Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Thu, Feb 27, 2025 · Lenovo Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at Lenovo Center. Mikko Rantanen led the way with 2 points. Pyotr Kochetkov made 13 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 15–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	15
CAR	3	1	1	5	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:09	CAR	EV	Jordan Staal (11) · tip-in	Jordan Martinook (17)	0–1
1st	07:57	CAR	EV	Sebastian Aho (21) · snap	Mikko Rantanen (42)	0–2
1st	09:41	CAR	PP	Mikko Rantanen (27) · wrist	Andrei Svechnikov (25), Shayne Gostisbehere (25)	0–3
1st	19:04	BUF	PP	Alex Tuch (21) · snap	Unassisted	1–3
2nd	15:52	CAR	EV	Taylor Hall (10) · snap	Jack Roslovic (10), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (16)	1–4
3rd	01:15	BUF	EV	JJ Peterka (17) · snap	Ryan McLeod (17), Jack Quinn (13)	2–4
3rd	17:49	CAR	SH EN	Seth Jarvis (23) · wrist	Unassisted	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:04	CAR	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	fighting	5
1st	00:04	BUF	Dylan Cozens	fighting	5
1st	03:52	BUF	Ryan McLeod	tripping	2
1st	09:04	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2
1st	17:58	CAR	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	09:37	CAR	Tyson Jost	slashing	2
2nd	13:00	CAR	Dmitry Orlov	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.34 · CAR 5.09 · xG% BUF 31.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	JJ Peterka	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		21:11	24
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		20:17	21
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	55.0	18:39	26
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	-2	0	5	1	0	50.0	17:35	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4		25:38	28
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	2		22:52	29
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		21:33	26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2		18:21	24
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1	66.7	17:47	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	37.5	17:29	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		15:21	22
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		14:56	26
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	66.7	13:54	19
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		12:20	16
8	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		12:14	20
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	16.7	11:23	19
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	9:12	14
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60.0	7:47	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
47	James Reimer	L	29	27	2	.931	50:57
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen		7	5	2	.714	7:57

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	0		17:37	21
20	Sebastian Aho	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	35.3	19:57	23
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	0		19:19	20
11	Jordan Staal	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	4	2	63.6	16:30	23
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		16:10	20
24	Seth Jarvis	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	100.0	15:36	20
98	Jack Roslovic	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	14:57	17
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0		14:56	21
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	0	1	1	+1	5	4	0	1	66.7	11:53	17
71	Taylor Hall	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	11:35	15
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0		24:23	30
8	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	1		21:45	29
7	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	1		20:22	25
5	Jalen Chatfield	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		18:54	26
26	Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1		16:05	21
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		13:30	17
53	Jackson Blake	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		10:50	15
27	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	50.0	10:43	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
52	Pyotr Kochetkov	W	15	13	2	.867	59:52