The Buffalo Sabres managed to stay ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes, 4 to 3, in Game 3 of the 2006 Eastern Conference Final on May 24, 2006.

Final

Hurricanes

1-2-0

3

Sabres

2-1-0

4

Team

CAR

BUF

1

2

1

3

1

0

Total

3

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

BUF

Cory Stillman (EV) unassisted

1

0

Chris Drury (PP) assisted by Ales Kotalik and Derek Roy

1

2nd period

CAR

BUF

Daniel Briere (PP) assisted by Jochen Hecht and J-P Dumont

1

2

Daniel Briere (EV) assisted by J-P Dumont and Jay McKee

1

3

Ales Kotalik (EV) assisted by Maxim Afinogenov and Toni Lydman

1

4

Cory Stillman (EV) assisted by Aaron Ward and Justin Williams

2

4

3rd period

CAR

BUF

Eric Staal (PP) assisted by Doug Weight and Frantisek Kaberle

3

4

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goals

3

4

Shots

27

33

Penalty Minutes

16

12

Power-Play Goals

1

2

Power-Play Opportunities

5

7

Faceoff Wins

37

25

Hits

11

24

Giveaways

18

10

Takeaways

1

2

Hurricanes

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Cam Ward (L)	1	26	4	22	.846	32:55
Martin Gerber	0	7	0	7	1.000	25:39

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Craig Adams	0	0	-1	0	1	4:42	0	0	1	0
Kevyn Adams	0	0	0	2	0	6:01	1	0	0	0
Rod Brind'Amour	0	0	+2	2	3	23:44	1	0	3	0
Mike Commodore	0	0	0	2	0	17:12	2	0	1	0
Matt Cullen	0	0	-1	0	0	16:06	1	0	1	0
Bret Hedican	0	0	-1	2	0	19:55	0	1	1	0
Frantisek Kaberle	0	1	0	0	1	18:59	0	1	2	0
Chad LaRose	0	0	0	0	0	4:53	0	0	0	0
Andrew Ladd	0	0	0	0	1	7:40	0	0	0	0
Mark Recchi	0	0	-1	2	1	15:58	1	0	0	0
Eric Staal	1	0	-1	0	7	22:23	2	1	0	1
Cory Stillman	2	0	+1	0	3	19:55	1	1	0	0
Niclas Wallin	0	0	0	0	1	17:18	1	0	1	0
Aaron Ward	0	1	0	0	1	20:28	1	1	2	0
Doug Weight	0	1	0	2	2	17:39	0	1	2	0
Glen Wesley	0	0	0	2	0	15:54	0	2	0	0
Ray Whitney	0	0	0	0	3	18:57	0	0	2	0
Justin Williams	0	1	+2	2	3	19:55	0	0	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ryan Miller (W)	1	27	3	24	.889	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	0	1	+1	0	6	16:10	0	0	2	0
Daniel Briere	2	0	+1	0	3	18:25	0	0	1	0
Brian Campbell	0	0	-1	2	1	14:36	0	0	0	0
Chris Drury	1	0	+1	0	5	16:34	0	1	1	0
J-P Dumont	0	2	+1	0	1	19:10	0	0	0	0
Rory Fitzpatrick	0	0	+1	0	0	18:50	3	2	0	0
Paul Gaustad	0	0	-1	0	0	11:25	2	3	0	0
Mike Grier	0	0	-2	0	2	13:52	3	0	1	0
Jochen Hecht	0	1	+1	0	3	19:20	0	0	1	0
Jeff Jillson	0	0	-1	0	1	10:31	1	0	0	0
Ales Kotalik	1	1	0	0	3	15:10	0	0	2	1
Toni Lydman	0	1	0	2	1	23:48	3	4	0	0
Jay McKee	0	1	0	2	0	21:00	4	5	0	0
Jiri Novotny	0	0	0	0	1	10:53	5	0	0	0
Jason Pominville	0	0	0	0	1	12:18	0	1	1	0
Taylor Pyatt	0	0	-1	0	0	8:20	0	2	0	1
Derek Roy	0	1	0	4	4	17:19	0	0	1	0
Henrik Tallinder	0	0	0	2	1	20:39	3	1	0	0