Carolina Hurricanes Game Notes Sat, Dec 23, 2017 NHL Game #550 Carolina Hurricanes 15 - 12 - 7 (37 pts) Buffalo Sabres 9 - 19 - 7 (25 pts) Team Game: 35 7 - 4 - 3 (Home) Team Game: 36 5 - 10 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 15 8 - 8 - 4 (Road) Road Game: 19 4 - 9 - 5 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 Cam Ward 11 7 2 1 2.87 .911 31 Chad Johnson 12 1 5 3 3.76 .880 33 Scott Darling 24 8 10 6 2.87 .896 40 Robin Lehner 27 8 14 4 2.73 .915 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Haydn Fleury 30 0 5 5 -1 6 4 D Josh Gorges 16 0 2 2 2 11 5 D Noah Hanifin 34 7 12 19 -3 9 6 D Marco Scandella 35 0 9 9 -5 16 6 D Klas Dahlbeck 7 0 0 0 0 2 9 L Evander Kane 35 15 18 33 -9 28 7 C Derek Ryan 34 7 13 20 -8 6 10 C Jacob Josefson 11 1 1 2 -2 0 11 C Jordan Staal 34 9 11 20 0 14 15 C Jack Eichel 35 13 17 30 -11 26 14 R Justin Williams 34 7 17 24 -1 25 17 C Jordan Nolan 31 2 2 4 -4 19 16 C Marcus Kruger 33 1 4 5 -5 22 19 D Jake McCabe 35 2 7 9 -9 13 19 R Josh Jooris 23 3 3 6 -6 14 20 C Scott Wilson 27 0 1 1 -2 0 20 R Sebastian Aho 34 7 16 23 -5 12 21 R Kyle Okposo 33 5 10 15 -13 20 22 D Brett Pesce 31 0 5 5 -7 10 22 C Johan Larsson 35 1 4 5 -13 8 23 L Brock McGinn 33 6 9 15 7 15 23 C Sam Reinhart 35 5 6 11 -12 10 27 D Justin Faulk 34 1 7 8 -7 24 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 30 1 3 4 -2 8 28 C Elias Lindholm 34 10 9 19 5 8 29 R Jason Pominville 35 8 8 16 -7 4 34 L Phillip Di Giuseppe 10 0 1 1 2 4 41 D Justin Falk 17 0 0 0 -3 6 42 L Joakim Nordstrom 34 2 2 4 -10 2 47 D Zach Bogosian 10 0 0 0 -4 14 49 C Victor Rask 32 8 3 11 7 2 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 26 0 9 9 -11 10 53 L Jeff Skinner 34 12 13 25 -10 16 67 L Benoit Pouliot 35 8 3 11 -5 10 57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 31 1 7 8 11 10 71 L Evan Rodrigues 7 2 1 3 -1 8 74 D Jaccob Slavin 34 3 5 8 -8 2 82 D Nathan Beaulieu 23 0 3 3 -9 17 86 L Teuvo Teravainen 34 8 17 25 -4 2 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 35 9 14 23 -14 2 93 D Victor Antipin 24 0 4 4 -3 12 Exec. VP/General Manager Ron Francis Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Asst. General Managers Mike Vellucci, Brian Tatum, President/Alternate Governor Russ Brandon Ricky Olczyk General Manager Jason Botterill Head Coach Bill Peters Head Coach Phil Housley Assistant Coaches Rod Brind'Amour, Steve Smith Coaching Staff Davis Payne (Associate Goaltending Coach / Video Coaches Mike Bales / Chris Huffine, L.J. Coach), Chris Hajt (Assistant Scarpace Coach), Tom Ward (Assistant Coach), Andrew Allen (Goaltending Coach), Mat Myers (Video Coach) Tonight's Officials Referees Francois StLaurent (38), Dan O'Halloran (13) Linesmen Andrew Smith (51), Matt MacPherson (83) Supervisor Video Judge Bill Kicinski Ntl. Anthem Adam Lee Decker Siren Sounder Santa Claus Today's Schedule DET @ BOS : 1:00 WPG @ NYI : 1:00 MTL @ EDM : 5:00 WSH @ VGK : 5:00 COL @ ARI : 6:00 BUF @ CAR : 7:00 PHI @ CBJ : 7:00 NSH @ DAL : 7:00 OTT @ FLA : 7:00 CHI @ NJD : 7:00 TOR @ NYR : 7:00 ANA @ PIT : 7:00 LAK @ SJS : 7:00 MIN @ TBL : 7:00 STL @ VAN : 7:00 Carolina Hurricanes: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Haydn Fleury D 6' 3" 221 Jul 8, 1996 Carlyle, SK, CAN 5 Noah Hanifin D 6' 3" 206 Jan 25, 1997 Boston, MA, USA 6 Klas Dahlbeck D 6' 3" 207 Jul 6, 1991 Katrineholm, SWE 7 Derek Ryan C 5' 11" 170 Dec 29, 1986 Spokane, WA, USA 11 Jordan Staal C 6' 4" 220 Sep 10, 1988 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 14 Justin Williams R 6' 1" 188 Oct 4, 1981 