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2016-17 regular season

Hurricanes at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0

Hurricanes beat Sabres 3–1 at KeyBank Center on December 22, 2016.

CAR – BUF
34–23
Shots on goal
15–30
Hits
8–9
Blocked shots
4–5
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 🌪️ CAR
Sebastian Aho
1 G
3 shots · 14:35 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Jeff Skinner
1 G
3 shots · 16:24 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Justin Faulk
1 G
2 shots · 22:32 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Jeff Skinner Go-ahead 1st · 01:44
Assists: Jaccob Slavin, Noah Hanifin · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
🌪️ Justin Faulk 1st · 17:51
Assists: Lee Stempniak · beat Robin Lehner
2–0
3rd period
⚔️ Johan Larsson 3rd · 05:32
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Marcus Foligno · beat Cam Ward
2–1
🌪️ Sebastian Aho Empty net 3rd · 19:00
Assists: Victor Rask, Brett Pesce
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Lindholm · Rask · Skinner 17:28
L2 McGinn · Staal · Ryan 15:04
L3 Teravainen · Aho · Stempniak 14:43
L4 Stalberg · McClement · Nordstrom 11:38
D1 Hainsey · Faulk 23:14
D2 Pesce · Slavin 22:22
D3 Hanifin · Tennyson 14:34
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Eichel 20:01
L2 Foligno · Reinhart · Okposo 16:43
L3 Larsson · Girgensons · Gionta 13:17
L4 Moulson · Deslauriers · Grant 6:56
D1 Ristolainen · Kulikov 24:50
D2 Bogosian · McCabe 18:41
D3 Gorges · Falk 14:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BUF⚔️
34 Shots on goal 23
15 Hits 30
8 Blocked shots 9
4 Takeaways 5
5 Giveaways 6
9 Penalty minutes 13
CAR shooting 8.8% (3/34) BUF shooting 4.3% (1/23)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:43 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 58:52 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Jeff Skinner · 1st 01:44 · 1–0 Justin Faulk · 1st 17:51 · 2–0 Johan Larsson · 3rd 05:32 · 2–1 Sebastian Aho · 3rd 19:00 · 3–1
CAR BUF
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Period by period

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After 1st — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0
Dec 172016 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 SO Mar 222016 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 Mar 122016 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 OT Nov 272015 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Apr 62015 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
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Who won Hurricanes vs Sabres on December 22, 2016?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jeff Skinner, Justin Faulk, Sebastian Aho.

Who scored for Sabres?

Johan Larsson.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 17 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterDec 23 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 2–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 3–4 AfterDec 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 1–5
Also on December 22
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