Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves and four different players scored goals as the surging Buffalo Sabres earned a 4-1 home victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.

Alex Tuch, Jack Quinn and Beck Malenstyn each scored a goal before Tage Thompson added a late empty-netter to give him a goal in five straight contests as the Sabres have come to life with four victories in their past five games.

Luukkonen was stout throughout in making his first start since Nov. 13. He stopped all 24 shots faced in the second and third periods combined. The Hurricanes managed only Shayne Gostisbehere's goal in the first period.

Carolina sits atop the Eastern Conference but saw its five-game point streak come to an end.

Buffalo took advantage of an early power play chance to open the scoring just 5:51

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