Sunday

Buffalo Sabres (26-27-4) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (34-18-5)

Sunday, February 25 at 6 p.m.

The Sabres return home after sweeping their two-game road trip, which concluded with a 2-1 victory in Columbus on Friday. Revist the win in Friday's postgame report.

HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

TV: MSG/MSG+ (pregame coverage begins at 5:30 p.m.)

Streaming: Fubo (within Buffalo broadcast market), ESPN+ (out of market)

Radio: WGR 550

LAST TIME OUT

Buffalo

Sabres 2, Blue Jackets 1 (Feb. 23)

Goal scorers: Zemgus Girgensons, Connor Clifton

Goaltending: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (W, 25/26)

Carolina

Stars 2, Hurricanes 1 (Feb. 24)

Goal scorers: Sebastian Aho

Goaltending: Pyotr Kochetkov (14/16)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Buffalo

  • Zemgus Girgensons has scored goals in two straight games. If he scores tonight, it would mark the longest goal streak of his career.
  • Rasmus Dahlin has skated at least 29 minutes in each of Buffalo's last five games, the first Sabres player to do so since the NHL began tracking ice time in 1997-98.

Carolina

  • Forward Andrei Svechnikov enters Sunday on a four-game point streak, with one goal and three assists in that span.
  • Forward Sebastian Aho leads the Hurricanes in goals (22), assists (39), and points (61).

THE ROAD AHEAD

Tuesday, Feb. 27: Buffalo at Florida, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 29: Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.