Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Monday, September 18, 2017, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Monday, September 18, 2017 on the road.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Carolina Hurricanes	3	36-35-11
at Buffalo Sabres	2	25-45-12

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	5	11	10	2	28
Buffalo Sabres	11	10	12	2	35

Three stars

D. Ryan, Carolina Hurricanes (2 goals, 1 assist)
A. Nedeljkovic, Carolina Hurricanes (goaltender)
E. Rodrigues, Buffalo Sabres (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:25	Carolina Hurricanes	Derek Ryan (1)	Jeff Skinner (1), Haydn Fleury (1)	Even strength	CAR 1, BUF 0
1st	11:50	Buffalo Sabres	Seth Griffith (1)	Evan Rodrigues (1), Cliff Pu (1)	Even strength	CAR 1, BUF 1
2nd	14:53	Carolina Hurricanes	Josh Jooris (1)	Derek Ryan (1)	Shorthanded	CAR 2, BUF 1
2nd	16:09	Buffalo Sabres	Jake McCabe (1)	Taylor Fedun (1), Evan Rodrigues (2)	Even strength	CAR 2, BUF 2
OT	02:19	Carolina Hurricanes	Derek Ryan (2)	Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)	Even strength	CAR 3, BUF 2

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	28	35
Power play	0 of 3	0 of 7
Penalty minutes	14	6
Hits	11	14
Blocked shots	16	12
Giveaways	7	12
Takeaways	3	3
Faceoffs won	28/54 (51.9%)	26/54 (48.1%)

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 7 D. Ryan	C	2	1	3	+2	2	4	0	0	64.7%	18:08
Number 15 A. Saarela	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	66.7%	17:08
Number 19 J. Jooris	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	1	50%	15:52
Number 23 B. McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	100%	14:35
Number 29 A. Poturalski	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	71.4%	16:07
Number 34 P. Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		13:48
Number 39 G. Hofmann	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50%	13:05
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	1	1	0	4	5	0	0	33.3%	15:31
Number 61 S. Tolchinsky	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		11:09
Number 71 L. Wallmark	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10%	13:06
Number 72 A. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	09:55
Number 88 M. Necas	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	50%	14:08
Number 4 H. Fleury	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2		21:34
Number 5 N. Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		24:39
Number 22 B. Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		24:54
Number 24 J. Bean	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2		15:22
Number 38 J. Wesley	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		10:59
Number 57 T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	4		23:00

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 A. Nedeljkovic	14	14	0	1.000	22:19	Win
Number 40 J. Smith	21	19	2	.905	39:57

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 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0		19:15
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	38.5%	17:53
Number 25 S. Griffith	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	1		12:01
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0		18:38
Number 49 C. Smith	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		09:53
Number 51 K. Criscuolo	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	75%	11:48
Number 52 S. Moses	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		16:21
Number 59 C. Pu	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100%	11:30
Number 67 B. Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50%	15:47
Number 71 E. Rodrigues	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	1	41.7%	15:53
Number 90 R. O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	57.9%	18:39
Number 95 J. Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		11:13
Number 8 C. Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		20:38
Number 19 J. McCabe	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	2		20:12
Number 27 T. Fedun	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		17:02
Number 38 C. Goloubef	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	1		19:29
Number 45 B. Guhle	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		21:04
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	1		23:54

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 L. Ullmark	12	11	1	.917	22:19	OT loss
Number 40 R. Lehner	16	14	2	.875	39:47

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:24	Carolina Hurricanes	Jeff Skinner	Slashing	2
1st	13:39	Buffalo Sabres	Steve Moses	Interference	2
1st	16:50	Carolina Hurricanes	Lucas Wallmark	Slashing	2
1st	19:30	Buffalo Sabres	Kyle Criscuolo	Slashing	2
2nd	01:45	Carolina Hurricanes	Brock McGinn	High sticking double minor	4
2nd	10:30	Carolina Hurricanes	Derek Ryan	Holding	2
2nd	14:11	Carolina Hurricanes	Jeff Skinner	Slashing	2
2nd	15:59	Buffalo Sabres	Seth Griffith	Holding	2
3rd	15:37	Carolina Hurricanes	Bench	Delaying game bench face off violation (bench minor)	2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Bill Peters
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Phil Housley
Referees: Francis Charron, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: James Tobias, Brad Kovachik
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Justin Williams, Cam Ward, Lee Stempniak, Jordan Staal, Scott Darling, Philip Samuelsson, Marcus Kruger, Justin Faulk, Joakim Nordstrom, Brenden Kichton, Dennis Robertson, Klas Dahlbeck, Victor Rask, Teuvo Teravainen, Trevor Carrick, Jaccob Slavin, Tyler Ganly, Valentin Zykov, Keegan Kanzig, Elias Lindholm, Jake Chelios, Patrick Brown, Roland McKeown, Warren Foegele, Clark Bishop, Sebastian Aho, Nicolas Roy, Callum Booth, David Cotton, Luke Stevens, Spencer Smallman, Steven Lorentz, Max Zimmer, Julien Gauthier, Matt Filipe, Janne Kuokkanen, Hudson Elynuik, Jeremy Helvig, Noah Carroll, Jack LaFontaine, Morgan Geekie, Stelio Mattheos, Luke Martin, Eetu Luostarinen, Eetu Makiniemi, Brendan De Jong, Ville Rasanen, Mac Hollowell
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Jason Pominville, Josh Gorges, Matt Moulson, Kevin Porter, Chad Johnson, Justin Falk, Zach Bogosian, Marco Scandella, Evander Kane, Jacob Josefson, Nicolas Deslauriers, Johan Larsson, Colin Blackwell, Jason Kasdorf, Adam Wilcox, Nathan Beaulieu, Matt Tennyson, Judd Peterson, Sean Malone, Hudson Fasching, Connor Hurley, Nick Baptiste, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Vojtech Budik, Rasmus Asplund, Brett Murray, Alex Nylander, Philip Nyberg, Brandon Hagel, Austin Osmanski, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Daniel Muzito-Bagenda, Victor Antipin, Casey Mittelstadt, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Arvin Atwal

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