Game

Kraken at Sabres

Sabres 3, Kraken 2 in a shootout · first star Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (0 GA, .941 SV%).

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

Seattle Kraken 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3

Kraken SEA

2 FINAL/SO 3

Sabres BUF

Saturday, March 28, 2026 · 5:30 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Kraken	1	1	0	0	0	2	34
Sabres	0	1	1	0	1	3	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Kraken attack left, Sabres 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. Boxscore shots on goal: SEA 34, BUF 36.

SEA in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Kraken 34 shots on goal (2 goals, 14 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 36 shots on goal (2 goals, 20 missed, 19 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	SEA SOG	SEA G	SEA ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	11	1	21	10	0	23
2nd	14	1	22	17	1	28
3rd	9	0	15	6	1	18
OT	0	0	1	3	0	6
Total	34	2	59	36	2	75

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	SEA SOG	SEA G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	29	2	31	1
Power play	5	0	4	1
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 56.0% of the shot attempts, and 56.3% of the 103 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 Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Kraken hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Kraken at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	52.3	46.9
2nd	56.0	55.8
3rd	54.5	47.8
OT	85.7	100.0
Game	56.0	53.9

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

Scoring summary

1st period

12:42 Chandler Stephenson (15) Kaapo Kakko (21), Bobby McMann (17) · snap 1–0

2nd period

13:18 Bobby McMann (26) Kaapo Kakko (22), Chandler Stephenson (29) · snap 2–0
15:55 Rasmus Dahlin (17) PP Tage Thompson (39), Jack Quinn (30) · wrist 2–1

3rd period

11:39 Peyton Krebs (10) Zach Benson (26) · wrist 2–2

Shootout

00:00 Tage Thompson Unassisted · snap 2–3

Three stars

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF · G #1 · 0 GA, .941 SV%
Peyton Krebs BUF · C #19 · 1 G, 0 A
Jack Quinn BUF · R #22 · 0 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	02:34	SEA	Adam Larsson	hooking	2	Alex Tuch
1st	05:43	BUF	Alex Tuch	tripping	2	Jared McCann
1st	09:14	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2	Kaapo Kakko
2nd	02:29	BUF	Logan Stanley	fighting (major)	5	Jamie Oleksiak
2nd	02:29	SEA	Jamie Oleksiak	fighting (major)	5	Logan Stanley
2nd	05:40	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	hooking	2	Jordan Eberle
2nd	15:44	SEA	Adam Larsson	slashing	2	Beck Malenstyn
3rd	08:00	BUF	Logan Stanley	interference goalkeeper	2	Philipp Grubauer
3rd	13:20	SEA	Oscar Fisker Molgaard	delaying game puck over glass	2	—

Boxscore

Seattle Kraken

Kraken skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Bobby McMann #74	C	1	1	2	+2	3	2	0	0	0.0	20:14
Chandler Stephenson #9	C	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	50.0	23:03
Kaapo Kakko #84	R	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	66.7	17:02
Ben Meyers #59	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	75.0	11:44
Berkly Catton #27	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	17:50
Frederick Gaudreau #89	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	41.7	17:54
Matty Beniers #10	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	37.5	21:36
Oscar Fisker Molgaard #78	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	40.0	10:40
Shane Wright #51	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	03:36
Jared McCann #19	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:16
Eeli Tolvanen #20	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0.0	14:54
Jordan Eberle #7	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	19:30
Adam Larsson #6	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	0.0	18:37
Brandon Montour #62	D	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	26:25
Jamie Oleksiak #24	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	5	0.0	12:54
Ryan Lindgren #55	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:07
Ryker Evans #41	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0.0	22:20
Vince Dunn #29	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:07

Kraken goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Philipp Grubauer #31	O	36	34	2	.944	30/31	3/4	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Peyton Krebs #19	C	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	0.0	15:17
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	1	0	1	-2	4	1	1	4	0.0	25:10
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	1	1	-1	5	1	0	0	50.0	24:21
Zach Benson #6	L	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	14:39
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	-1	4	3	0	0	0.0	17:06
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	50.0	15:08
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	35.3	16:44
Sam Carrick #10	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	77.8	10:50
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	07:51
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0.0	10:44
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	100.0	14:05
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	0.0	24:32
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:21
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	21:29
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	16:40
Logan Stanley #64	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	7	0.0	12:17
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	0.0	26:14
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:32

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	34	32	2	.941	27/29	5/5	65:00

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.