Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes (33-9-8) at Buffalo Sabres (26-19-4) – 01 Feb 2023 – 07:30PM EST

#Carolina [](/r/canes) Hurricanes (33-9-8) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (26-19-4)

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|04:30PM|05:30PM|06:30PM|07:30PM|08:30PM|#In-Game Updates

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###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|[](/r/canes)|Teuvo Teravainen|Sebastian Aho|Seth Jarvis|
|[](/r/sabres)|John Jason Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|[](/r/canes)|Andrei Svechnikov|Jesperi Kotkaniemi|Martin Necas|
|[](/r/sabres)|Casey Mittelstadt|Tyson Jost|Victor Olofsson|[](/r/canes)|Jordan Martinook|Jordan Staal|Jesper Fast|
|[](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|[](/r/canes)|Stefan Noesen|Paul Stastny|Derek Stepan|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|Rasmus Dahlin|[](/r/canes)|Brady Skjei|Brett Pesce|
|[](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[](/r/canes)|Jalen Chatfield|Brent Burns|
|[](/r/sabres)|Jacob Bryson|Ilya Lyubushkin|[](/r/canes)|Calvin de Haan|Dylan Coghlan|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|
|[](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|[](/r/canes)|Frederik Andersen|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Tage Thompson|30 Jan 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Thompson (upper body) participated in Tuesday’s practice and the Buffalo Sabres hope to have him in the lineup Wednesday versus Carolina, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Dylan Cozens|28 Jan 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Cozens (undisclosed) remains day-to-day after practicing Monday, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|26 Jan 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Samuelsson (lower body) practiced Monday and remains day-to-day, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Olivier Nadeau||Shoulder|IR-NR|Surgery|11 Feb 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ben Bishop||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 Aug 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Jaccob Slavin|21 Jan 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Slavin (lower body) is not expected to play Tuesday versus Los Angeles, Walt Ruff of the Carolina Hurricanes’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Max Pacioretty|19 Jan 2023|Achilles|IR|Pacioretty (lower body) was put on the injured reserve list Friday.|13 Apr 2023|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Ondrej Kase|08 Dec 2022|Concussion|IR-LT|Kase (concussion) was moved to on the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday.|11 Feb 2023|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Jake Gardiner||Hip|IR-LT||01 Jul 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Sabres](/r/sabres)|49|26|19|4|56|57.1|3.7551|3.34693|25.8|73.6|32.53061|32.61224|45.1|
|[Hurricanes](/r/canes)|50|33|9|8|74|74.0|3.3|2.66|19.6|81.5|35.04|26.34|53.0|

##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|TNT|
|Listen|[CAR](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999112) – [BUF](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099917)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://Hurricanes.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020805) – [Boxscore](http://Hurricanes.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020805) – [Recap](http://Hurricanes.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020805)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020805) – [Boxscore](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020805) – [Recap](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020805)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020805)|

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