Hurricanes 3-1 Sabres (23 Dec, 2016) Final Score

Carolina Hurricanes

14-11-7, 5-8-6 away

	1	2	3	T
CAR	2	0	1	3
BUF	0	0	1	1

Buffalo Sabres

12-12-8, 7-7-3 home

		1	2	3	T
	Hurricanes	2	0	1	3
	Sabres	0	0	1	1

1st Period			CAR	BUF
1:44		Jeff Skinner (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jaccob Slavin (11), Noah Hanifin (9)	1	0
17:51		Justin Faulk (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lee Stempniak (10)	2	0

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period			CAR	BUF
5:32		Johan Larsson (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Sam Reinhart (11), Marcus Foligno (6)	2	1
19:00		Sebastian Aho (6) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Victor Rask (16), Brett Pesce (8)	3	1

HURRICANES

SABRES

Regular Season Series

CAR leads 2-0

Sabres
1
Hurricanes
2

Game 1

18/12

Hurricanes
3
Sabres
1

Game 2

23/12

Sabres
2
Hurricanes
5

Game 3

14/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	23	11	3	49
Washington	23	8	2	48
Carolina	21	11	1	43
Pittsburgh	15	15	5	35
Philadelphia	15	15	4	34
NY Rangers	16	17	1	33
NY Islanders	13	14	7	33
Columbus	13	15	6	32

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	22	11	2	46
Toronto	21	12	2	44
Boston	18	13	4	40
Tampa Bay	18	11	2	38
Ottawa	18	14	2	38
Montreal	14	16	3	31
Detroit	13	16	4	30
Buffalo	11	19	4	26

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Carolina Hurricanes

Buffalo Sabres

Stars of the Game

Jeff SkinnerC - CAR

Justin FaulkD - CAR

Sam ReinhartC - BUF

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

CAR leads 2-0

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