Alex Tuch and the Buffalo Sabres take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh on ThursdayBuffalo Sabres – Carolina Hurricanes
2/27/25 – 7pm EST at Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
Record
Buffalo – 24-27-5 | 53 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Carolina – 33-21-4 | 70 points – 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.7% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 77.5% (20th)
Carolina
Power Play – 19.4% (24th)
Penalty Kill – 84.3% (2nd)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 50 GP, 28 G, 23 A, 51 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 48 GP, 9 G, 37 A, 46 PTS
Jason Zucker: 54 GP, 18 G, 26 A, 44 PTS
Carolina
Mikko Rantanen: 57 GP, 26 G, 41 A, 67 PTS
Sebastian Aho: 57 GP, 20 G, 36 A, 56 PTS
Seth Jarvis: 51 GP, 22 G, 23 A, 45 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (20-16-4, 2.97 GAA, .895 save %)
Carolina – Frederik Andersen(6-4-0, 2.31 GAA, .903 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Jiri Kulich – Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Alex Tuch
Jordan Greenway - Dylan Cozens - Jack Quinn
Zach Benson – Peyton Krebs - Sam Lafferty
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Dennis Gilbert - Connor Clifton
Ex. Mattias Samuelsson - Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in six of their last seven games. Buffalo has recorded three or more goals in each game in that span. The Sabres rank second among all NHL teams in goals for per game (4.40) in the month of February.
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 24 assists in his last 22 games and he has registered 15 points (3+12) in his last 11 games. Dahlin’s 24 assists in that span are tied with Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon for the most among all NHL skaters.
JJ Peterka has tallied 11 points (6+5) in his last 10 games.
In his last 21 games, Jason Zucker has recorded 23 points (10+13), including 11 points (3+8) in his last nine games.
Tage Thompson has posted 26 points (12+14) in his last 21 games, including 11 points (6+5) in his last six.
Henri Jokiharju has scored one goal in back-to-back games and a goal in tonight’s game would give him the first three-game goal streak of his career.
Alex Tuch has collected nine points (4+5) in his last six games, including four goals in his last four games.
In his last three games, Dylan Cozens has registered four points (1+3). Jack Quinn has collected one point in two consecutive games and a point in tonight’s game would give him his second three-game point streak of the season (Dec. 23 to 29, 2024; 2+4) and the fifth such streak of his career.
Ryan McLeod has posted three points (2+1) in his last three games.
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