Tuesday, May 30

Tuesday, May 30
Buffalo 2, Carolina 1, OT
Thursday, June 1
Carolina 4, Buffalo 2, Carolina wins series 4-3
STANLEY CUP FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Carolina vs. Edmonton
June 5: Edmonton at Carolina, 8 p.m.
June 7: Edmonton at Carolina, 8 p.m.
June 10: Carolina at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
June 12: Carolina at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY'S NHL SUMMARY
HURRICANES 4, SABRES 2
Buffalo020--2
Carolina103--4
First Period--1, Carolina, Commodore 2 (Weight, Williams), 12:05. Penalties--A.Ward, Car (roughing), 1:13; Campbell, Buf (hooking), 1:46; Pominville, Buf (goalie interference), 5:46; Kotalik, Buf (hooking), 18:32.
Second Period--2, Buffalo, Janik 1 (Kotalik, Hecht), 15:50. 3, Buffalo, Hecht 2 (Campbell, Drury), 19:55. Penalties--Hedican, Car (hooking), 14:41; Briere, Buf (hooking), 15:24.
Third Period--4, Carolina, Weight 2 (Whitney, Wallin), 1:34. 5, Carolina, Brind'Amour 9 (Williams, Stillman), 11:12 (pp). 6, Carolina, Williams 5 (Brind'Amour), 19:08. Penalties--Campbell, Buf (delay of game), 10:18; Williams, Car (tripping), 15:25; Stillman, Car (high-sticking), 19:45.
Shots on goal--Buffalo 7-9-8--24. Carolina 9-9-10--28.
Power-play opportunities--Buffalo 0 of 4; Carolina 1 of 5.
Goalies--Buffalo, Miller 11-7 (28 shots-24 saves). Carolina, Ward 11-5 (24-22).
A--18,730. T--2:25.
Referees--Paul Devorski, Brad Watson. Linesmen--Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers.
NHL Playoff Scoring Leaders
Through May 30
GPGAPTS
Staal, Car1771320
Briere, Buf1781119
Drury, Buf179817
Stillman, Car1771017
Horcoff, Edm1751217
Pronger, Edm1741317
Elias, NJ961016
Roy, Buf1751015
Marleau, SJ119514
Dumont, Buf177714
Selanne, Ana166814
Spezza, Ott105914
Smyth, Edm175914
Samsonov, Edm1731114
Brind'Amour, Car178513
Havlat, Ott107613
Cullen, Car174913
Langenbrunner, NJ931013
Marchant, Ana1631013
Pisani, Edm179312
Heatley, Ott103912
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