Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2022-2023 record
Carolina Hurricanes	2	52-21-9
at Buffalo Sabres	4	42-33-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	0	0	2	2
Buffalo Sabres	3	0	1	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	7	5	13	25
Buffalo Sabres	14	5	11	30

Three stars

T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
D. Cozens, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
V. Hinostroza, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:59	Buffalo Sabres	Vinnie Hinostroza (2)	Jeff Skinner (1), Tage Thompson (2)	Even strength	CAR 0, BUF 1
1st	10:52	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson (2)	Unassisted	Even strength	CAR 0, BUF 2
1st	18:16	Buffalo Sabres	Dylan Cozens (2)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	CAR 0, BUF 3
3rd	01:45	Carolina Hurricanes	Jamieson Rees (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CAR 1, BUF 3
3rd	02:04	Carolina Hurricanes	Malte Stromwall (2)	Ethan Bear (2)	Even strength	CAR 2, BUF 3
3rd	18:40	Buffalo Sabres	JJ Peterka (1)	Dylan Cozens (3)	Even strength, Empty net	CAR 2, BUF 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Carolina Hurricanes	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	25	30
Power play	0 of 4	0 of 1
Penalty minutes	7	23
Hits	9	7
Blocked shots	12	9
Giveaways	2	6
Takeaways	4	7
Faceoffs won	30/48 (62.5%)	18/48 (37.5%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 18 J. Drury	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	58.3%	20:37
Number 19 R. Dzingel	C	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	100%	18:46
Number 21 D. Stepan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	50%	18:26
Number 23 S. Noesen	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0		16:27
Number 28 M. MacEachern	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	100%	15:46
Number 29 M. Stromwall	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		14:35
Number 41 L. Pederson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55.6%	14:31
Number 49 S. Mattheos	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1		14:38
Number 54 T. Tieksola	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		09:00
Number 81 J. Rees	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	0		13:30
Number 82 J. Kotkaniemi	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	58.3%	17:02
Number 92 V. Ponomarev	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	100%	13:06
Number 4 C. de Haan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		19:06
Number 5 J. Chatfield	D	0	0	0	-1	5	2	1	0		17:42
Number 15 D. Coghlan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		07:34
Number 25 E. Bear	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	4		24:47
Number 42 M. Lajoie	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		23:22
Number 78 G. Mendel	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		19:24

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 52 P. Kochetkov	29	26	3	.897	59:41	Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 19 P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		13:55
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	66.7%	10:04
Number 22 J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		16:54
Number 24 D. Cozens	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0	18.2%	13:05
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		14:25
Number 29 V. Hinostroza	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:22
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33.3%	14:56
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0	100%	15:01
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	1	1	2	+2	19	2	0	0	57.1%	12:27
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	42.9%	16:38
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		11:53
Number 89 A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0		14:31
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0	1		22:17
Number 23 M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0		18:35
Number 25 O. Power	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	2	1		23:19
Number 26 R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		18:40
Number 46 I. Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		18:38
Number 78 J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		18:22

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 C. Anderson	25	23	2	.920	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	08:16	Carolina Hurricanes	Ryan Dzingel	Hooking	2
1st	08:40	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson	Hooking	2
1st	15:41	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson	Slashing	2
1st	15:41	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:41	Carolina Hurricanes	Jalen Chatfield	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:41	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	17:51	Buffalo Sabres	Rasmus Dahlin	Cross checking	2
2nd	01:34	Buffalo Sabres	Alex Tuch	Slashing	2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Rod Brind'Amour
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Conor O'Donnell
Linesmen: James Tobias, Brad Kovachik
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Brent Burns, Paul Stastny, Jordan Staal, Max Pacioretty, Jake Gardiner, Jesper Fast, Frederik Andersen, Brady Skjei, Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, Antti Raanta, Brett Pesce, William Lagesson, Ondrej Kase, Sebastian Aho, Cavan Fitzgerald, Martin Necas, Dominik Bokk, Andrei Svechnikov, Jacob Kucharski, Domenick Fensore, Cade Webber, Patrik Puistola, Ryan Suzuki, Anttoni Honka, Blake Murray, Kirill Slepets, Kevin Wall, Massimo Rizzo, Noel Gunler, Seth Jarvis, Alexander Nikishin, Ronan Seeley, Alexander Pashin, Zion Nybeck, Lucas Mercuri, Scott Morrow, Robert Orr, Ville Koivunen, Justin Robidas, Jackson Blake, Aleksi Heimosalmi, Bryce Montgomery, Nikita Quapp, Yegor Naumov, Joel Nystrom, Nikita Guslistov, Patrik Hamrla, Cruz Lucius, Alexander Perevalov, Gleb Trikozov, Simon Forsmark, Alexander Pelevin, Jakub Vondras, Vladimir Grudinin
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Ben Bishop, Riley Sheahan, Malcolm Subban, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Eric Comrie, Anders Bjork, Victor Olofsson, Ivan Chukarov, Kale Clague, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Chase Priskie, Vasily Glotov, Jeremy Davies, Oskari Laaksonen, Linus Weissbach, Matej Pekar, Lawrence Pilut, Ryan Johnson, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Brandon Biro, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Declan McDonnell, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, Josh Bloom, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Ethan Ritchie, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Mats Lindgren, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Matt Savoie, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Spencer Sova, Francois-James Buteau, Atley Calvert, Nolan Burke, Emmett Sproule, Chas Sharpe, Tomas Suchanek

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