The Buffalo Sabres lost to the Carolina Hurricanes, 5 to 4, in overtime on December 15, 2017.

Final

Hurricanes

13-11-7

5

Sabres

8-18-7

4

Team

CAR

BUF

1

0

2

1

3

OT

1

0

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

CAR

BUF

Justin Williams (EV) assisted by Brock McGinn and Jordan Staal

1

0

Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Evander Kane and Jake McCabe

1

3rd period

CAR

BUF

Jake McCabe (EV) assisted by Evander Kane and Jack Eichel

1

2

Jordan Staal (EV) assisted by Jaccob Slavin and Justin Williams

2

Derek Ryan (EV) assisted by Brett Pesce

3

2

Elias Lindholm (EV) assisted by Derek Ryan and Sebastian Aho

4

2

Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Kyle Okposo and Jake McCabe

4

3

Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Evander Kane

4

OT

CAR

BUF

Jaccob Slavin (EV) assisted by Elias Lindholm and Sebastian Aho

5

4

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goals

5

4

Shots

34

41

Penalty Minutes

6

Power-Play Goals

0

Power-Play Opportunities

2

Faceoff Wins

25

40

Hits

17

19

Giveaways

6

Takeaways

3

4

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Cam Ward (W)	1	41	4	37	.902	62:13

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Sebastian Aho	0	2	+1	0	4	15:23	0	0	2	0
Phillip Di Giuseppe	0	0	0	0	0	10:12	2	1	0	0
Justin Faulk	0	0	-1	2	3	21:20	2	1	0	1
Haydn Fleury	0	0	-2	0	0	16:10	1	1	0	0
Noah Hanifin	0	0	+1	0	2	20:19	2	1	0	0
Marcus Kruger	0	0	0	0	0	11:49	0	0	0	0
Elias Lindholm	1	1	0	0	1	15:29	0	1	0	0
Brock McGinn	0	1	+1	2	4	14:12	4	0	0	0
Joakim Nordstrom	0	0	-1	0	2	13:36	1	1	0	0
Brett Pesce	0	1	+1	0	0	23:40	1	4	0	0
Victor Rask	0	0	0	0	0	12:34	2	1	1	0
Derek Ryan	1	1	-1	0	3	16:39	0	0	2	1
Jeff Skinner	0	0	0	2	2	16:13	0	0	0	0
Jaccob Slavin	1	1	+1	0	4	24:19	0	2	0	1
Jordan Staal	1	1	+1	0	2	21:05	1	0	0	0
Teuvo Teravainen	0	0	0	0	2	16:12	0	0	0	0
Justin Williams	1	1	+1	0	4	18:47	1	0	1	0
Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	0	+1	0	1	12:48	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Chad Johnson (O)	1	34	5	29	.853	62:15

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Victor Antipin	0	0	+2	0	4	14:59	1	0	0	0
Nathan Beaulieu	0	0	-1	2	0	14:39	0	2	1	0
Zach Bogosian	0	0	-1	0	0	18:35	2	0	0	0
Jack Eichel	3	1	+1	0	11	19:57	1	1	3	0
Hudson Fasching	0	0	-1	0	0	7:25	2	0	0	0
Zemgus Girgensons	0	0	-1	2	5	17:02	1	0	0	1
Evander Kane	0	3	+1	0	4	20:43	3	0	0	1
Johan Larsson	0	0	-1	0	2	11:55	0	2	0	1
Jake McCabe	1	2	+1	0	1	18:28	1	0	0	0
Ryan O'Reilly	0	0	-2	0	0	23:22	0	0	0	1
Kyle Okposo	0	1	+1	2	4	17:20	1	2	0	0
Jason Pominville	0	0	+1	0	1	15:37	1	0	1	0
Benoit Pouliot	0	0	0	0	1	14:17	0	0	0	0
Sam Reinhart	0	0	0	0	2	13:54	1	0	0	0
Rasmus Ristolainen	0	0	-1	0	1	26:25	2	0	0	0
Evan Rodrigues	0	0	0	0	2	13:18	0	0	0	0
Marco Scandella	0	0	-1	0	1	23:46	1	0	1	0
Scott Wilson	0	0	-1	0	2	9:03	2	0	0	0