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11/10/2007
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Carolina Hurricanes 2 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 25 - 23
PP: 0 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:50/60=83 %, Challenges:41/61=66 %
PP: 2 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:54/80=67 %, Challenges:38/49=76 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:54 0-1
Drew Stafford [1] (Dmitri Kalinin, Nolan Pratt)
14:08 1-1
Angelo Esposito [1] (Patrick Eaves, Freddy Meyer)
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28:56 1-2
Paul Gaustad [1] (Clarke MacArthur, Jason Pominville)
31:32 2-2
Mark Recchi [4] (Tim Gleason, Mark Popovic)
36:33 2-3
Thomas Vanek [2] (Maxim Afinogenov, Tyler Arnason)PP
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41:05 2-4
Tyler Arnason [2] (Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:06
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for elbowing)
04:26
Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
04:26
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
06:42
Ales Kotalik (2 min for slashing)
14:26
Patrick Eaves (2 min for hooking)
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23:49
Drew Stafford (2 min for tripping)
26:15
Bryan Little (2 min for high-sticking)
29:49
Bryan Little (2 min for roughing)
29:49
Freddy Meyer (2 min for roughing)
35:32
Angelo Esposito (2 min for tripping)
39:14
Mark Recchi (2 min for high-sticking)
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46:44
Andrew Peters (2 min for roughing)
46:44
Tim Gleason (2 min for roughing)
52:43
Ales Kotalik (2 min for hooking)
56:46
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 3.00 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 11.20 6
R Mark Recchi 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 1 20.20 9
R Patrick Eaves 0 1 1 3 5 1 2 0 18.10 4
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 12.00 7
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 6
C Angelo Esposito 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 15.20 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.40 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10.00 6
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 20.20 6
L Mike Leclerc 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 11.40 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.00 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18.50 6
D Tim Gleason 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 16.40 5
D Mark Popovic 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 24.10 7
D David Tanabe 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 23.30 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 0 17.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 4.40 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 1 17.00 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 -1 8.30 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 2 4 1 0 0 4 -1 17.50 8
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 10.30 7
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 15.00 7
C Tyler Arnason 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 24.30 7
R Drew Stafford 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 5.00 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 16.10 7
L Andrew Peters 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 -1 14.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 8
D Nolan Pratt 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 17.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 18.00 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 28.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 27.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 10.40 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 17.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Tyler Arnason
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Angelo Esposito ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Angelo Esposito ended his 5 game point drought.
-Evgeny Malkin had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Scott Walker in a fight.
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 16) , Rochester Americans 4( 20)
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1-0 LOW Keith Aucoin
1-1 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Loïc Burkhalter, Mike Weber)
1-2 ROC Nathan Paetsch (Christopher Thörn)
1-3 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Daniel Paillé, Andrej Sekera)
2-3 LOW Chad LaRose (Keith Aucoin)
2-4 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Daniel Paillé)
Goalies: Michael Leighton - Adam Dennis