Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Thursday, September 19, 2013, 7:00 PM ET First Niagara Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2013-2014 record
Carolina Hurricanes	2	36-35-11
at Buffalo Sabres	5	21-51-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	1	1	0	2
Buffalo Sabres	0	2	3	5

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	19	8	9	36
Buffalo Sabres	8	12	9	29

Three stars

B. McNabb, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
J. Armia, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
J. Larsson, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	15:45	Carolina Hurricanes	Zach Boychuk (1)	Patrick Dwyer (1), Radek Dvorak (1)	Even strength	CAR 1, BUF 0
2nd	10:39	Buffalo Sabres	Joel Armia (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CAR 1, BUF 1
2nd	12:41	Carolina Hurricanes	Chris Terry (1)	Radek Dvorak (2)	Even strength	CAR 2, BUF 1
2nd	18:36	Buffalo Sabres	Johan Larsson (1)	Brayden McNabb (1), Ville Leino (2)	Even strength	CAR 2, BUF 2
3rd	14:12	Buffalo Sabres	Cody Hodgson (1)	Thomas Vanek (1), Joel Armia (1)	Even strength	CAR 2, BUF 3
3rd	15:08	Buffalo Sabres	Johan Larsson (2)	Brayden McNabb (2)	Even strength	CAR 2, BUF 4
3rd	17:51	Buffalo Sabres	Brayden McNabb (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CAR 2, BUF 5

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	36	29
Power play	0 of 5	0 of 1
Penalty minutes	2	10
Hits	11	14
Blocked shots	12	11
Giveaways	6	5
Takeaways	6	9
Faceoffs won	25/64 (39.1%)	39/64 (60.9%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 J. Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	50%	18:39
Number 13 J. Staal	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:20
Number 14 N. Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0		17:16
Number 18 R. Dvorak	R	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0		12:30
Number 19 J. Tlusty	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:43
Number 22 Z. Dalpe	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		15:44
Number 23 J. Welsh	C	0	0	0	-4	0	1	2	0	44.4%	13:37
Number 32 Z. Boychuk	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		13:09
Number 39 P. Dwyer	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	23.1%	13:15
Number 42 B. Sutter	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	41.7%	13:02
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0	50%	17:45
Number 58 C. Terry	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		14:39
Number 4 A. Sekera	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1		23:03
Number 7 R. Murphy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		20:30
Number 27 J. Faulk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		20:22
Number 47 M. Jordan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		17:22
Number 65 R. Hainsey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3		22:00
Number 73 B. Bellemore	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:04

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 A. Khudobin	29	24	5	.828	60:00	Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 K. Porter	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	53.3%	13:59
Number 19 C. Hodgson	C	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	1	52.6%	18:55
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	2	0	2	+1	0	7	1	0	70.6%	15:44
Number 23 V. Leino	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		14:19
Number 25 M. Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	71.4%	12:53
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		17:51
Number 33 J. Armia	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0		15:11
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		12:33
Number 65 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	80%	16:18
Number 70 C. Gillies	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		07:32
Number 72 L. Adam	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		08:54
Number 78 C. Tropp	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		15:50
Number 3 M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	+4	0	2	0	1		18:54
Number 20 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		18:38
Number 44 B. McNabb	D	1	2	3	+4	0	1	1	2		18:23
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1		19:05
Number 57 T. Myers	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2		22:26
Number 61 N. Zadorov	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	3	1		22:35

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	36	34	2	.944	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:21	Buffalo Sabres	Brian Flynn	Hooking	2
1st	13:25	Buffalo Sabres	Colton Gillies	Interference	2
2nd	06:03	Buffalo Sabres	Luke Adam	Tripping	2
2nd	13:05	Carolina Hurricanes	Brett Bellemore	Roughing	2
2nd	13:40	Buffalo Sabres	Cody Hodgson	Slashing	2
3rd	10:15	Buffalo Sabres	Nikita Zadorov	Roughing	2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Kirk Muller
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ron Rolston
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Mike Komisarek, Tuomo Ruutu, Tim Gleason, Jay Harrison, Alexander Semin, Joni Pitkanen, Cam Ward, Eric Staal, Mark Flood, Justin Peters, Nicolas Blanchard, Matthew Corrente, Kevin Westgarth, Aaron Palushaj, Riley Nash, Drayson Bowman, Rasmus Rissanen, Tommi Kivisto, Beau Schmitz, Danny Biega, Austin Levi, Justin Shugg, Brody Sutter, Gregory Hofmann, Keegan Lowe, Victor Rask, Zack Mitchell, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Daniel Altshuller, Brock McGinn, Brendan Woods, Trevor Carrick, Jaccob Slavin, Erik Karlsson, Collin Olson, Brendan Collier, Brent Pedersen, Tyler Ganly, Brett Pesce, Elias Lindholm, Brandon Shea, Sergey Tolchinsky, Stephen Pierog, Hunter Garlent, Austin Lotz, Zach Lorentz
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Mike Zigomanis, Artem Kriukov, Steve Ott, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Christian Ehrhoff, Cody McCormick, Matt Ellis, Maxim Sheviev, Alexander Sulzer, Jamie Tardif, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Drew Bagnall, Drew Stafford, Patrick Kaleta, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Mike Weber, Jhonas Enroth, Jamie McBain, John Scott, Corey Fienhage, Nick Crawford, Marcus Foligno, Mark Adams, Connor Knapp, Phil Varone, Kevin Sundher, Jerome Leduc, Matt MacKenzie, Christian Isackson, Shawn Szydlowski, Brad Navin, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Alex Lepkowski, Daniel Catenacci, Jonathan Parker, Zemgus Girgensons, Justin Kea, Jake McCabe, Logan Nelson, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Brady Austin, Frederick Roy, Andrey Makarov, Tim Schaller, Chad Ruhwedel, Eric Locke, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, J.T. Compher, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, Nick Baptiste, Peter Trainor

2013-2014 season series

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2013-2014 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres, Thu, Sep 19, 2013
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Sep 27, 2013

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