Buffalo Sabres 2, Carolina Hurricanes 5: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 2 to Carolina Hurricanes 5, on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLThursday, February 27, 2025
DateFeb 27, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,844
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresCarolina Hurricanes
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-28-5Record34-21-4
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Metropolitan Division
4-5Road record / home record6-2
LLLWLLast 5WWWLW
L3StreakW3
Team stats
Buffalo SabresCarolina Hurricanes
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveCarolina Hurricanes
Box score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:20 | 1:26 | 0:57 | 9:57 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jordan Greenway | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:56 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 13:08 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 17:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:47 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11:23 | 1:15 | 0:02 | 10:06 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:47 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:12 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 8:24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 18:39 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 18:02 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 55.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:11 | 3:51 | 0:00 | 17:20 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:17 | 4:05 | 0:00 | 16:12 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:29 | 3:35 | 0:02 | 13:52 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:35 | 3:40 | 1:00 | 12:55 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 22:52 | 1:13 | 1:30 | 20:09 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 25:38 | 3:49 | 1:01 | 20:48 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12:14 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 12:08 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:21 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 15:18 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:33 | 1:05 | 0:59 | 19:29 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 16:46 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .714 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7:57 | 0 | 0 |
| James Reimer | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 50:57 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:57 | 1:20 | 1:32 | 17:05 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 35.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 9:35 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 10:20 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 | 1:20 | 2:17 | 11:59 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jost | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 9:28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Jordan Martinook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:56 | 0:02 | 3:06 | 11:48 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 16:17 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 | 0:02 | 0:47 | 12:41 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Roslovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 13:44 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 | 0:02 | 2:48 | 13:40 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 17:59 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Burns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:45 | 1:15 | 2:32 | 17:58 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Chatfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:54 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 17:23 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:10 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 14:50 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Orlov | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 20:22 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 19:31 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24:23 | 0:04 | 3:35 | 20:44 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 | 0:02 | 1:25 | 14:38 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyotr Kochetkov | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .867 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 59:52 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 5-2, on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Buffalo Sabres 2, Carolina Hurricanes 5.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: JJ Peterka (1 goals). Carolina Hurricanes: Mikko Rantanen (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes played?
Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC.
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