Brandon Bussi made a few spectacular saves and the Carolina Hurricanes rode him to defeat the Buffalo Sabres, 2-1 on Monday afternoon at the Lenovo Center.
Bussi, who has been setting NHL records since his time with Carolina, set another one on Monday. He won his first 18 NHL games in the shortest period of time in NHL history, just 22 games. His record is now 18-3-1.
A couple of Bussi’s saves were unbelievable including one against a wide open Tage Thompson where the TNT announcers thought the sharpshooter
had scored and announced it as such, but the replay actually showed that the goaltender had somehow gloved the shot.
The Hurricanes have now won three games in a row and they are 7-1-1 in their last nine games.
Just a minute and change into the game, Rasmus Dahlin fired a shot that got past Bussi to give the visitors the early lead.
Later in the opening period, the red hot Andrei Svechnikov tied the score off another nice pass from Sebastian Aho.
Svechnikov now has five goals in the last three games and Aho has assists on all of them.
Both teams battled back and forth in an entertaining, physical match up.
Two minutes into the third period, Seth Jarvis scored a powerplay goal to give the home team a lead they would struggle to hold onto the rest of the way.
Bussi made a few saves right up until the final moment to hold the Carolina lead.
The Canes now have a couple of well earned days off before they play their next game against Chicago on Thursday night.
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/GS020770.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/ES020770.HTM
