair	C	395	1	2	3	3	5	1	0	3	10:21	0:35	0:32
26	Thomas Vanek	LW	234	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	16:51	7:45	0:00
28	Paul Gaustad	C	204	1	0	1	1	7	1	0	2	13:47	3:08	1:44
29	Jason Pominville	RW	211	0	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	21:08	11:54	1:35
34	Mike Weber	D	6	0	0	0	4	10	0	1	0	7:36	0:00	0:00
36	Patrick Kaleta	RW	37	1	0	1	2	10	1	0	4	7:30	0:24	0:00
44	Andrej Sekera	D	29	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	2	21:54	6:16	2:42
55	Jochen Hecht	C	538	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	17:22	9:07	1:28
56	Steve Bernier	RW	166	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	3	16:04	7:20	0:10
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	510	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	14:23	5:51	0:00

			4769	7	13	20	24	48	31	11	21

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