Cobourg, ON, CAN 16 Marcus Kruger C 6' 0" 186 May 27, 1990 Stockholm, SWE 19 Josh Jooris R 6' 1" 197 Jul 14, 1990 Burlington, ON, CAN 20 Sebastian Aho R 5' 11" 172 Jul 26, 1997 Rauma, FIN 22 Brett Pesce D 6' 3" 200 Nov 15, 1994 Tarrytown, NY, USA 23 Brock McGinn L 6' 0" 185 Feb 2, 1994 Fergus, ON, CAN 27 Justin Faulk D 6' 0" 215 Mar 20, 1992 South St.Paul, MN, USA 28 Elias Lindholm C 6' 1" 192 Dec 2, 1994 Boden, SWE 30 Cam Ward G 6' 1" 185 Feb 29, 1984 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 33 Scott Darling G 6' 6" 232 Dec 22, 1988 Newport News, VA, USA 34 Phillip Di Giuseppe L 6' 0" 200 Oct 9, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 42 Joakim Nordstrom L 6' 1" 189 Feb 25, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 49 Victor Rask C 6' 2" 200 Mar 1, 1993 Leksand, SWE 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 200 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 6' 2" 188 Jul 24, 1991 Middletown, NJ, USA 74 Jaccob Slavin D 6' 3" 205 May 1, 1994 Denver, CO, USA 86 Teuvo Teravainen L 5' 11" 178 Sep 11, 1994 Helsinki, FIN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 197 Age: 26.1 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 21 Lee Stempniak R 5' 11" 195 Feb 4, 1983 West Seneca, NY, USA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks JEFF SKINNER (1-3-4 / 3 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 204 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Marco Scandella D 6' 3" 208 Feb 23, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 212 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 10 Jacob Josefson C 6' 0" 196 Mar 2, 1991 Stockholm, SWE 15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 206 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 17 Jordan Nolan C 6' 3" 219 Jun 23, 1989 Garden River, First Nations, ON, CAN 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 210 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 20 Scott Wilson C 5' 11" 183 Apr 24, 1992 Oakville, ON, CAN 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 220 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 198 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 192 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 207 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 29 Jason Pominville R 6' 0" 180 Nov 30, 1982 Repentigny, QC, CAN 31 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 197 Jun 10, 1986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 4" 245 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 41 Justin Falk D 6' 5" 223 Oct 11, 1988 Snowflake, MB, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 221 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 218 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 67 Benoit Pouliot L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1986 Alfred, ON, CAN 71 Evan Rodrigues L 5' 11" 182 Jul 28, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 82 Nathan Beaulieu D 6' 2" 200 Dec 5, 1992 Strathroy, ON, CAN 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 216 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 93 Victor Antipin D 5' 11" 175 Dec 6, 1992 Ust-Kamenogorsk, KAZ 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 27.0 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 27 Taylor Fedun D 6' 1" 201 Jun 4, 1988 Edmonton, AB, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Carolina Hurricanes: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L 53 Jeff Skinner 34 12 13 25 -10 16 3 0 0 