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2006-07 regular season

Hurricanes at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–0

Sabres beat Hurricanes 4–1 at KeyBank Center on December 28, 2006.

CAR – BUF
30–26
Shots on goal
0/3–1/5
Power play
12–12
Hits
7–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
1 G
5 shots · 18:06 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Chris Drury
1 G
3 shots · 19:28 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G
2 shots · 16:32 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville Go-ahead 2nd · 01:21
Assists: Jochen Hecht, Daniel Brière · beat John Grahame
0–1
⚔️ Chris Drury 2nd · 02:52
Assists: Paul Gaustad · beat John Grahame
0–2
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 2nd · 16:18
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek, Derek Roy · beat John Grahame
0–3
3rd period
🌪️ Craig Adams SH 3rd · 18:51
Assists: Chad LaRose, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Ryan Miller
1–3
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP 3rd · 19:18
Unassisted · beat John Grahame
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Cole · Stillman · Brind'Amour 19:34
L2 Whitney · Staal · Williams 17:21
L3 Belanger · Walker · Letowski 13:12
L4 Aucoin · Adams · LaRose 5:59
D1 Hedican · Commodore 21:44
D2 Babchuk · Wallin 18:51
D3 Wesley · Hutchinson 16:16
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Roy · Drury 19:52
L2 Vanek · Hecht · Afinogenov 18:06
L3 Gaustad · Pominville · Kotalik 16:20
L4 Peters · Novotny · Mair 5:03
D1 Tallinder · Lydman 22:19
D2 Numminen · Spacek 19:18
D3 Campbell · Kalinin 17:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 26
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
12 Hits 12
7 Blocked shots 16
5 Takeaways 2
21 Giveaways 15
15 Penalty minutes 11
CAR shooting 3.3% (1/30) BUF shooting 15.4% (4/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
John Grahame
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 59:55 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 59:46 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 3-6-3 (25% win rate, 12 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 10-3-1 (71% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 4–0
Nov 132006 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 7–4 Oct 202006 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 4–5 Oct 42006 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 SO Jun 12006 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 May 302006 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 OT
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Who won Hurricanes vs Sabres on December 28, 2006?

Sabres won 4–1. The final score was Hurricanes 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Craig Adams.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Chris Drury, Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

John Grahame made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 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?

Sabres lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 26 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 AfterDec 29 🦆ANA @ 🌪️CAR 2–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 26 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 AfterDec 30 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4
Also on December 28
🐙DET 7–4 🧥CBJ 🔔PHI 4–3 ⚡TBL 👑LAK 7–4 🛢️EDM 🌵PHX 3–2 🦈SJS
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