The Buffalo Sabres came up just a bit short against the Carolina Hurricanes, 5 to 4, in overtime on December 15, 2017.
Final
2nd period
CAR
BUF
Justin Williams (EV) assisted by Brock McGinn and Jordan Staal
1
0
Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Evander Kane and Jake McCabe
1
1
3rd period
CAR
BUF
Jake McCabe (EV) assisted by Evander Kane and Jack Eichel
1
2
Jordan Staal (EV) assisted by Jaccob Slavin and Justin Williams
2
2
Derek Ryan (EV) assisted by Brett Pesce
3
2
Elias Lindholm (EV) assisted by Derek Ryan and Sebastian Aho
4
2
Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Kyle Okposo and Jake McCabe
4
3
Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Evander Kane
4
4
OT
CAR
BUF
Jaccob Slavin (EV) assisted by Elias Lindholm and Sebastian Aho
5
4
Hurricanes
Sabres
Goals
5
4
Shots
34
41
Penalty Minutes
6
6
Power-Play Goals
0
0
Power-Play Opportunities
2
2
Faceoff Wins
25
40
Hits
17
19
Giveaways
6
6
Takeaways
3
4
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 37 | .902 | 4 | 3.86 | 0 | 62 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Aho | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:23 | |
P. Di Giuseppe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 | ||
J. Faulk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:20 | |
H. Fleury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 | ||
N. Hanifin | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:19 | |
M. Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 | |
E. Lindholm | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 |
B. McGinn | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 | |
J. Nordstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 |
B. Pesce | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23:40 | ||
V. Rask | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 | |
D. Ryan | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:39 |
J. Skinner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
J. Slavin | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24:19 | |
J. Staal | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:05 |
T. Teravainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
J. Williams | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:47 |
T. van Riemsdyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 29 | .853 | 5 | 4.82 | 0 | 62 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V. Antipin | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 | |
N. Beaulieu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 | ||
Z. Bogosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 | ||
J. Eichel | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:57 |
H. Fasching | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:25 | ||
Z. Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:02 | |
E. Kane | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:43 |
J. Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:55 |
J. McCabe | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | |
R. O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:22 | |
K. Okposo | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 | |
J. Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
B. Pouliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 | |
S. Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | |
R. Ristolainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:25 | |
E. Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
M. Scandella | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:46 | |
S. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:03 |
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3.13
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GA/GP
3.41
28th
PP%
16.7
27th
PK%
78.3
19th
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