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2023-24 regular season

Sabres at Kraken

🗓 📍 Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Sabres beat Kraken 6–2 at Climate Pledge Arena on March 18, 2024.

BUF – SEA
30–34
Shots on goal
0/2–1/5
Power play
28–38
Hits
22–10
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Jeff Skinner
3 G
6 shots · 13:51 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Tage Thompson
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 14:50 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦑 Jordan Eberle Go-ahead 1st · 00:24
Assists: Eeli Tolvanen, Brian Dumoulin · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
0–1
⚔️ Tage Thompson Tying 1st · 00:49
Assists: Zemgus Girgensons, Alex Tuch · beat Joey Daccord
1–1
⚔️ Jeff Skinner Go-ahead 1st · 03:56
Assists: Peyton Krebs · beat Joey Daccord
2–1
⚔️ Alex Tuch 1st · 05:41
Assists: Tage Thompson, Zemgus Girgensons · beat Joey Daccord
3–1
🦑 Matty Beniers PP 1st · 14:36
Assists: Eeli Tolvanen, Justin Schultz · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
3–2
2nd period
⚔️ Owen Power 2nd · 10:36
Assists: Dylan Cozens, JJ Peterka · beat Philipp Grubauer
4–2
⚔️ Jeff Skinner 2nd · 11:18
Unassisted · beat Philipp Grubauer
5–2
3rd period
⚔️ Jeff Skinner 3rd · 18:01
Assists: Jordan Greenway, Jacob Bryson · beat Philipp Grubauer
6–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Greenway · Cozens · Tuch 18:20
L2 Benson · Thompson · Peterka 14:50
L3 Skinner · Girgensons · Krebs 12:54
L4 Olofsson · Robinson · Jost 11:10
D1 Power · Byram 21:36
D2 Clifton · Dahlin 20:39
D3 Bryson · Jokiharju 17:32
🦑Kraken
L1 Beniers · Eberle · Tolvanen 20:48
L2 Burakovsky · McCann · Bjorkstrand 17:04
L3 Tanev · Gourde · Yamamoto 13:34
L4 Kartye · Tatar · Bellemare 10:21
D1 Larsson · Dumoulin 22:21
D2 Evans · Schultz 19:54
D3 Borgen · Oleksiak 13:16

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF SEA🦑
30 Shots on goal 34
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
28 Hits 38
22 Blocked shots 10
8 Takeaways 9
7 Giveaways 1
10 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 20.0% (6/30) SEA shooting 5.9% (2/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦑Kraken
Philipp Grubauer
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 54:19 TOI
Joey Daccord
1/4
.250 SV% · 3 GA · 05:41 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Jordan Eberle · 1st 00:24 · 0–1 Tage Thompson · 1st 00:49 · 1–1 Jeff Skinner · 1st 03:56 · 2–1 Alex Tuch · 1st 05:41 · 3–1 Matty Beniers · 1st 14:36 · 3–2 Owen Power · 2nd 10:36 · 4–2 Jeff Skinner · 2nd 11:18 · 5–2 Jeff Skinner · 3rd 18:01 · 6–2
BUF SEA
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–2
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)
Kraken
Kraken — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-11-2 (19% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 5–2
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Kraken
Kraken — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Jan 92024 🦑SEA @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Jan 102023 🦑SEA @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Oct 252022 ⚔️BUF @ 🦑SEA 1–5 Nov 292021 🦑SEA @ ⚔️BUF 7–4 Nov 42021 ⚔️BUF @ 🦑SEA 2–5
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Who won Sabres vs Kraken on March 18, 2024?

Sabres won 6–2. The final score was Sabres 6, Kraken 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jeff Skinner (3), Alex Tuch, Owen Power, Tage Thompson.

Who scored for Kraken?

Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Kraken goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Kraken played?

At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, the Kraken home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Kraken season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 16 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 1–4 AfterMar 19 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 2–3
🦑 Kraken
BeforeMar 16 🐯NSH @ 🦑SEA 4–1 AfterMar 21 🦑SEA @ 🎰VGK 1–3
Also on March 18
🦅WSH 5–2 🔥CGY
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