CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes suffered a 3-0 loss against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, ending their win streak at three games. Brent Burns led the team with 22:56 of ice time and seven shots on goal, while Frederik Andersen stopped 20 of 22 shots faced in net.
INJURY REPORT
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 78 games (10/12-4/6)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 77 games (10/14-4/6)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 33 games (1/21-4/6)
Andrei Svechnikov, knee, missed 14 games (3/12-4/6)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 317
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 29 Reassigned Pyotr Kochetkov to Chicago (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
April 8 at Buffalo 12:30 p.m. BSSO HRN
April 10 at Ottawa 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
April 11 Detroit 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
April 13 at Florida 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
April 8 Saturday No morning skate
April 9 Sunday Canadian Tire Centre 1 p.m.
April 10 Monday Canadian Tire Centre 11:30 a.m.
April 11 Tuesday No morning skate
April 12 Wednesday PNC Arena 12 p.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
HURRICANES vs. SABRES SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing Buffalo in the third and final meeting between the teams during the 2022-23 season.
— The Hurricanes and Sabres are meeting for the 211th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds an 89-97-18-6 overall record, including a 38-55-7-4 road record and a 43-33-2-6 record since relocation.
— Carolina leads the season series 2-0-0 in 2022-23 (Buffalo: 0-2-0), and the Hurricanes are 14-1-0 in their last 15 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.
— Carolina posted a 5-1 win over Buffalo at KeyBank Center on 2/1. Jalen Chatfield (2a), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2a) and Stefan Noesen (1g, 1a) each tallied two points, while Antti Ranta stopped 29 of 30 shots faced in net.
— Sebastian Aho has tallied 23 points (12g, 11a) in 15 career regular-season games against the Sabres.
— Teuvo Teravainen has recorded 19 points (6g, 13a) in 18 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 17 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.
— Riley Stillman’s father, Cory, skated in 191 games with the Hurricanes (2005-08, 2011), posting 165 points (52g, 113a). He also ranked second on the team with 26 points (9g, 17a) in 25 playoff games in 2006 to help the franchise capture its first Stanley Cup, scoring the series-clinching overtime goal at MTL in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Thursday, April 6
Buffalo 7 at Detroit 6 (SO)
Goals: Cozens (2), Thompson, Jokiharju, Girgensons, Greenway
Goalie: Levi (26 saves/32 shots)
PP: 1/3; PK: 1/3; Shots: Buffalo 36 – Detroit 32
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 144)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Craig Anderson (upper body, March 31) – 4 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
Monday, April 10: Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11: Buffalo at New Jersey, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 13: Ottawa at Buffalo, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 14: Buffalo at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
TODAY’S GAME
HURRICANES AT SABRES
• This is the third and final meeting between the Sabres and Hurricanes this season.
• Last meeting: Carolina defeated Buffalo 5-1 in Buffalo on Feb.1.
• The Sabres are 1-7-2 in their last 10 games against Carolina; 4-3-3 at home.
• This is the 211th game all-time between Buffalo and Carolina; Buffalo has a 103-79-28 series record.
• The Sabres are 59-34-11 at home against the Hurricanes all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tage Thompson has recorded 42 points (19+23) in his last 41 games, including 23 points (10+13) in his last 22 games.
• A point in tonight’s game would give Thompson a three-game point streak.
• Alex Tuch has notched 18 points (11+7) in his last 17 games, including eight points (5+3) in his last seven games.
• In his last six games, Casey Mittelstadt has recorded nine points (0+9).
• Dylan Cozens has five points (3+2) in his last four games and a point in tonight’s game would give him a three-game point streak.
• Cozens would earn his third three-game goal streak of 2022-23 with a goal tonight.
• Rasmus Dahlin is riding a four-game point streak (0+4) and an assist in tonight’s game would give him his third assist streak of five or more games in 2022-23.
• With one point in tonight’s game, Dahlin would join Phil Housley as the only defensemen in franchise history to reach the 70-point mark in a single season.
• Owen Power has earned six assists in his last five games.
• Power is the first Sabres rookie defenseman to record six or more assists in a five-game span since Nikita Zadorov did so from Jan. 18 to Feb. 8, 2015.
With two assists in tonight’s game, Power would become the first Sabres rookie defenseman to record eight or more assists in a six-game span.
• In his last four games, Jordan Greenway has registered three goals.
