Alexander Semin had a goal and two assists, linemate Eric Staal added three assists and the Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 12-6 in the opening period. Corvo made it 2-0 with a power-play goal on a blast from the left point at 12:17 of the second. The Sabres made it 2-1 on a rush 25 seconds into the third, with Hodgson picking up the change from Vanek's blast from the high slot.But Jokinen took just 50 seconds to restore the two-goal lead, scoring on Staal's feed into the low slot with Semin again on the secondary assist. Brennan scored a power-play goal from the right point on Jason Pominville's assist with 5:27 remaining, just 3 seconds after Jay Harrison had returned to the ice to end a 5-on-3.But Semin scored from Staal with 3:47 left to get Carolina the 4-2 lead. Hodgson scored short-handed goal with 34 seconds to go. So yo can see this game is very exciting.Facing this situation, Sabres coach said:" We were trying to fight back in it, and they would get one right after that. We've got to do a better job of taking care of those next couple shifts after we score.''
