🌪️ Away Hurricanes 2-1 in series
4–0
Final
CAR leads 4–3
⚔️ Home Sabres 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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BUF 0000

Hurricanes at Sabres — Conference Finals Game 4

Hurricanes, Conference Finals Game 4, beat Sabres 4–0 at KeyBank Center on May 26, 2006.

🗓 Fri, May 26, 2006 · 18:30 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2005-06 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

BUF vs CAR · CAR leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
Final · BUF
Game 2
3–4
Final · CAR
Game 3
3–4
Final · BUF
Game 4
4–0
Final · CAR
Game 5
3–4
OT · CAR
Game 6
1–2
OT · BUF
Game 7
2–4
Final · CAR

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Bret Hedican
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 22:12 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Mark Recchi
1 G
5 shots · 15:57 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G
2 shots · 16:57 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Mark Recchi Go-ahead 1st · 06:54
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Aaron Ward · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
🌪️ Eric Staal PP 1st · 09:53
Assists: Bret Hedican, Ray Whitney · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
2nd period
🌪️ Andrew Ladd 2nd · 02:10
Assists: Doug Weight, Glen Wesley · beat Ryan Miller
3–0
3rd period
🌪️ Bret Hedican 3rd · 16:03
Assists: Justin Williams, Cory Stillman · beat Ryan Miller
4–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BUF⚔️
21 Shots on goal 22
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
26 Hits 32
18 Blocked shots 16
1 Takeaways 3
11 Giveaways 18
8 Penalty minutes 4
CAR shooting 19.0% (4/21) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
17/21
.810 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Staal · Williams 20:38
L2 Stillman · Weight · Recchi 14:33
L3 Whitney · Cullen · Adams 13:37
L4 Ladd · LaRose · Adams 10:14
D1 Ward · Hedican 23:06
D2 Kaberle · Commodore 19:18
D3 Wallin · Wesley 16:04
⚔️Sabres
L1 Drury · Brière · Afinogenov 18:35
L2 Roy · Grier · Dumont 17:33
L3 Hecht · Gaustad · Kotalik 15:22
L4 Pyatt · Novotny · Pominville 11:21
D1 Campbell · Lydman 22:42
D2 McKee · Fitzpatrick 19:34
D3 Jillson · Janik 12:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 24, 2006
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
3–4 · Sabres won
May 22, 2006
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
3–4 · Hurricanes won
May 20, 2006
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
3–2 · Sabres won
Apr 18, 2006
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
4–0 · Sabres won
Mar 22, 2006
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
4–3 · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs BUF, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Sabres on May 26, 2006?

Hurricanes won 4–0.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Sabres?

The final score was Hurricanes 4, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Andrew Ladd, Bret Hedican, Eric Staal, Mark Recchi.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 17 saves on 21 shots (.810 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌪️Hurricanes
Previous game · May 24
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
3–4 · BUF won
Next game · May 28
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
3–4 · CAR won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · May 24
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
3–4 · BUF won
Next game · May 28
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
3–4 · CAR won
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