Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 1–0 on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 on the road.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2010-2011 record
Carolina Hurricanes 1 40-31-11
at Buffalo Sabres 0 43-29-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Carolina Hurricanes 1 0 0 1
Buffalo Sabres 0 0 0 0

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Carolina Hurricanes 13 9 11 33
Buffalo Sabres 22 10 8 40

Three stars

  1. C. Ward, Carolina Hurricanes (goaltender)
  2. J. Skinner, Carolina Hurricanes
  3. R. Miller, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 19:17 Carolina Hurricanes Brandon Sutter (1) Derek Joslin (1), Chad LaRose (1) Even strength CAR 1, BUF 0

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Stat Carolina Hurricanes Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 33 40
Power play 0 of 5 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 10 14
Hits 25 11
Blocked shots 10 21
Giveaways 11 11
Takeaways 3 7
Faceoffs won 30/69 (43.5%) 39/69 (56.5%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 12 E. Staal C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 37% 22:08
Number 15 T. Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 17:53
Number 16 B. Sutter C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 52.6% 16:34
Number 19 J. Tlusty L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 0 10:16
Number 21 D. Bowman L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:46
Number 26 E. Cole L 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 16:53
Number 36 J. Jokinen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53.8% 16:20
Number 39 P. Dwyer R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 33.3% 08:51
Number 53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 100% 17:37
Number 59 C. LaRose R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 14:41
Number 61 C. Stillman L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:16
Number 71 J. Samson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 05:48
Number 5 B. Allen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 4 15:55
Number 6 T. Gleason D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 21:41
Number 25 J. Pitkanen D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 22:39
Number 33 D. Joslin D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 16:25
Number 44 J. Harrison D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 19:38
Number 77 J. Corvo D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 23:44
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 C. Ward 40 40 0 1.000 59:55 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 C. McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 80% 06:59
Number 12 M. Mancari R 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 09:27
Number 19 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 60% 17:33
Number 20 R. Niedermayer C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 04:32
Number 21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 25% 19:48
Number 22 B. Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 58.3% 17:04
Number 25 M. Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 08:20
Number 26 T. Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:15
Number 28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 66.7% 16:36
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 33.3% 21:40
Number 42 N. Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 10:31
Number 63 T. Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 17:17
Number 3 J. Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 6 27:24
Number 4 S. Montador D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 3 16:28
Number 6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:13
Number 27 S. Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 16:14
Number 44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:51
Number 57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:00
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 33 32 1 .970 58:48 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:17 Carolina Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
1st 00:17 Buffalo Sabres Mark Mancari Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
1st 05:22 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad Hooking 2
1st 10:56 Buffalo Sabres Rob Niedermayer Interference goalkeeper 2
1st 20:00 Carolina Hurricanes Eric Staal Cross checking 2
2nd 09:16 Buffalo Sabres Andrej Sekera High sticking 2
2nd 13:11 Carolina Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen Interference 2
2nd 13:11 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Gerbe Diving 2
3rd 02:44 Carolina Hurricanes Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 05:50 Carolina Hurricanes Erik Cole Interference 2
3rd 08:10 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 16:19 Buffalo Sabres Steve Montador Boarding 2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Paul Maurice
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Ian Walsh
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Steve Miller
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Troy Bodie, Jamie McBain
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Patrick Lalime, Jochen Hecht, Patrick Kaleta, Chris Butler

2010-2011 season series

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Sources and further reading

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