Buffalo Sabres – Carolina Hurricanes
4/8/25 – 7:00pm EST at Key Bank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 34-36-6 | 74 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Carolina – 46-26-4 | 96 points – 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 18.4% (25th)
Penalty Kill – 76.3% (23rd)
Carolina
Power Play – 18.9% (23rd)
Penalty Kill – 84.8% (1st)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 70 GP, 43 G, 27 A, 70 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 67 GP, 15 G, 47 A, 62 PTS
Alex Tuch: 76 GP, 33 G, 29 A, 62 PTS
Carolina
Sebastian Aho: 75 GP, 28 G, 42 A, 70 PTS
Seth Jarvis: 69 GP, 30 G, 31 A, 61 PTS
Andrei Svechnikov: 66 GP, 19 G, 26 A, 45 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – James Reimer (8-6-2, 2.69 GAA, .906 save %)
Carolina – Pyotr Kochetkov (26-14-3, 2.55 GAA, .899 save %)
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Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker– Peyton Krebs - Alex Tuch
Beck Malenstyn – Noah Ostlund – Sam Lafferty
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson – Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power - Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram - Connor Clifton
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body)
Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – unknown)
Tyson Kozak (week-to-week – mid-body)
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in seven of their last eight games, including wins in four consecutive games. A win tonight would mark the first time that Buffalo has earned eight or more wins in any nine-game span since they earned eight wins in nine games from Dec. 13, 2022 to Jan. 7, 2023 (8-1-0). The Sabres would notch their longest winning streak of the season and their first winning streak of five or more games since Jan. 19 to 26, 2023 (five games) with a win tonight. Buffalo has three straight wins at home against the Hurricanes and the team has earned at least one point in seven of its last eight home games against Carolina (4-1-3).
In his last 16 games, Ryan McLeod has posted 17 points (5+12).
JJ Peterka has tallied 29 points (13+16) in his last 27 games and he has registered six points (1+5) in his last five games.
Tage Thompson has posted 45 points (27+18) in his last 41 games, including 10 points (9+1) in his last seven games.
In his last eight games, Alex Tuch has posted 12 points (7+5), including at least one point in six straight games.
Jack Quinn has tallied nine points (4+5) in his last seven games.
Peyton Krebs has registered eight points (3+5) in his last seven games.
Rasmus Dahlin has posted 10 points (3+7) in his last eight games, including at least one point in three straight games.
Jason Zucker is riding a four-game point streak (2+3) and he would match his longest point streak of the season (Jan. 31 to Feb. 22, 2025; 2+6) with a point tonight.
Zach Benson has tallied one assist in back-to-back games and he would match the longest assist streak of his career (April 2 to 7, 2024; 0+5) with an assist in tonight’s game.
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