For the first time in his National Hockey League career, Jeff Skinner took the ice in Raleigh as a visiting hockey player.
Unfortunately for Skinner and the Sabres, the ultimate result was not what originally was desired.
The first period began with both teams almost equally going back-and-forth. Buffalo had found themselves a handful of opportunities but goaltender Curtis McElhinney was ready for the task at hand.
Carolina would find themselves getting on the scoreboard first, in what ended up being one of the more strange goal we have seen in some time.