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Friday, October 20, 2006 · HSBC Arena

Hurricanes 4 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 96OVR Maxim Afinogenov Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 98OVR Thomas Vanek Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG R 95OVR Jason Pominville Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:28 Scott Walker (4) Eric Staal (4) · Slap CAR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 9:14 Jason Pominville (3) Jochen Hecht (4), Daniel Brière (8) · Slap CAR 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 8:37 Eric Staal (4) PPG Ray Whitney (7), Erik Cole (3) · Snap CAR 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 12:33 Dmitri Kalinin (2) SHG Paul Gaustad (3), Jason Pominville (2) · Slap CAR 2 – 2 BUF
  3. 13:31 Maxim Afinogenov (4) Brian Campbell (3), Derek Roy (3) · Slap CAR 2 – 3 BUF
  4. 15:42 Eric Belanger (3) Ray Whitney (8), Chad LaRose (2) · Wrist CAR 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 13:26 Thomas Vanek (4) PPG Maxim Afinogenov (7), Derek Roy (4) · Snap CAR 3 – 4 BUF
  2. 15:24 Jaroslav Spacek (2) Thomas Vanek (5), Maxim Afinogenov (8) · Slap CAR 3 – 5 BUF
  3. 18:45 Mike Commodore (2) SHG Erik Cole (4) · Snap CAR 4 – 5 BUF

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Erik Cole L 0 2 4 3 0 0 22:50 1.50
Eric Staal C 1 1 3 0 2 -1 22:26 1.35
Ray Whitney L 0 2 0 0 0 +1 17:08 1.15
Eric Belanger C 1 0 3 0 0 0 15:43 1.03
Scott Walker R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 18:45 0.75
Mike Commodore D 1 0 1 1 0 -1 21:02 0.68
Chad LaRose R 0 1 0 0 0 0 7:52 0.63
David Tanabe D 0 0 0 0 1 +2 11:34 0.35
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 1 0 1 +1 13:29 0.22
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 1 1 5 -1 21:00 0.13
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:03 0.05
Andrew Hutchinson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5:01 0.00
Ryan Bayda L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:35 -0.05
Bret Hedican D 0 0 2 1 1 -1 19:53 -0.10
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 0 3 -1 20:19 -0.15
Craig Adams R 0 0 0 3 2 -1 12:15 -0.20
Justin Williams R 0 0 1 0 1 -1 25:16 -0.22
Kevyn Adams C 0 0 0 2 1 -3 7:27 -0.55
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cam Ward L 29 24 5 .828 59:52 -1.35

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Maxim Afinogenov R 1 2 5 2 0 +1 16:46 2.58
Thomas Vanek L 1 1 3 1 0 +2 16:36 1.90
Jason Pominville R 1 1 4 0 1 0 18:01 1.73
Derek Roy C 0 2 2 0 1 +2 20:50 1.65
Brian Campbell D 0 1 0 2 1 +3 15:29 1.13
Jaroslav Spacek D 1 0 1 1 0 +1 17:55 0.93
Jochen Hecht C 0 1 3 1 1 0 18:32 0.90
Dmitri Kalinin D 1 0 1 1 0 +2 18:46 0.87
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 0 2 1 0 9:42 0.68
Daniel Brière C 0 1 3 0 0 -1 16:33 0.30
Andrew Peters L 0 0 1 4 0 0 4:10 0.08
Chris Drury C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 19:41 0.07
Jiri Novotny C 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:13 0.02
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 1 1 1 +1 20:08 0.02
Adam Mair C 0 0 1 1 0 -1 4:56 -0.08
Ales Kotalik R 0 0 0 2 0 -1 12:14 -0.20
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 0 1 -2 23:16 -0.25
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 2 2 -2 21:27 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ryan Miller W 20 16 4 .800 60:00 -1.40