🌪️ Away Hurricanes 45-17-6
4–3
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 44-18-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 0404
⚔️ BUF 0033

Hurricanes at Sabres

Hurricanes beat Sabres 4–3 at KeyBank Center on March 22, 2006.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Justin Williams
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:56 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Rod Brind'Amour
2 A
2 shots · 23:16 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Kevyn Adams
1 G
5 shots · 13:27 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🌪️ Kevyn Adams Go-ahead 2nd · 06:43
Assists: Justin Williams, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
🌪️ Cory Stillman 2nd · 08:46
Assists: Eric Staal, Oleg Tverdovsky · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
🌪️ Anton Babchuk 2nd · 17:03
Assists: Matt Cullen, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Ryan Miller
3–0
🌪️ Justin Williams 2nd · 18:15
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour · beat Ryan Miller
4–0
3rd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville 3rd · 02:50
Assists: Toni Lydman, Paul Gaustad · beat Martin Gerber
4–1
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 3rd · 10:56
Assists: Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Martin Gerber
4–2
⚔️ Jiri Novotny SH 3rd · 12:54
Assists: Daniel Brière, Henrik Tallinder · beat Martin Gerber
4–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Staal · Williams 20:56
L2 Stillman · Cullen · Recchi 17:06
L3 Whitney · Adams · Adams 13:27
L4 Ladd · LaRose 8:12
D1 Kaberle · Ward 22:58
D2 Wesley · Commodore 19:12
D3 Babchuk · Tverdovsky 15:45
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Brière · Roy 18:49
L2 Novotny · Afinogenov · Dumont 15:08
L3 Drury · Kotalik · Pominville 13:54
L4 Pyatt · Gaustad · Grier 10:10
D1 Numminen · Lydman 21:54
D2 Tallinder · Campbell 19:39
D3 McKee · Kalinin 15:06

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BUF⚔️
25 Shots on goal 27
17 Hits 12
15 Blocked shots 9
7 Takeaways 5
11 Giveaways 17
14 Penalty minutes 14
CAR shooting 16.0% (4/25) BUF shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 59:17 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 18-6-2 (69% win rate, 26 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 21-8-1 (70% win rate, 30 games)
After 2nd — 4–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 3–0
Feb 122006 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 SO Nov 92005 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 5–3 Jan 252004 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 4–2 Dec 292003 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 Dec 262003 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–3
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Who won Hurricanes vs Sabres on March 22, 2006?

Hurricanes won 4–3. The final score was Hurricanes 4, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Anton Babchuk, Cory Stillman, Justin Williams, Kevyn Adams.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville, Jiri Novotny, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Sabres season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 21 🌪️CAR @ 🍁TOR 2–3 AfterMar 25 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–1
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 0–5 AfterMar 24 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 3–1
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