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Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes, ESPN+ Hockey Night

NHL
Sabres
26-35-11, 63 PTS
3-5
Final
Hurricanes
46-17-8, 100 PTS
Lenovo Center
TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftCAR shoots right

Shots on goal

1st2nd3rdT
BUF610521
CAR1271332

In net

Craig Anderson27/31 SV, .871
Antti Raanta18/21 SV, .857
Team123T
BUF2103
CAR0235

Who won: Hurricanes 5-3

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 in ESPN+ Hockey Night on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes win the series 2-1. The Hurricanes outscored the Sabres 3-0 in the 3rd period. Jordan Staal led the Hurricanes in goals (2). Alex Tuch led the Sabres in goals (1).

Player of the game

Jordan Staal

CAR · 2 G, 2 SOG

8.5

Deserved to win

30%
BUF · 2.82 xG
70%
CAR · 4.11 xG

Hurricanes created better chances: they win this game 70% of the time

Play by play

  1. End of the 3rd period
  2. P3 0:06Teuvo Teravainen

    Shot blocked by J. Bryson

    Blocked

    T. Teravainen · 1 G

  3. P3 0:14Teuvo Teravainen

    Missed the net

    Missed

    T. Teravainen · 1 G

  4. P3 0:46Mark Pysyk

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    M. Pysyk

  5. P3 0:55Vincent Trocheck

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    V. Trocheck

  6. GOALP3 0:55
    Jordan Staal

    Goal!

    J. Staal · 2 G

    Goal

    BUF 3 - 5 CAR
  7. P3 0:58Mattias Samuelsson
    TO

    Giveaway

    M. Samuelsson · 1 A

  8. P3 1:56Sebastian Aho

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    S. Aho · 2 G

  9. P3 2:03Nino Niederreiter

    Big hit on C. Fitzgerald

    Hit

    N. Niederreiter

  10. P3 2:15Jordan Staal

    Shot blocked by A. Tuch

    Blocked

    J. Staal · 2 G

  11. P3 3:06Kyle Okposo

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    K. Okposo

  12. P3 4:03Jaccob Slavin
    TO

    Takeaway

    J. Slavin

  13. P3 7:52Nino Niederreiter

    Missed the net

    Missed

    N. Niederreiter

  14. GOALP3 8:21
    Sebastian Aho

    Goal!

    S. Aho · 2 G

    Goal

    BUF 3 - 4 CAR
  15. P3 8:50Rasmus Asplund

    Big hit on T. DeAngelo

    Hit

    R. Asplund

  16. P3 9:00Casey Mittelstadt

    Face off

    Face Off

  17. P3 9:28Ian Cole

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    I. Cole

  18. P3 10:44Jacob Bryson

    Shot blocked by B. Pesce

    Blocked

    J. Bryson

  19. P3 11:11Alex Tuch

    Missed the net

    Missed

    A. Tuch · 1 G, 1 A

  20. P3 12:37Ian Cole

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    I. Cole

  21. P3 13:27Brendan Smith
    TO

    Giveaway

    B. Smith

  22. GOALP3 14:48
    Jordan Staal

    Goal!

    J. Staal · 2 G

    Goal

    BUF 3 - 3 CAR
  23. P3 14:56Nino Niederreiter

    Big hit on C. Fitzgerald

    Hit

    N. Niederreiter

  24. P3 15:25Jordan Staal

    Face off

    Face Off

  25. P3 15:26Tage Thompson

    Shot blocked by B. Pesce

    Blocked

    T. Thompson · 1 G, 1 A

Leaders

BUFCAR
Goals
Alex Tuch
1
Jordan Staal
2
Assists
Jeff Skinner
2
Seth Jarvis
2
Points
Alex Tuch
2
Jordan Staal
2

Season seriesCAR wins series 2-1

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