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2008-09 regular season

Hurricanes at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Hurricanes 3–1 at KeyBank Center on January 17, 2009.

CAR – BUF
37–26
Shots on goal
21–11
Hits
9–22
Blocked shots
2–7
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tim Connolly
2 G
5 shots · 17:22 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 A
1 shots · 15:03 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
36 saves
0.973 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Tim Connolly Go-ahead 1st · 07:58
Assists: Toni Lydman, Thomas Vanek · beat Cam Ward
0–1
⚔️ Teppo Numminen 1st · 16:30
Assists: Jason Pominville, Derek Roy · beat Cam Ward
0–2
2nd period
⚔️ Tim Connolly 2nd · 16:56
Assists: Thomas Vanek · beat Cam Ward
0–3
3rd period
🌪️ Ray Whitney 3rd · 00:17
Assists: Matt Cullen, Scott Walker · beat Ryan Miller
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Samsonov · Ruutu · Staal 22:17
L2 Whitney · Cullen · Walker 18:16
L3 Brind'Amour · LaRose · Williams 13:03
L4 Bayda · Sutter · Eaves 7:29
D1 Corvo · Pitkanen 25:40
D2 Seidenberg · Babchuk 20:50
D3 Gleason · Wallin 13:30
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Gaustad · Pominville 18:09
L2 Vanek · Hecht · Connolly 17:22
L3 MacArthur · Kotalik · Stafford 12:47
L4 Paille · Ellis · Mair 7:48
D1 Lydman · Rivet 23:55
D2 Tallinder · Spacek 21:01
D3 Butler · Numminen 14:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BUF⚔️
37 Shots on goal 26
21 Hits 11
9 Blocked shots 22
2 Takeaways 7
16 Giveaways 14
4 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 2.7% (1/37) BUF shooting 11.5% (3/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 56:37 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
36/37
.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 142008 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–7 Mar 82008 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 OT Dec 12007 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–8 Oct 242007 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 2–6 Dec 282006 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–4
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Who won Hurricanes vs Sabres on January 17, 2009?

Sabres won 3–1. The final score was Hurricanes 1, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Ray Whitney.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tim Connolly (2), Teppo Numminen.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeJan 15 🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR 6–4 AfterJan 19 🌪️CAR @ 🍁TOR 2–0
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 15 ⚔️BUF @ ⭐DAL 5–4 AfterJan 19 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 3–2
Also on January 17
👑LAK 2–3 ⭐DAL 😈NJD 3–1 🏝️NYI 🐻BOS 1–2 🦅WSH 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 🏛️OTT 🐆FLA 4–3 ⚡TBL 🐦ATL 7–2 🐯NSH 🪶CHI 2–1 🎵STL 🦆ANA 3–0 🌲MIN
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