Teravainen sparks Hurricanes to win against Sabres

RALEIGH, N.C.-- The Carolina Hurricanes ended a three-game losing streak with a 6-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at PNC Arena on Saturday.

Teuvo Teravainen scored twice and was plus-5, and Vincent Trocheck had a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes (16-6-1). Antti Raanta made 32 saves.
"We got our Grade A's, they went in," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "I think we deserved it after what's gone on here the last little while. It's nice that we got off that losing momentum that was kind of building. You put that behind us. It was a good win. We needed it."
Henri Jokiharju and Zemgus Girgensons scored for the Sabres (8-13-3), who have lost four straight.
Malcolm Subban, who was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, allowed six goals on 25 shots in his Sabres debut before leaving with an injury at 9:57 of the third period. Aaron Dell made four saves.
"Little details, and good hockey teams don't need much," Buffalo coach Don Granato said. "They took advantage of just about every little one. It's a testament to their ability to jump on any little mistake and capitalize on it. We jumped on a lot of their mistakes and didn't capitalize. Otherwise the game would not have got out of hand like that."
Carolina took a 1-0 lead at 2:16 of the first period when Teravainen one-timed Sebastian Aho's no-look pass from behind the net.
"It's always fun to play with him," Teravainen said. "We don't really think too much. We just try to read from each other and make plays when there's plays. [We had] a couple nice goals."
Martin Necas extended the lead to 2-0 at 13:59. He skated through the right face-off circle before scoring on a wraparound at the left post.

The Sabres made it 2-1 with 32 seconds remaining on a shot from the right point by Jokiharju, who scored his first of the season.
The Hurricanes scored twice in 24 seconds early in the second period.
Trocheck won a face-off to Ian Cole, who scored his first with the Hurricanes on a one-timer for a 3-1 lead at 3:44.
"[Scoring is] not my primary role, but it's always good," the defenseman said. "I'm not going to pretend it's not."
Trocheck scored from the slot to push the lead to 4-1 at 4:08 after Jokiharju and Jacob Bryson mishandled the puck in front of the Buffalo net. Trocheck had not scored a point in the prior eight games.
"It's the NHL, you're going to go through droughts here and there," Trocheck said. "Obviously it's going to hurt your confidence a little bit, so to put the puck in the net tonight and have six, it helps the confidence."
Nino Niederreiter scored on a breakaway off an Aho pass through the neutral zone for a 5-1 lead at 11:42 of the third period.
"The scoring chances they had were really good ones, like breakaways and three or four shots right in front of our net," Sabres forward Victor Olofsson said. "We're giving up too many Grade A scoring chances. It makes it hard for us."
Girgensons redirected a shot in the slot for a power-play goal with 26 seconds left to make it 5-2. Trocheck was serving a five-minute boarding penalty for a hit on Tage Thompson. Trocheck also received a game misconduct.
Teravainen's scored shorthanded for a 6-2 lead at 1:09 of the third period.

The Sabres were outscored 20-10 in the past three games, including 7-4 losses to the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday and Florida Panthers on Thursday.
"This is a competitive business, and you cannot have your tail between your legs. You've got to go," Granato said. "The silver lining in there, the vibe and feel is, our guys take responsibility for their mistakes."
NOTES: Granato had no update on Subban's injury after the game. … Defenseman Will Butcher played 16:04 in place of Robert Hagg, who was out with a minor injury. ... Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov was scratched with a finger injury. Brind'Amour said it was repaired and "he should be fine going forward." ... Brind'Amour said goalie Frederik Andersen was unable to start because he was not feeling well. ... Carolina defenseman Ethan Bear had one hit in 12:48 in his return after missing six games in NHL COVID-19 protocol.