Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (10-11-2) at Carolina Hurricanes (13-8-1) – 02 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (10-11-2) at Carolina [](/r/canes) Hurricanes (13-8-1)

#PNC Arena

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, BSSO|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020360) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020360/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020360/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020360/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CAR](/r/canes)|Michael Bunting|Sebastian Aho|Seth Jarvis|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|Alex Tuch|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Andrei Svechnikov|Jesperi Kotkaniemi|Teuvo Teravainen|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Dylan Cozens|John Jason Peterka|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Jordan Martinook|Jordan Staal|Jesper Fast|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Isak Rosen|Tyson Jost|Victor Olofsson|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Stefan Noesen|Jack Drury|Martin Necas|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CAR](/r/canes)|Jaccob Slavin|Brent Burns|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Brady Skjei|Brett Pesce|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Dmitry Orlov|Jalen Chatfield|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Erik Johnson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CAR](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Pyotr Kochetkov|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CAR](/r/canes)|Frederik Andersen|06 Nov 2023|Illness|IR|Andersen (undisclosed) is undergoing evaluations for a medical issue.|unknown|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|24 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Girgensons (lower body) is considered week-to-week, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.|09 Dec 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Tage Thompson|14 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Thompson (upper body) is progressing well but remains week-to-week, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.|05 Dec 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|04 Jan 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/carolina-hurricanes/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[CAR](/r/canes)|22|13|8|1|27|0.614|3.36|3.32|20.25|75.34|34.14|24.86|50.96|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|23|10|11|2|22|0.478|2.96|3.35|15.15|83.33|29.09|29.70|44.61|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[CAR](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|10|9|6|3|0|1|3.47|0.854|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Pyotr Kochetkov|9|7|3|4|1|1|2.93|0.878|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|12|10|6|4|1|1|2.88|0.905|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|9|8|3|4|1|0|3.73|0.876|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=12 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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