Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Wed, Jan 15, 2025 · KeyBank Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Carolina Hurricanes

2 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at KeyBank Center. Ryan McLeod scored a hat trick. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	0	0	2	2	37
BUF	1	2	1	4	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:43	BUF	EV	Ryan McLeod (8) · wrist	Connor Clifton (8), Beck Malenstyn (5)	0–1
2nd	08:18	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (10) · wrist	Alex Tuch (18)	0–2
2nd	19:56	BUF	EV	Ryan McLeod (9) · wrist	Jason Zucker (17)	0–3
3rd	03:45	CAR	EV	Jaccob Slavin (3) · wrist	Brent Burns (13), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (13)	1–3
3rd	16:50	CAR	PP	Martin Necas (16) · slap	Shayne Gostisbehere (22), Brent Burns (14)	2–3
3rd	19:36	BUF	SH EN	Ryan McLeod (10)	Tage Thompson (16), Jason Zucker (18)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:10	BUF	Sam Lafferty	kneeing	2
1st	08:18	BUF	Ryan McLeod	cross checking	2
1st	15:16	CAR	Sean Walker	holding the stick	2
2nd	03:42	BUF	Connor Clifton	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CAR 3.48 · BUF 4.08 · xG% CAR 46.0

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Brent Burns	D	0	2	2	0	0	8	0	1		22:46	26
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1		20:39	24
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2		19:44	18
88	Martin Necas	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	19:33	19
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	66.7	15:39	18
20	Sebastian Aho	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	57.1	20:40	22
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		19:56	21
24	Seth Jarvis	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		19:37	23
7	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		19:29	21
5	Jalen Chatfield	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		16:09	21
26	Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4		15:19	19
96	Jack Roslovic	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1	75.0	15:15	18
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50.0	14:10	18
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		13:47	18
53	Jackson Blake	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	100.0	13:11	18
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		12:04	15
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	35.3	11:36	18
54	Juha Jaaska	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		10:43	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Dustin Tokarski	L	24	21	3	.875	57:43

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Ryan McLeod	C	3	0	3	+3	2	3	0	2	43.8	17:06	23
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	2	2	+2	0	2	1	2	50.0	16:01	19
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	4		18:44	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	4	1		16:37	19
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	4	1	100.0	15:05	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1		15:00	19
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	46.2	13:38	19
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		23:10	25
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	3		21:34	26
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		21:23	25
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3		19:55	23
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		15:53	20
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		14:18	18
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		13:35	17
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	85.7	13:25	20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:25	17
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	20.0	12:55	17
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	60.0	12:16	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00