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Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Thursday, February 27, 2025 · Lenovo Center

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

2–5

Final

SOG 15–37

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesHome

FDSNSO · MSG-B

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 37-15.

Goals came from Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Mikko Rantanen, Alex Tuch, Taylor Hall, JJ Peterka and Seth Jarvis.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 13 saves on 15 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 27 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF101215
Carolina HurricanesCAR311537

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMikko RantanenCAR · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starTaylor HallCAR · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJesperi KotkaniemiCAR · 0G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:17

1–4 · 2nd 15:52 · Hall. Byram was 1:17 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceCAR on ice

0–1 CAR

1st 6:09 · Staal

Gilbert 0:23

0–2 CAR

1st 7:57 · Aho

Byram 0:56

0–3 CAR

1st 9:41 · PP · Rantanen

Greenway 0:37

1–3 BUF

1st 19:04 · PP · Tuch

Long shift: Slavin 1:06

1–4 CAR

2nd 15:52 · Hall

Long shift: Byram 1:17

2–4 BUF

3rd 1:15 · Peterka

Rantanen 0:50

2–5 CAR

3rd 17:49 · EN · Jarvis

Byram 1:32

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFCAR
15Shots on goal37
47%Faceoff %53%
1/3Power play1/2
9Penalty minutes11
20Hits19
18Blocked shots8
18Giveaways17
5Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 00:04Jesperi Kotkaniemi · fighting5 min
  • 1st 00:04Dylan Cozens · fighting5 min
  • 1st 03:52Ryan McLeod · tripping2 min
  • 1st 09:04Zach Benson · tripping2 min
  • 1st 17:58Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 09:37Tyson Jost · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 13:00Dmitry Orlov · slashing2 min

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