129 9.3 17:19 41.37 15 8 L 86 Teuvo Teravainen 34 8 17 25 -4 2 3 0 1 68 11.8 16:36 35.13 7 11 R 14 Justin Williams 34 7 17 24 -1 25 2 0 1 77 9.1 16:55 47.61 30 19 R 20 Sebastian Aho 34 7 16 23 -5 12 2 0 1 95 7.4 18:14 46.66 23 9 C 11 Jordan Staal 34 9 11 20 0 14 0 1 2 80 11.3 19:37 54.52 81 16 C 7 Derek Ryan 34 7 13 20 -8 6 2 0 1 58 12.1 16:07 56.90 22 10 C 28 Elias Lindholm 34 10 9 19 5 8 3 0 2 67 14.9 18:10 53.45 43 21 D 5 Noah Hanifin 34 7 12 19 -3 9 1 0 2 79 8.9 18:25 0.00 32 36 L 23 Brock McGinn 33 6 9 15 7 15 0 0 0 60 10.0 12:57 45.00 58 8 C 49 Victor Rask 32 8 3 11 7 2 1 0 1 60 13.3 15:38 47.88 25 11 D 74 Jaccob Slavin 34 3 5 8 -8 2 0 0 1 64 4.7 22:59 0.00 16 74 D 27 Justin Faulk 34 1 7 8 -7 24 0 0 0 92 1.1 22:23 0.00 67 42 D 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 31 1 7 8 11 10 0 0 0 47 2.1 15:56 0.00 7 39 R 19 Josh Jooris 23 3 3 6 -6 14 0 0 0 37 8.1 10:57 45.78 36 6 C 16 Marcus Kruger 33 1 4 5 -5 22 0 0 0 27 3.7 10:58 53.12 38 12 D 4 Haydn Fleury 30 0 5 5 -1 6 0 0 0 39 0.0 16:37 0.00 32 36 D 22 Brett Pesce 31 0 5 5 -7 10 0 0 0 30 0.0 21:23 0.00 27 55 L 42 Joakim Nordstrom 34 2 2 4 -10 2 0 0 0 46 4.3 10:59 46.34 37 22 L 34 Phillip Di Giuseppe 10 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 6 0.0 09:19 0.00 18 4 D 6 Klas Dahlbeck 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0.0 15:11 0.00 12 11 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 30 Cam Ward 11 649 2.87 7 2 1 0 31 318 .911 0 0 0 33 Scott Darling 24 1422 2.87 8 10 6 0 68 587 .896 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L 9 Evander Kane 35 15 18 33 -9 28 2 3 2 149 10.1 19:54 41.53 72 13 C 15 Jack Eichel 35 13 17 30 -11 26 0 0 2 117 11.1 20:29 41.30 27 16 C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 35 9 14 23 -14 2 4 0 1 88 10.2 20:22 61.93 22 20 R 29 Jason Pominville 35 8 8 16 -7 4 2 0 0 75 10.7 15:19 64.86 12 20 R 21 Kyle Okposo 33 5 10 15 -13 20 1 0 0 74 6.8 17:06 61.11 32 18 L 67 Benoit Pouliot 35 8 3 11 -5 10 1 1 3 50 16.0 15:03 33.33 46 23 C 23 Sam Reinhart 35 5 6 11 -12 10 2 0 1 61 8.2 15:32 41.66 23 18 D 19 Jake McCabe 35 2 7 9 -9 13 0 0 0 36 5.6 19:19 0.00 76 53 D 6 Marco Scandella 35 0 9 9 -5 16 0 0 0 67 0.0 23:47 0.00 41 54 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 26 0 9 9 -11 10 0 0 0 68 0.0 26:52 0.00 76 49 C 22 Johan Larsson 35 1 4 5 -13 8 0 0 0 36 2.8 13:34 49.80 54 16 C 17 Jordan Nolan 31 2 2 4 -4 19 0 0 0 21 9.5 09:25 0.00 54 6 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 30 1 3 4 -2 8 0 0 0 44 2.3 12:16 28.57 62 16 D 93 Victor Antipin 24 0 4 4 -3 12 0 0 0 23 0.0 15:10 0.00 9 19 L 71 Evan Rodrigues 7 2 1 3 -1 8 1 0 0 13 15.4 14:18 40.00 2 5 D 82 Nathan Beaulieu 23 0 3 3 -9 17 0 0 0 30 0.0 17:41 0.00 17 21 C 10 Jacob Josefson 11 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 11:05 46.29 12 14 D 4 Josh Gorges 16 0 2 2 2 11 0 0 0 3 0.0 15:11 0.00 37 28 C 20 Scott Wilson 27 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 17 0.0 08:53 69.23 45 9 D 27 Taylor Fedun 7 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 8 0.0 14:41 0.00 4 10 D 41 Justin Falk 17 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 14 0.0 16:44 0.00 55 32 D 47 Zach Bogosian 10 0 0 0 -4 14 0 0 0 19 0.0 19:06 0.00 11 14 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Chad Johnson 12 623 3.76 1 5 3 0 39 285 .880 0 0 0 40 Robin Lehner 27 1472 2.73 8 14 4 1 67 722 .915 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres @ Carolina Hurricanes Team Records Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Last game: Friday VS