Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (1) keeps his eyes on the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)The Associated PressMon, November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM UTC·3 min readBeck Malenstyn scored a spectacular goal, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Sunday.
Malenstyn took a touch pass from Tyson Kozak, made a sweet move to his right to slip past Sebastian Aho and easily beat Frederik Andersen to make it 3-1 with 1:24 left in the second period.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAlex Tuch, Jack Quinn and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres, who have won four of five. Ryan McLeod had two assists, and Luukkonen got his second straight victory.
Shayne Gostisbehere scored and Andersen made 17 saves for the Hurricanes, who lost in regulation for the first time since Nov. 11.
Tuch opened the scoring on the power play in the first period. Gostisbehere made it 1-1 later in the first, also on the power play.
Quinn gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead early in the second. Thompson’s empty-netter extended his goal streak to six games.
Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal missed the game because of illness.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementISLANDERS 1, KRAKEN 0, SO
NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Horvat kept New York alive in the third round of a shootout and Kyle Palmieri scored in the fourth to back David Rittich in the Islanders’ victory over Seattle.
Rittch made 19 saves for his first shutout with the Islanders and the eighth of his NHL career, allowing only Freddy Gaudreau’s opening goal in the shootout. The 33-year-old goalie is 6-2-0 as the backup to Ilya Sorokin after playing for Los Angeles the past two seasons.
Palmieri scored after Rittich stopped Seattle’s Chandler Stephenson.
The Islanders won a shootout for the first time in just over a year. They have seven victories in their last nine games, rebounding from a 2-1 home loss to St Louis on Saturday after a 6-1-0 trip.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJoey Daccord made 34 saves for Seattle for his second shutout of the season and seventh overall. He stopped Horvat and Matthew Schaefer with the Islanders on a power play late in overtime.
WILD 3, JETS 0
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jesper Wallstedt made 32 saves for his NHL-leading third shutout — all in the last four games — and Minnesota beat Winnipeg for their fifth straight victory.
Minnesota had its second straight shutout and fifth of the season. On Friday night in Pittsburgh, resurgent starter Filip Gustavsson stopped 19 shots in a 5-0 victory.
Wallstedt improved to 6-0-2 and lowered his goals-against average to 1.94, helping Minnesota up its record to 12-7-4. The 23-year-Swede had consecutive shutouts against Calgary and Anaheim and made a career-high 42 saves Wednesday night at home in a 4-3 shootout victory over Carolina.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber and Denis Yurov scored. The Wild have nine victories and only one regulation loss in 11 games in November. They had lost nine straight to Winnipeg.
Eric Comrie made 27 saves for Winnipeg. The Jets dropped to 12-9-0.
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