Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Friday, October 3, 2014, 7:00 PM ET PNC Arena, Raleigh Preseason Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Friday, October 3, 2014 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Buffalo Sabres	1	23-51-8
at Carolina Hurricanes	5	30-41-11

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	10	7	3	20
Carolina Hurricanes	11	17	9	37

Three stars

E. Lindholm, Carolina Hurricanes (3 goals)
N. Gerbe, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal, 1 assist)
J. Skinner, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	18:28	Carolina Hurricanes	Nathan Gerbe (2)	Alexander Semin (1), Jay McClement (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, CAR 1
2nd	03:46	Carolina Hurricanes	Elias Lindholm (1)	Andrej Sekera (2), Victor Rask (2)	Power play	BUF 0, CAR 2
2nd	04:45	Carolina Hurricanes	Jeff Skinner (2)	Nathan Gerbe (4)	Even strength	BUF 0, CAR 3
2nd	10:03	Carolina Hurricanes	Elias Lindholm (2)	Ron Hainsey (1), Ryan Murphy (3)	Even strength	BUF 0, CAR 4
2nd	15:48	Buffalo Sabres	Jake McCabe (2)	Mikhail Grigorenko (1), Drew Stafford (2)	Power play	BUF 1, CAR 4
3rd	16:04	Carolina Hurricanes	Elias Lindholm (3)	Justin Faulk (1), Andrej Sekera (3)	Even strength, Empty net	BUF 1, CAR 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal	20	37
Power play	1 of 3	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	20	19
Hits	13	9
Blocked shots	15	11
Giveaways	3	13
Takeaways	8	13
Faceoffs won	20/59 (33.9%)	39/59 (66.1%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 C. McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	41.7%	12:16
Number 17 T. Mitchell	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0		14:58
Number 19 C. Hodgson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	18.2%	16:43
Number 20 Z. Dalpe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		11:22
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	2	0	33.3%	16:46
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0	18.2%	15:45
Number 25 M. Grigorenko	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	50%	15:22
Number 26 M. Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		15:04
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	40%	14:56
Number 44 N. Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0		13:33
Number 65 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0		12:53
Number 82 M. Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	16	2	0	0	0		11:15
Number 4 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		17:51
Number 24 T. Strachan	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		16:29
Number 29 J. McCabe	D	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	1		20:41
Number 41 A. Meszaros	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	2	0		22:08
Number 51 N. Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	3	2	0		18:34
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2	0		24:21

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 M. Neuvirth	36	32	4	.889	59:28	Loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 E. Staal	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	68.4%	19:27
Number 14 N. Gerbe	C	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0	0		15:07
Number 16 E. Lindholm	C	3	0	3	+2	0	4	0	1	1	50%	12:38
Number 18 J. McClement	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	63.6%	14:45
Number 19 J. Tlusty	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0		19:55
Number 20 R. Nash	C	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	1	0	78.6%	14:21
Number 22 Z. Boychuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		14:19
Number 24 B. Malone	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		15:19
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	0		19:37
Number 49 V. Rask	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	0	54.5%	13:11
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	1	0	100%	15:34
Number 59 C. LaRose	R	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0		01:08
Number 4 A. Sekera	D	0	2	2	+2	2	5	1	1	0		19:47
Number 6 T. Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0		20:22
Number 7 R. Murphy	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1	0		19:23
Number 27 J. Faulk	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	0		18:20
Number 44 J. Harrison	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		20:35
Number 65 R. Hainsey	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0	0		17:39

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 C. Ward	20	19	1	.950	59:57	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:28	Carolina Hurricanes	Chad LaRose	Boarding (major)	5
1st	03:28	Carolina Hurricanes	Chad LaRose	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
1st	11:31	Carolina Hurricanes	Andrej Sekera	High sticking	2
1st	12:35	Buffalo Sabres	Torrey Mitchell	Hooking	2
2nd	02:29	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno	Interference	2
2nd	05:55	Buffalo Sabres	Jake McCabe	Holding	2
2nd	10:38	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno	Roughing	2
2nd	10:38	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	10:38	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	14:12	Carolina Hurricanes	Alexander Semin	Tripping	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ted Nolan
Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Bill Peters
Referees: Francis Charron, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, John Grandt
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Brian Gionta, Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Matt Ellis, Maxim Sheviev, Andre Benoit, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Drew Bagnall, Patrick Kaleta, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Mike Weber, Chris Stewart, Nick Petrecki, Tyler Myers, Tyler Ennis, Luke Adam, Corey Fienhage, Matt Hackett, Mark Adams, Phil Varone, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, Kevin Sundher, Johan Larsson, Jerome Leduc, Mark Pysyk, Christian Isackson, Brad Navin, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Daniel Catenacci, Joel Armia, Justin Kea, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Brady Austin, Andrey Makarov, Tim Schaller, Chad Ruhwedel, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, Hudson Fasching, J.T. Compher, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, William Carrier, Nick Baptiste, Brendan Lemieux, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: John-Michael Liles, Drew MacIntyre, Patrick Dwyer, Jordan Staal, Chris Terry, Brett Bellemore, Greg Nemisz, Jared Staal, Michal Jordan, Kyle Hagel, Rasmus Rissanen, Beau Schmitz, Ben Holmstrom, Danny Biega, Austin Levi, Justin Shugg, Brody Sutter, Dennis Robertson, Gregory Hofmann, Keegan Lowe, Carter Sandlak, 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, Sergey Tolchinsky, Patrick Brown, Haydn Fleury, Alex Nedeljkovic, Warren Foegele, Josh Wesley, Lucas Wallmark, Clark Bishop, Kyle Jenkins

2014-2015 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes game in the 2014-2015 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Sep 23, 2014
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Oct 3, 2014

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Boston Bruins 6 at New York Islanders 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at New York Islanders, Fri, Oct 3, 2014
San Jose Sharks 3 at Arizona Coyotes 1	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Arizona Coyotes, Fri, Oct 3, 2014