CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes earned a 5-4 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings at PNC Arena on Tuesday. Paul Stastny, Jordan Staal and Teuvo Teravainen each scored in the third period to erase a 4-1 deficit, marking just the fifth three-goal, third-period comeback win in team history (since relocation). Sebastian Aho scored his franchise-record eighth career overtime goal, extending his goal streak to five games. Brent Burns (1g, 1a) and Andrei Svechnikov (2a) each posted two points, as Burns extended his own point streak to six games. Frederik Andersen made 17 saves in net and improved to 6-0-0 since returning from injury.
INJURY REPORT
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 50 games (10/12-1/31)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 49 games (10/14-1/31)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed five games (1/21-1/31)
Jaccob Slavin, lower-body, missed five games (1/21-1/31)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 199
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 20 Placed Max Pacioretty on injured reserve
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Feb. 1 at Buffalo 7:30 p.m. TNT HRN
Feb. 11 NY Rangers 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Feb. 14 at Washington 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Feb. 16 Montreal 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Feb. 18 Washington 8 p.m. ABC/ESPN+ HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
Feb. 1 Wednesday No morning skate
Feb. 2-4 OFF NHL All-Star Break
Feb. 5-8 OFF Bye Week
Feb. 9 Thursday PNC Arena 2 p.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
Carolina Hurricanes: Media Notes
HURRICANES vs. SABRES SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing Buffalo in the second of three meetings between the teams during the 2022-23 season. The Hurricanes will return to KeyBank Center on 4/8.
— The Hurricanes and Sabres are meeting for the 210th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds an 88-97-18-6 overall record, including a 37-55-7-4 road record and a 42-33-2-6 record since relocation.
— Carolina leads the season series 1-0-0 in 2022-23 (Buffalo: 0-1-0), and the Hurricanes are 13-1-0 in their last 14 matchups with Buffalo dating back to 12/17/16.
— The Hurricanes earned a 5-3 win over the Sabres at PNC Arena on 11/4. Sebastian Aho (3g, 1a) scored his first hat trick of the season, and Martin Necas added three points (1g, 2a) as Antti Raanta made 22 saves in net.
— Sebastian Aho has tallied 22 points (11g, 11a) in 14 career regular-season games against the Sabres.
— Teuvo Teravainen has recorded 18 points (6g, 12a) in 17 career regular-season games against Buffalo.
— Brett Pesce is a native of Tarrytown, N.Y., and ranks seventh all-time in points among NHL defensemen born in New York. He has earned nine assists in 16 career regular-season games against the Sabres.
— Sabres General Manager Kevyn Adams skated in 300 games with the Hurricanes from 2002-07, posting 72 points (38g, 34a) and helping the franchise capture its first Stanley Cup in 2006. Acquired from FLA along with Bret Hedican and Tomas Malec for Sandis Ozolinsh and Byron Ritchie on 1/16/02, Adams was traded to PHX for Dennis Seidenberg on 1/8/07.
— Buffalo Assistant Coach Mike Bales spent two seasons as Carolina’s goaltending coach from 2017-19.
— Jeff Skinner tallied 379 points (204g, 175a) in 579 career games with Carolina from 2010-18, and he ranks tied for second in goals, fifth in points and sixth in games played in team history (since relocation). Skinner was drafted seventh overall by Carolina in the 2010 NHL Draft and won the Calder Trophy in 2010-11 after posting 63 points (31g, 32a) in 82 games during his rookie season. He was traded to Buffalo in exchange for Cliff Pu, a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft (Pyotr Kochetkov), a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft (Alexander Nikishin) and a sixth-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft (Yauheni Aksiantsiuk) on 8/2/18.
BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Saturday, Jan. 28
Buffalo 2 at Minnesota 3 (SO)
Goals: Quinn, Girgensons
Goalie: Luukkonen (33 saves/35 shots)
PP: 0/1; PK: 3/4; Shots: Minnesota 35 – Buffalo 31
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 102)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Mattias Samuelsson (Lower body, Jan. 26) – 2 games
Dylan Cozens (Undisclosed, Jan. 28) – 1 game
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
1/31: Assigned F Matej Pekar to Cincinnati (ECHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Feb. 11: Calgary at Buffalo, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 13: Buffalo at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15: Buffalo at Anaheim, 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18: Buffalo at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21: Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
TODAY’S GAME
SABRES VS HURRICANES
• This is the second of three meetings between the Sabres and Hurricanes this season.
• Last meeting: Carolina defeated Buffalo 5-3 in Carolina on Nov. 4, 2022.
• Next meeting: Saturday, April 8 in Buffalo.
• The Sabres are 1-6-3 in their last 10 games against the Hurricanes; 5-2-3 at home.
• This is the 210th game all-time between Buffalo and Carolina; Buffalo has a 103-78-28 series record.
• The Sabres are 59-33-11 at home against the Hurricanes all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• The Sabres have earned at least one point in each of their last seven contests (5-0-2) and a point in tonight’s game would give them a point streak of eight or more games for the first time since the team earned at least one point in eight straight games March 18 to April 1, 2022 (5-0-3).
• Since making his season debut on Nov. 19 at Toronto, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is tied for sixth in wins (13) among all NHL goaltenders.
• Owen Power has registered a point in four of his last five games, including one goal in three of his last four.
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 38 points (7+31) in his last 34 games, including seven points (1+6) in his last six games.
• With one point in tonight’s game, Dahlin would move into a tie with John Van Boxmeer for the most points scored (56) by a Sabres defenseman through the team’s first 50 games of a season.
• Alex Tuch has notched 43 points (16+27) in his last 34 games, including nine points (3+6) in his last eight games.
• Tage Thompson has recorded 17 points (7+10) in his last 14 games and has recorded multiple points in three of his last four games.
• With a point in tonight’s game, Thompson would surpass his previous single-season career high in points scored (68), which he set in 78 games in 2021-22.
• Dylan Cozens has tallied 35 points (13+22) in his last 35 games.
• Victor Olofsson has nine points (8+2) in his last 10 games.
• In his last 28 games, Jeff Skinner has notched 36 points (15+21).
