Carolina @ Buffalo 2-3 - Christian Ehrhoff scored twice, including the game-winner with 43.4 seconds left in the third period, and Ryan Miller made 36 saves to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at First Niagara Center on Tuesday. Ehrhoff circled the Hurricanes net and fired a wrist shot that glanced off defenseman Justin Faulk into the goal in the NHL's first game after the break for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Ehrhoff gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead on a second-period power play. His fifth goal of the season was a shot from the blue line that glanced off goalie Cam Ward's glove and trickled over the goal line at 5:54. Ward was screened on the shot by Sabres forward Matt Moulson. Drew Stafford assisted for his 10th point in the past eight games. Miller had an assist on each of Ehrhoff's goals, the goaltender's first two points of the season. Miller's performance came on a night when Sabres general manager Tim Murray spoke before the game about the likelihood of the goaltender being traded by the March 5 NHL Trade Deadline. Hurricanes captain Eric Staal tied the game 1-1 with 3:08 to go in the second period. Staal broke in 3-on-2 with Alexander Semin and Faulk but never passed and shot through Miller's five-hole for his 15th goal of the season. Carolina held a 21-9 shot advantage through two periods. That trend continued into the third, but Buffalo grabbed the lead with 7:47 left when Tyler Ennis poked a loose puck in the crease into the net to make it 2-1. A shot from Moulson squirted through Ward's pads and slid unattended before Ennis tapped it in for his 14th goal of the season. The Hurricanes tied it 2-2 with 4:00 left when Semin fired a wrist shot by Miller for his 15th goal of the season.
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