Game

Hurricanes at Sabres

Sabres 4, Hurricanes 1 · first star Ryan McLeod (0 G, 2 A).

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

Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Buffalo Sabres 4

Hurricanes CAR

1 FINAL 4

Sabres BUF

Sunday, November 23, 2025 · 1:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo · TV NHLN · SN1

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	1	0	0	1	30
Sabres	1	2	1	4	21

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Hurricanes attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CAR 30, BUF 21.

CAR in red BUF in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Hurricanes 30 shots on goal (1 goal, 26 missed, 22 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 21 shots on goal (4 goals, 16 missed, 10 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	5	1	17	7	1	19
2nd	12	0	29	10	2	18
3rd	13	0	32	4	1	10
Total	30	1	78	21	4	47

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CAR SOG	CAR G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	22	0	17	3
Power play	7	1	4	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 62.4% of the shot attempts, and 61.1% of the 90 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 Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Hurricanes hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Hurricanes at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	52.8	57.7
2nd	38.3	37.1
3rd	23.8	28.1
Game	37.6	39.8

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

Scoring summary

1st period

05:51 Alex Tuch (8) PP Ryan McLeod (7), Josh Doan (8) · wrist 0–1
14:36 Shayne Gostisbehere (2) PP Unassisted · wrist 1–1

2nd period

03:55 Jack Quinn (5) Ryan McLeod (8), Jason Zucker (6) · tip-in 1–2
18:36 Beck Malenstyn (2) Tyson Kozak (2), Peyton Krebs (6) · wrist 1–3

3rd period

19:38 Tage Thompson (12) EN Zach Benson (9) · wrist 1–4

Three stars

Ryan McLeod BUF · C #71 · 0 G, 2 A
Beck Malenstyn BUF · L #29 · 1 G, 0 A
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF · G #1 · 0 GA, .967 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	04:22	CAR	Alexander Nikishin	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	07:55	BUF	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
1st	12:16	CAR	Sebastian Aho	roughing	2	Beck Malenstyn
1st	12:55	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	tripping	2	Jalen Chatfield
1st	16:27	CAR	Sebastian Aho	slashing	2	Conor Timmins
1st	18:08	BUF	Alex Tuch	slashing	2	Seth Jarvis
2nd	05:26	BUF	Josh Dunne	tripping	2	Sean Walker
2nd	15:59	CAR	William Carrier	boarding	2	Conor Timmins

Boxscore

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	1	1	-3	3	2	0	0	0.0	20:10
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	43.8	17:32
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	0	-2	2	2	0	4	69.2	21:03
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	13:45
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	60.0	12:45
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	60.0	15:23
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	16:33
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:13
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	08:54
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	0	-2	5	0	1	0	100.0	19:35
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	17:14
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	0	-2	3	4	0	0	100.0	23:09
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.0	13:59
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	19:13
Joel Nystrom #64	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14:49
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	23:18
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	04:21
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0.0	20:11

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	L	20	17	3	.850	14/16	3/4	57:24

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	2	2	+2	1	1	2	0	50.0	16:14
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	38.5	18:32
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	0	0.0	11:54
Alex Tuch #89	R	1	0	1	0	2	5	1	2	100.0	15:26
Jack Quinn #22	R	1	0	1	+1	6	0	1	0	0.0	20:39
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	50.0	10:24
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	1	1	+1	1	5	3	0	20.0	14:04
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	0.0	17:23
Zach Benson #6	L	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:56
Josh Doan #91	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	14:55
Josh Dunne #44	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	100.0	07:20
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:49
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:48
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	0.0	22:04
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	11:02
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	4	0	0.0	23:44
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	18:31
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0.0	21:34

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	30	29	1	.967	22/22	6/7	60:00

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.