National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 5, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 27, 2025
Where: Lenovo Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Michael Markovic
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Steve Barton
Attendance: 18844
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1012
Carolina 3115
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:09 - Hurricanes Jordan Staal (EV) Assists: Jordan Martinook
7:57 - Hurricanes Sebastian Aho (EV) Assists: Mikko Rantanen
9:41 - Hurricanes Mikko Rantanen (PP) Assists: Andrei Svechnikov , Shayne Gostisbehere
19:04 - Sabres Alex Tuch (PP) Unassisted
Penalties
0:04 - Hurricanes Jesperi Kotkaniemi (5) Fighting
 0:04 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (5) Fighting
 3:52 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (2) Tripping
 9:04 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) Tripping
 17:58 - Hurricanes Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
15:52 - Hurricanes Taylor Hall (EV) Assists: Jack Roslovic , Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Penalties
9:37 - Hurricanes Tyson Jost (2) Slashing
 13:00 - Hurricanes Dmitry Orlov (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
1:15 - Sabres JJ Peterka (EV) Assists: Ryan McLeod , Jack Quinn
17:48 - Hurricanes Seth Jarvis (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 7:57 5:57 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 50:57 45:14 5:06 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 28 22:41 19:58 1:13 1:30 0 0 1 2 - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 12:25 12:19 0:00 0:06 0 0 - 3 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 16 12:20 9:57 1:26 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 15:21 15:18 0:00 0:03 0 0 2 - - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 14:19 12:31 0:00 1:48 0 0 3 2 0 4 0
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 17:47 17:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 4 2 67
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 19 11:23 10:06 1:15 0:02 0 0 2 - 1 5 17
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20 18:49 14:44 4:05 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 19:09 17:34 0:00 1:35 0 0 3 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 E 5 1 18 14:45 13:14 1:31 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 2 67
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 21:33 19:29 1:05 0:59 0 0 - 2 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 27 24:50 20:00 3:49 1:01 0 0 1 4 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:40 9:52 0:00 0:48 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 25 18:28 17:51 0:00 0:37 0 0 - - 11 9 55
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 24 16:52 13:15 3:35 0:02 0 0 1 - 6 10 38
JJ Peterka RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 23 20:20 16:29 3:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 8:35 8:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 2 60
Alex Tuch RW 1 0 1 -2 0 4 23 18:12 13:32 3:40 1:00 1 0 1 - 1 1 50
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Frederik Andersen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pyotr Kochetkov G 0 0 0 0 0 59:52 52:09 2:37 5:06 0 0 - - - - -
Shayne Gostisbehere D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 20 16:10 14:50 1:20 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 18:40 17:09 0:00 1:31 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 24 20:08 19:17 0:00 0:51 0 0 3 1 - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 30 21:58 18:11 1:15 2:32 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 23 16:30 13:40 0:02 2:48 0 0 4 2 14 8 64
Sebastian Aho C 1 0 1 E 0 2 22 19:43 16:51 1:20 1:32 0 0 - - 6 11 35
Seth Jarvis C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 19 15:22 11:45 1:20 2:17 0 0 1 1 2 0 100
Sean Walker D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 21 16:20 14:53 0:02 1:25 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 E 2 2 16 10:57 9:42 1:15 0:00 0 0 2 1 5 6 45
Andrei Svechnikov RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 19 19:05 17:45 1:20 0:00 0 0 6 - - - -
Jordan Martinook LW 0 1 1 +2 0 3 21 14:56 11:48 0:02 3:06 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17 13:30 12:41 0:02 0:47 0 0 1 - - - -
Jackson Blake RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 11:04 9:49 1:15 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Taylor Hall LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 15 11:35 10:20 1:15 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 30 24:37 20:58 0:04 3:35 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 1 1 +1 5 4 17 11:53 11:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 2 1 67
Mikko Rantanen RW 1 1 2 E 0 3 21 17:37 16:17 1:20 0:00 1 0 1 - 0 1 0
Jack Roslovic C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 17 14:57 13:44 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 7 5 2 .714 0 7:57
James Reimer L (2-7-1) 28 26 2 .929 0 50:57
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov W (21-11-3) 16 14 2 .875 0 59:52