Buffalo Sabres 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 1 to Carolina Hurricanes 2, on Monday, January 19, 2026 at Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLMonday, January 19, 2026
DateJan 19, 2026
Start time1:30 PM ET
VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TVTNT/HBO Max/truTV
Attendance18,321
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresCarolina Hurricanes
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
26-17-5Record31-15-4
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record6-2
LLWLWLast 5WWLWW
L2StreakW2
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
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:07 | 0:44 | 1:25 | 14:58 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | 1:16 | 0:04 | 16:10 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:47 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 10:19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:04 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:23 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 10:00 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:44 | 0:44 | 0:30 | 13:30 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 14:07 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 13:47 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 | 1:16 | 0:07 | 21:24 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:55 | 0:44 | 1:37 | 17:34 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 13:43 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:00 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:01 | 0:44 | 1:35 | 22:42 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25:03 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 23:47 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:07 | 0:00 | 0:31 | 21:36 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27:33 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 25:26 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 57:50 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 | 2:05 | 0:48 | 16:45 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:05 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:36 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 16:51 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 12:46 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:45 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21:43 | 2:00 | 0:47 | 18:56 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 15:36 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19:44 | 0:23 | 1:12 | 18:09 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 61.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:37 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 15:17 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:50 | 0:00 | 1:29 | 21:21 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:57 | 0:03 | 0:30 | 21:24 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:48 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 15:44 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Nystrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:08 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:53 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 21:23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:16 | 0:07 | 0:31 | 18:38 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .944 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 59:24 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR wins series 2-1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 2-1, on Monday, January 19, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Buffalo Sabres 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (1 goals). Carolina Hurricanes: Andrei Svechnikov (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes played?
Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC.
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