RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes climbed into playoff contention by stringing together victories and piling up points during two months. Andrei Svechnikov and Justin Williams each scored goals, and the Hurricanes beat the reeling Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday night. Huge efforts by everybody.”Jeff Skinner scored against his former team and Zemgus Girgensons added a late goal to prevent the Sabres from being shut out in four straight games. For the first time since March 7, the Sabres scored a goal. They entered having taken shutout losses in three straight games, matching an unwanted club record — but they took care of that quickly, scoring at 2:18 of the first.

Source: National Post March 17, 2019 01:30 UTC