Thursday, February 26, 2009 · RBC Center
Sabres 1 at Hurricanes 2
Final/SO
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
12:43
Patrick Kaleta (4) Clarke MacArthur (14), Paul Gaustad (13) · Wrist BUF 1 – 0 CAR
3rd Period
-
7:34
Anton Babchuk (7) Michael Ryan (2), Eric Staal (20) · Slap BUF 1 – 1 CAR
Overtime
No scoring
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke MacArthur L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | +1 | 12:01 | 0.98 |
| Patrick Kaleta R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | +1 | 11:35 | 0.88 |
| Paul Gaustad C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 15:12 | 0.83 |
| Andrej Sekera D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24:46 | 0.55 |
| Jason Pominville R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:42 | 0.40 |
| Henrik Tallinder D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:27 | 0.30 |
| Jaroslav Spacek D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18:32 | 0.28 |
| Chris Butler D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:50 | 0.25 |
| Derek Roy C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:14 | 0.20 |
| Matt Ellis L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8:10 | 0.20 |
| Jochen Hecht C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:48 | 0.18 |
| Ales Kotalik R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:08 | 0.13 |
| Adam Mair C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:06 | 0.13 |
| Drew Stafford R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15:54 | 0.07 |
| Daniel Paille L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8:24 | 0.05 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 | 0.05 |
| Tim Connolly C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:41 | 0.03 |
| Toni Lydman D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24:38 | -0.10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lalime | O | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 65:00 | 2.35 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Babchuk D | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:06 | 1.18 |
| Michael Ryan C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 16:14 | 0.95 |
| Eric Staal C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:13 | 0.65 |
| Joe Corvo D | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27:17 | 0.55 |
| Dennis Seidenberg D | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 | 0.40 |
| Joni Pitkanen D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24:40 | 0.28 |
| Matt Cullen C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:23 | 0.23 |
| Tuomo Ruutu L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 23:16 | 0.22 |
| Ray Whitney L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:44 | 0.20 |
| Chad LaRose R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 | 0.12 |
| Patrick Eaves R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:37 | 0.10 |
| Ryan Bayda L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:48 | 0.08 |
| Tim Gleason D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:25 | 0.08 |
| Frantisek Kaberle D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 | 0.05 |
| Rod Brind'Amour C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 | 0.02 |
| Niclas Wallin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:49 | 0.00 |
| Jussi Jokinen L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:03 | -0.08 |
| Tim Conboy D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:59 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Ward | W | 37 | 36 | 1 | .973 | 64:51 | 2.85 |