Game

Sabres at Hurricanes

Hurricanes 6, Sabres 3 · first star Andrei Svechnikov (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 6

Sabres BUF

3 FINAL 6

Hurricanes CAR

Saturday, November 8, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	1	0	2	3	22
Hurricanes	1	2	3	6	35

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 2 empty-net goals are drawn as diamonds. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 22, CAR 35.

BUF in red CAR in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 22 shots on goal (3 goals, 13 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 35 shots on goal (6 goals, 18 missed, 19 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	6	1	10	10	1	21
2nd	5	0	19	15	2	27
3rd	11	2	21	10	3	24
Total	22	3	50	35	6	72

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	21	3	32	5
Power play	0	0	3	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0
Into an empty net	0	0	2	2

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 59.0% of the shot attempts, and 57.5% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Hurricanes and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	67.7	68.2
2nd	58.7	57.1
3rd	53.3	58.1
Game	59.0	60.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

05:00 Sebastian Aho (5) Andrei Svechnikov (2) · snap 0–1
08:18 Owen Power (2) Noah Ostlund (1) · snap 1–1

2nd period

04:34 Andrei Svechnikov (4) PP K'Andre Miller (4), Nikolaj Ehlers (5) · slap 1–2
11:39 Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2) Joel Nystrom (1), Taylor Hall (5) · slap 1–3

3rd period

00:29 Eric Robinson (4) Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3), Charles Alexis Legault (1) · snap 1–4
03:23 Alex Tuch (6) Tage Thompson (6) · snap 2–4
06:49 Tage Thompson (6) Ryan McLeod (5), Alex Tuch (8) · snap 3–4
17:56 Seth Jarvis (9) EN Jordan Staal (2) · snap 3–5
18:32 Charles Alexis Legault (1) EN Sebastian Aho (10) · snap 3–6

Three stars

Andrei Svechnikov CAR · R #37 · 1 G, 1 A
Charles Alexis Legault CAR · D #62 · 1 G, 1 A
Jesperi Kotkaniemi CAR · C #82 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	11:07	BUF	Jacob Bryson	hooking	2	Taylor Hall
2nd	02:59	BUF	Conor Timmins	roughing	2	Sebastian Aho
2nd	11:59	CAR	Mike Reilly	holding the stick	2	Josh Doan
2nd	18:08	CAR	Charles Alexis Legault	interference	2	Jordan Greenway
2nd	18:08	BUF	Jordan Greenway	roughing	2	Charles Alexis Legault

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	25.0	18:59
Alex Tuch #89	R	1	1	2	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	18:37
Owen Power #25	D	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	22:08
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	08:51
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	56.2	19:23
Josh Dunne #44	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	08:53
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	55.6	16:23
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	56.2	14:11
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	10:25
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	2	0.0	15:04
Isak Rosen #63	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:54
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	0.0	17:17
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	15:15
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	0.0	21:30
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.0	20:22
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	13:22
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	0.0	23:35
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0.0	17:29

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	L	33	29	4	.879	27/30	2/3	58:47

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82	C	1	1	2	+2	2	3	0	0	50.0	11:49
Sebastian Aho #20	C	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	0	53.3	20:01
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	1	1	2	+1	2	3	1	0	0.0	18:11
Charles Alexis Legault #62	D	1	1	2	+2	2	2	2	2	0.0	18:21
Eric Robinson #50	L	1	0	1	+3	3	2	1	0	0.0	12:22
Seth Jarvis #24	R	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	100.0	17:49
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	0	57.9	16:27
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:36
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	0.0	15:57
Joel Nystrom #64	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	16:23
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	20:31
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	30.0	12:18
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	100.0	15:30
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0.0	13:20
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:31
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	+2	1	4	1	0	0.0	21:39
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	2	0.0	21:05
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	21:09

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov #52	W	22	19	3	.864	18/21	0/0	59:01

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.