Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

Sabres

26-17-5, 57 PTS

1-2

Final

Hurricanes

31-15-4, 66 PTS

Lenovo Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftCAR shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	3	8	7	18
CAR	12	8	9	29

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen27/29 SV, .931

Brandon Bussi17/18 SV, .944

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	0	1
CAR	1	0	1	2

Who won: Hurricanes 2-1

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Monday, January 19, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes win the series 2-1. Andrei Svechnikov led the Hurricanes in goals (1). Rasmus Dahlin led the Sabres in goals (1).

BUF

CAR

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	1	0	2	17:07	0:44	1:25	14:58	20	5	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Josh DoanRW	0	1	0	17:30	1:16	0:04	16:10	20	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Konsta HeleniusC	0	0	1	10:47	0:00	0:00	10:47	15	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	1	0	0
Tyson KozakC	1	4	0	10:28	0:00	0:09	10:19	16	2	0	0	0	6	5	54.5	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	1	2	0	11:04	0:00	0:00	11:04	16	4	0	1	0	1	2	33.3	2	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	0	5	0	10:23	0:00	0:23	10:00	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	14:44	0:44	0:30	13:30	23	11	0	1	0	7	5	58.3	0	1	2
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	15:23	1:16	0:00	14:07	19	7	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Jack QuinnRW	0	1	0	14:31	0:44	0:00	13:47	20	11	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	2	1	0	22:47	1:16	0:07	21:24	23	25	0	6	1	5	7	41.7	1	0	0
Alex TuchRW	2	2	1	19:55	0:44	1:37	17:34	21	17	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	2	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	0	2	0	14:59	1:16	0:00	13:43	17	10	1	0	2	2	2	50.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jacob BrysonD	1	1	0	8:00	0:00	0:00	8:00	12	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	25:01	0:44	1:35	22:42	27	0	10	2	2	2	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	1	3	1	25:03	1:16	0:00	23:47	30	1	7	3	0	2	2	4
Zach MetsaD	1	0	0	8:41	0:00	0:00	8:41	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Owen PowerD	1	1	0	22:07	0:00	0:31	21:36	28	0	3	2	0	0	1	2
Mattias SamuelssonD	1	1	0	27:33	0:00	2:07	25:26	27	0	8	1	1	1	0	0