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» Carolina Hurricanes 4 Buffalo Sabres 3 (OT)

March 8,2008 (Saturday)
in Raleigh,North Carolina - RBC Center

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

Shots	1	2	3	4	Tot
BUF	8	9	12	1	30
CAR	13	10	8	4	35

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
BUF	1 / 3	57 / 296 (19.3%)	245 / 293 (83.6%)
CAR	1 / 8	61 / 353 (17.3%)	227 / 294 (77.2%)

Start: 7:00pm
Attendance: 18,808
Referees: Stephane Auger, Chris Lee
Officials: Vaughan Rody, Derek Nansen

Buffalo Sabres	Game #69	32-29-8	72 Pts	Prev Game vs WAS	Next Game vs NYR
Carolina Hurricanes	Game #71	37-29-5	79 Pts	Prev Game at MIN	Next Game vs CHI

Three Stars: (1) Scott Walker (CAR) (2) Sergei Samsonov (CAR) (3) Eric Staal (CAR)

Goals

1st Period
1.	CAR	Keith Aucoin [5] [c5] ( Ryan Bayda [2], Joe Corvo [28] )	16:35
2.	CAR	Tim Gleason [3] [c7] ( Patrick Eaves [9], Matt Cullen [36] )	17:01
2nd Period
3.	BUF	Derek Roy [27] [c75] ( Unassisted )	7:46
4.	CAR	Sergei Samsonov [12] [c190] ( Eric Staal [34], Dennis Seidenberg [12] )	8:52
5.	BUF	Drew Stafford [14] [c27] ( Dmitri Kalinin [7], Derek Roy [32] )	18:07
3rd Period
6.	BUF	Toni Lydman [3] [c25] (Powerplay) ( Jochen Hecht [21], Maxim Afinogenov [14] )	10:00
OT Period
7.	CAR	Scott Walker [10] [c137] (Powerplay) (GW) ( Eric Staal [35], Joe Corvo [29] )	2:50

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Ryan Miller	Career	BUF	OTL	63	4	35	31	30-22-8	2.49
Cam Ward	Career	CAR	W	63	3	30	27	31-21-4	2.82

Penalties

1st Period
1.	BUF	Andrej Sekera	[1]	Hooking	2	6:02
2.	CAR	Bench Penalty	[-]	Too many men/ice - bench	2	17:43
2nd Period
3.	BUF	Maxim Afinogenov	[3]	Tripping	2	5:23
4.	BUF	Nolan Pratt	[2]	High Sticking	2	10:05
5.	BUF	Jaroslav Spacek	[4]	Tripping	2	18:23
3rd Period
6.	CAR	Ryan Bayda	[1]	Interference	2	1:46
7.	BUF	Toni Lydman	[3]	Slashing	2	5:26
8.	CAR	Bret Hedican	[3]	Tripping	2	8:04
9.	BUF	Paul Gaustad	[1]	Interference on goalkeeper	2	15:30
10.	BUF	Derek Roy	[3]	High Sticking	2	17:58
OT Period
11.	BUF	Jaroslav Spacek	[8]	Hooking	2	1:14

Faceoffs

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

Derek Roy	12	13	48.0%	549	559	49.5%
Paul Gaustad	5	6	45.5%	543	450	54.7%
Tim Connolly	3	8	27.3%	215	232	48.1%
Jochen Hecht	5	5	50.0%	314	441	41.6%
Adam Mair	2	6	25.0%	122	153	44.4%
Jason Pominville	1	0	100.0%	22	41	34.9%

	28	38	42.4%	1867	2017	48.1%

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

Matt Cullen	19	7	73.1%	344	268	56.2%
Eric Staal	9	10	47.4%	653	793	45.2%
Trevor Letowski	7	3	70.0%	190	233	44.9%
Keith Aucoin	2	6	25.0%	74	134	35.6%
Scott Walker	1	1	50.0%	11	15	42.3%
Tuomo Ruutu	0	1	.0%	27	30	47.4%

	38	28	57.6%	2189	2162	50.3%

Buffalo Sabres Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
4	Nolan Pratt	D	579	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10:30	0:00	2:55
5	Toni Lydman	D	498	1	0	1	0	2	2	4	0	22:33	0:23	6:42
6	Jaroslav Spacek	D	617	0	0	0	-1	4	3	0	2	27:20	3:22	5:56
9	Derek Roy	C	258	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	21:35	3:39	5:32
12	Ales Kotalik	RW	356	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	14:06	2:17	0:03
19	Tim Connolly	C	436	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	19:15	3:15	5:36
20	Daniel Paille	LW-C	106	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	13:15	0:00	2:22
21	Drew Stafford	RW	92	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	13:32	2:43	0:00
22	Adam Mair	C	392	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4:16	0:00	0:00
26	Thomas Vanek	LW	231	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	11:47	3:53	0:37
28	Paul Gaustad	C	201	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	17:44	1:33	2:40
29	Jason Pominville	RW	208	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	18:25	2:36	5:44
36	Patrick Kaleta	RW	35	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	3:11	0:00	0:00
38	Nathan Paetsch	D	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:52	0:00	0:00
44	Andrej Sekera	D	26	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	26:37	0:00	7:20
45	Dmitri Kalinin	D	464	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	1	27:11	2:34	8:19
55	Jochen Hecht	C	535	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	2	19:39	0:44	7:02
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	507	0	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	17:56	2:41	0:00

			6072	3	4	7	-5	16	30	19	13

Carolina Hurricanes Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	219	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	17:06	1:00	3:18
5	Frantisek Kaberle	D	482	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14:21	3:13	0:24
6	Bret Hedican	D	978	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	20:18	0:50	1:23
7	Niclas Wallin	D	395	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	15:30	0:00	3:40
8	Matt Cullen	C	726	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	24:21	10:24	0:00
12	Eric Staal	C	316	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	29:43	12:00	2:03
14	Sergei Samsonov	LW	646	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	23:04	9:15	0:00
15	Tuomo Ruutu	C	234	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	4	18:51	3:13	1:39
18	Ryan Bayda	LW	98	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	2	12:59	2:40	0:00
19	Trevor Letowski	RW	605	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	9:03	0:03	3:53
24	Scott Walker	RW	735	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	17:20	5:54	1:48
26	Erik Cole	LW	407	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	26:24	9:12	2:29
37	Keith Aucoin	C	42	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	14:03	5:14	0:00
38	Tim Conboy	D	13	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2:57	0:23	0:00
42	Tim Gleason	D	251	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	20:46	0:03	3:04
44	Patrick Eaves	RW	164	0	1	1	1	0	6	1	2	16:39	1:59	0:00
77	Joe Corvo	D	342	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	22:03	11:01	0:03

			7224	4	8	12	5	4	35	7	19

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