Game

Sabres at Kraken

Sabres 3, Kraken 1 · first star Tage Thompson (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 3 at Seattle Kraken 1

Sabres BUF

3 FINAL 1

Kraken SEA

Sunday, December 14, 2025 · 8:00 PM ET · Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle · TV SN360

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	1	1	1	3	23
Kraken	0	1	0	1	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Kraken attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 23, SEA 24.

BUF in red SEA in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 23 shots on goal (3 goals, 17 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Kraken 24 shots on goal (1 goal, 23 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	SEA SOG	SEA G	SEA ATT
1st	9	1	16	3	0	16
2nd	7	1	21	11	1	23
3rd	7	1	17	10	0	23
Total	23	3	54	24	1	62

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	SEA SOG	SEA G
Even strength	19	3	20	0
Power play	3	0	3	1
Short-handed	1	0	1	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Kraken took 53.5% of the shot attempts, and 56.7% of the 97 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Kraken and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Kraken
Period	SEA CF%	SEA FF%
1st	50.0	45.0
2nd	52.3	54.3
3rd	57.5	59.4
Game	53.5	54.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

17:09 Noah Ostlund (4) Josh Norris (6), Alex Tuch (16) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

10:08 Tage Thompson (16) Peyton Krebs (9), Alex Tuch (17) · wrist 2–0
12:24 Chandler Stephenson (6) PP Vince Dunn (13), Jordan Eberle (10) · wrist 2–1

3rd period

19:14 Zach Benson (2) EN Jack Quinn (11), Ryan McLeod (12) · wrist 3–1

Three stars

Tage Thompson BUF · C #72 · 1 G, 0 A
Alex Tuch BUF · R #89 · 0 G, 2 A
Chandler Stephenson SEA · C #9 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	13:08	SEA	Adam Larsson	tripping	2	Mattias Samuelsson
2nd	07:41	BUF	Conor Timmins	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
2nd	12:18	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2	Matty Beniers
2nd	13:44	SEA	Ryker Evans	interference	2	Peyton Krebs
2nd	15:53	BUF	Josh Doan	hooking	2	Brandon Montour

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	2	2	+2	3	3	0	0	0.0	17:07
Noah Ostlund #86	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:04
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	50.0	20:35
Zach Benson #6	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0.0	18:03
Josh Norris #9	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	66.7	15:46
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:48
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	41.7	16:00
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:31
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	10:23
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:34
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	09:47
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	19:04
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	0	0.0	20:33
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0	17:10
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:08
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	5	0	0.0	26:30
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	19:19
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	0	0	+1	5	1	2	2	0.0	23:32

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	W	24	23	1	.958	20/20	2/3	60:00

Seattle Kraken

Kraken skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Chandler Stephenson #9	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	55.6	19:26
Jordan Eberle #7	R	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:49
Vince Dunn #29	D	0	1	1	-2	1	0	2	0	0.0	21:15
Ben Meyers #59	C	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	100.0	11:03
Frederick Gaudreau #89	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	20:39
Matty Beniers #10	C	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	60.0	18:18
Ryan Winterton #26	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:01
Shane Wright #51	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	42.9	15:15
Tye Kartye #12	L	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	08:13
Eeli Tolvanen #20	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0.0	19:30
Jacob Melanson #63	R	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0	0.0	07:47
Jani Nyman #38	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	10:46
Kaapo Kakko #84	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	17:19
Adam Larsson #6	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	0.0	17:52
Brandon Montour #62	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	23:32
Jamie Oleksiak #24	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0.0	18:53
Ryan Lindgren #55	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	17:38
Ryker Evans #41	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	0.0	17:12

Kraken goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Joey Daccord #35	L	22	20	2	.909	16/18	3/3	59:32

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.