{"id":423462,"date":"2026-01-19T15:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423462\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:25:08","slug":"sabres-at-hurricanes-how-to-watch-lineup-notes-and-storylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423462\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres at Hurricanes | How to watch, lineup notes, and storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a successful five-game homestand, the Buffalo Sabres now take to the road for five straight games beginning Monday afternoon against the Carolina Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres are 8-1-0 in their last nine road games and 15-2-1 in their last 18 games overall. They\u2019ll be tested against one of the NHL\u2019s top home teams at Lenovo Center, where the Hurricanes boast an Eastern Conference-leading .721 points percentage since the start of the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo is looking to end a 12-game winless streak at Carolina (0-10-2) which dates back to 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Konsta Helenius, the Sabres\u2019 first-round pick in 2024, is expected to make his NHL debut. The gritty 19-year-old has been named an AHL All-Star this season with 30 points (9+21) in 34 games for the Amerks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got some bite to his game,\u201d Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. \u201cHe\u2019s not your prototypical \u2018talented\u2019 guy. He gets into people, and he\u2019s got a little physicality to him at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Helenius in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sabres\/news\/buffalo-sabres-practice-konsta-helenius-alex-lyon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sunday\u2019s practice report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The puck drops at 1:30 p.m. Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a successful five-game homestand, the Buffalo Sabres now take to the road for five straight games beginning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-423462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}