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2024-25 regular season

Hurricanes at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Sabres beat Hurricanes 3–0 at KeyBank Center on April 8, 2025.

CAR – BUF
33–18
Shots on goal
12–22
Hits
13–16
Blocked shots
4–4
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tage Thompson
1 G
2 shots · 15:02 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
JJ Peterka
1 G
2 shots · 13:38 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
James Reimer
33 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Tage Thompson Go-ahead 2nd · 01:32
Unassisted · beat Pyotr Kochetkov
0–1
⚔️ Alex Tuch SH 2nd · 16:45
Assists: Bowen Byram, Ryan McLeod · beat Pyotr Kochetkov
0–2
3rd period
⚔️ JJ Peterka 3rd · 01:58
Assists: Jack Quinn · beat Pyotr Kochetkov
0–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Aho · Jarvis · Blake 19:12
L2 Martinook · Staal · Svechnikov 15:22
L3 Hall · Jost · Stankoven 13:04
L4 Robinson · Jankowski · Roslovic 12:04
D1 Orlov · Slavin 21:16
D2 Chatfield · Burns 19:44
D3 Gostisbehere · Walker 16:39
⚔️Sabres
L1 Krebs · McLeod · Tuch 17:02
L2 Zucker · Thompson · Kulich 15:02
L3 Benson · Malenstyn · Peterka 13:47
L4 Lafferty · Ostlund · Quinn 12:31
D1 Samuelsson · Dahlin 22:14
D2 Byram · Power 20:48
D3 Clifton · Bernard-Docker 16:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BUF⚔️
33 Shots on goal 18
12 Hits 22
13 Blocked shots 16
4 Takeaways 4
9 Giveaways 19
4 Penalty minutes 6
CAR shooting 0.0% (0/33) BUF shooting 16.7% (3/18)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Pyotr Kochetkov
15/18
.833 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI
⚔️Sabres
James Reimer Shutout
33/33
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Tage Thompson · 2nd 01:32 · 0–1 Alex Tuch · 2nd 16:45 · 0–2 JJ Peterka · 3rd 01:58 · 0–3
CAR BUF
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 18-5 (78% win rate, 23 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 9-13 (41% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-11 (15% win rate, 13 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–1
Feb 272025 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 2–5 Jan 152025 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Feb 252024 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 SO Dec 22023 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 2–6 Nov 72023 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 OT
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Who won Hurricanes vs Sabres on April 8, 2025?

Sabres won 3–0. The final score was Hurricanes 0, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Alex Tuch, JJ Peterka, Tage Thompson.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Pyotr Kochetkov made 15 saves on 18 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

James Reimer made 33 saves on 33 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Hurricanes vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeApr 5 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 1–5 AfterApr 10 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 6 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 AfterApr 10 ⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ 2–3
Also on April 8
🐻BOS 7–2 😈NJD 🏛️OTT 2–5 🧥CBJ 🐙DET 1–4 🇨🇦MTL 🍁TOR 1–3 🐆FLA 🪶CHI 0–5 🐧PIT 🐋VAN 6–5 ⭐DAL 🏝️NYI 6–7 🐯NSH 🦑SEA 1–7 🏒UTA
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