Results - Sun, Nov 24, 2013

Detroit @ Buffalo 3-1 - Daniel Alfredsson scored an empty-net goal in the third period with 48.2 seconds remaining to seal the victory and assisted on Darren Helm's second-period goal that tied the game at 1-1. The Red Wings took the lead for good at 11:43 of the third period, when they took advantage of a cross-checking penalty to Sabres defenseman Tyler Myers. Johan Franzen scored on the following power play, his sixth goal of the season, when his shot deflected off of a Sabres defender and fluttered over Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and into the net. Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg assisted on Franzen's goal, which was the 700th point in his career. The Sabres got out to an early lead in the first when Cody Hodgson scored his eighth of the season at 7:47 of the first period. Sabres forward Drew Stafford set it up, stealing the puck from Helm in the Detroit zone. Stafford passed it Hodgson, who was wide open and slipped the puck past Red Wings goalie Jonas Gustavsson. Helm tied it when he scored his fifth goal in 11 games just 30 seconds into the second period. Helm put a spinning backhand shot past Miller after receiving a pass from behind the net from Alfredsson. At 9:39 of the second, Sabres captain Steve Ott was hooked from behind by Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall on a breakaway and was awarded a penalty shot, but Gustavsson came up with the save to preserve the 1-1 tie.
 
Ottawa @ Carolina 1-4 - The Hurricanes scored three second-period goals to erase a 1-0 deficit en route to a 4-1 win against the Ottawa Senators at PNC Arena on Sunday. But the story for Carolina was in the details. With three points, Eric Staal recorded his second multi-point game of the season. Goaltender Cam Ward made 35 saves to earn his first win since missing 10 games with a lower-body injury. Rugged forward Tuomo Ruutu showed flashes of his all-around game. In short, the Hurricanes best players were their best players. And collectively, the team played well enough in the defensive zone to secure a decisive win. The Senators started the scoring at 1:07, when Jason Spezza scored his 10th of the season. Mika Zibanejad centered to Spezza, who fired a shot off Ward, then cleaned up the rebound in the crease. The goal was Spezza's 18th in 32 career games against Carolina. Colin Greening nearly put Ottawa up 2-0, but Ward dove across the crease to make a stick save on the rebound of Derek Grant's shot. Trailing 1-0 going into the second period, Carolina quickly scored a pair of hard-working goals. After a faceoff win and a strong forecheck, Patrick Dwyer tied the game, beating Ottawa goaltender Robin Lehner high to the far post at 3:10 on a shot from the right circle. Six minutes later, Staal teamed up with Ruutu for the go-ahead goal. After Erik Karlsson's shot produced a long bounce off the end boards, Staal brought the puck up ice and made a hard pass to Ruutu in stride. Ruutu buried a quick shot over the goaltender's blocker for a 2-1 lead. The Hurricanes then went to work on the power play for the first time after Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips crosschecked Nathan Gerbe. Eighteen-year-old rookie Elias Lindholm scored his second of the season at 9:03, bringing the puck out of the corner uncontested and lifting a wrister high to the far post. Staal was the catalyst again, lugging the puck through the offensive zone until he spotted Lindholm free in the corner.