nhl Game Recap
Carolina Ices Buffalo 6-3 - Recap
The Sabres came up short Saturday against the Hurricanes, falling 6-3.
Carolina was favored by -238 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Carolina got goals from Charles-Alexis Legault, Sebastian Aho, Eric Robinson, Andrei Svechnikov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, and Seth Jarvis in the victory. Aho opened the scoring at 5:00 of the first period.
Pyotr Kochetkov turned in a 19-save effort for the Hurricanes.
Tage Thompson, Owen Power, and Alex Tuch scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Pyotr Kochetkov.
Alex Lyon stopped 29 of 33 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Carolina scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Carolina outshot Buffalo 35-22 in the game.
Next game, Carolina takes its act on the road to face Toronto looking for another win. For Buffalo, they head on the road to face Utah.