Those who are fans of exciting hockey were in for a treat if they watched any of the back-to-back series between the Carolina Hurricanes and Buffalo Sabres, because that is exactly what these two teams delivered. On Thursday, we saw a high-scoring affair that featured a lot of great action at both ends and last night, we saw a terrific goaltending duel between Dan Ellis and Ryan Miller. Both goaltenders recorded 40 saves, as they did all they could to at least get a point for their respective teams but in the end, it was Ellis and the Hurricanes who came out on top with a 3-1 win.
Saying that Ellis "stole" this game for Carolina would be somewhat of an accurate statement because he had to make 40 saves and came up huge a few times in the second period to keep the game tied at zero. That being said, I always felt like saying a goaltender "stealing" a game implies that the team in front of him played poorly, which wasn't the case with the Hurricanes last ni...
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PLAYERS:
Dan Ellis,
Ryan Miller,
Alexander Semin,
Jay Harrison,
Justin Faulk,
Jamie McBain,
Tim Gleason,
Kevin Westgarth,
Jordan Staal,
Eric Staal,
Jiri Tlusty,
Drayson Bowman,
Zac Dalpe,
Joni Pitkanen,
Jussi Jokinen,
Tim Brent,
Jeff Skinner,
Chad LaRose,
Joe Corvo,
Jordan Leopold,
Steve Ott,
Christian Ehrhoff,
Cody Hodgson,
Drew Stafford,
Robyn Regehr,
Mikhail Grigorenko,
Thomas Vanek,
Jason Pominville,
John Scott,
Patrick Kaleta,
Nathan Gerbe,
Andrej Sekera,
Alexander Sulzer,
Jochen Hecht,
Tyler Myers,
Tyler Ennis,
Marcus Foligno
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Buffalo Sabres
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Buffalo Sabres
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