BUFFALO, N.Y. – Derek Roy scored three goals and Ryan Miller made 21 saves to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night.
Roy scored a power-play goal in the first period, notched a 4-on-4 tally in the second, and had another power-play goal with 3.5 seconds left to record his first NHL hat trick.
Chris Drury, Daniel Briere, and Thomas Vanek also scored for the Sabres, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Maxim Afinogenov had three assists for Buffalo, which raised Pat LaFontaine’s No. 16 jersey to the rafters in a pregame ceremony.
Alexei Ponikarovsky and Bryan McCabe scored for the Maple Leafs, who lost their fourth straight. Toronto is 2-9-1 on the road since Jan. 1.
Hurricanes 5, Panthers 2
RALEIGH, N.C. – Erik Cole and Eric Staal each had two goals to help the Carolina Hurricanes tie a franchise record for home victories by beating the Florida Panthers 5-2 Friday night.
Craig Adams also scored for the Hurricanes, who improved to an NHL-best 26-5-1 at home. That equaled the previous mark set 19 years ago when the team played in Hartford, but they’ll have to wait nearly two weeks to break it.
Nine of Carolina’s next 10 games are in the road, a stretch that begins Saturday night in Pittsburgh.
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