Carolina Hurricanes vs. Buffalo SabresApr 8, 2025

FinalTuesday, Apr 8, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	0	0	0		CAR	12	9	12	33
BUF	0	2	1	3		BUF	5	5	8	18

: CAR 67BUF 43
: CAR 1.99BUF 2.19
PP goals: CAR 0BUF 0
Hits: CAR 12BUF 22
Blocks: CAR 13BUF 16
PIM: CAR 4BUF 6
: CAR 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 at home. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CAR: Staal–Martinook–Svechnikov skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for CAR: Staal–Martinook–Svechnikov skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Martinook Svechnikov
Luck
CAR scored 0 goals on 1.99 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
JJ Peterka (BUF) played 13:38, −4:37 down on his 18:15 season average over 76 games.Peterka
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Tage Thompson (BUF) played 15:02, −3:46 down on his 18:48 season average over 75 games.Thompson
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Jackson Blake (CAR) played 17:52, +4:04 up on his 13:48 season average over 79 games.Blake
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Beck Malenstyn (BUF) played 13:47, +3:18 up on his 10:29 season average over 75 games.Malenstyn
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Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 22:38, +3:23 up on his 19:15 season average over 61 games.Samuelsson
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Sam Lafferty (BUF) played 13:18, +3:29 up on his 9:49 season average over 59 games.Lafferty

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · BUF 43 · CAR 67

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 36% of the game, BUF 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CAR	BUF
	74	48
	2.21	2.23
	2.11	2.15
	11	6
	8	4
	25	16
	+0.030	−0.029
	36%	33%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Aho – Jarvis – Blake
12:2170% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Svechnikov
10:1958% CF
L3Jankowski – Jost – Robinson
7:4567% CF
L4Hall – Roslovic – Stankoven
7:4452% CF
D1Orlov – Chatfield
17:0161% CF
D2Burns – Slavin
14:4659% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Walker
12:2663% CF

PP1Hall – Gostisbehere – Aho – Jarvis – Blake
3:4775% CF
PP2Burns – Roslovic – Jost – Svechnikov – Stankoven
0:490% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:10
PK2FAho – Jarvis
0:36
PK1DOrlov – Chatfield
1:45
PK2DBurns – Slavin
0:36

Current CAR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Tuch – Krebs
11:2143% CF
L2Thompson – Kulich – Benson
9:2644% CF
L3Lafferty – Malenstyn – Ostlund
9:0037% CF
L4McLeod – Quinn – Peterka
8:1133% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
15:4452% CF
D2Bernard-Docker – Power
13:1947% CF
D3Clifton – Byram
12:0830% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka
1:41
PP2McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Power – Kulich
0:5450% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
2:32
PK2FKrebs – Benson
0:49
PK1DSamuelsson – Power
1:22
PK2DClifton – Byram
0:51

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:32
BUFTage Thompsonwrist0.10 xG
CAR: Burns, Slavin, Aho, Jarvis, BlakeBUF: Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Kulich, Benson
CAR 0 – 1 BUF
16:45
BUFAlex TuchSH (Bowen Byram, Ryan McLeod)wrist0.23 xG
CAR: Burns, Roslovic, Jost, Svechnikov, StankovenBUF: Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson, Byram
CAR 0 – 2 BUF

3rd period

1:58
BUFJJ Peterka (Jack Quinn)wrist0.21 xG
CAR: Hall, Gostisbehere, Roslovic, Walker, StankovenBUF: McLeod, Bernard-Docker, Quinn, Peterka, Power
CAR 0 – 3 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	-1	5	0.50	1	0	0	21:32	—	—	69	80
Seth Jarvis R	L1	-1	5	0.39	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	73	81
Jackson Blake R	L1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	69	80
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	15:33	—	—	52	24
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	64	33
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	62	33
Tyson Jost C	L3	-1	4	0.20	1	1	0	13:04	—	—	59	50
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	12:23	—	—	58	34
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:04	—	—	64	35
Taylor Hall L	L4	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	50	39
Logan Stankoven C	L4	-2	2	0.26	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	52	31
Jack Roslovic C	L4	-2	1	0.06	0	1	0	11:33	—	—	50	37
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	0.02	0	3	0	22:26	—	—	61	46
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	19:49	—	—	61	46
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	59	55
Brent Burns D	D2	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	58	61
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	-1	3	0.15	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	65	51
Sean Walker D	D3	-1	3	0.12	2	1	0	15:59	—	—	62	46

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	2.19	59:56

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.52	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	37	66
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	17:02	—	—	42	78
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	43	77
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	46	51
Jiri Kulich C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	36	33
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	40	43
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	4	0	13:47	—	—	40	43
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	13:18	—	—	42	45
Noah Ostlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:00	—	—	35	29
Ryan McLeod C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	42	46
JJ Peterka R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	35	38
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	32	44
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	6	0	0	22:38	—	—	46	53
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	2	1	2	21:49	—	—	47	53
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	2	2	20:10	—	—	39	56
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	44	64
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:25	—	—	29	30
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	3	2	16:38	—	—	31	43

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	33	33	0	.1000	1.99	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tage Thompson (BUF) 2nd 1:32 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 57.6 mph shot · 2.5 s from entry to goal.

Tage Thompson · 2nd 1:32 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 16:45 · BUF SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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JJ Peterka · 3rd 1:58 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.