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Seattle Kraken vs. Buffalo SabresMar 28, 2026

Final / SO· KeyBank Center
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SEA
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Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
SEA110002SEA11149034
BUF011013BUF10176336
SEA 59BUF 75
SEA 3.71BUF 4.06
PP goals
SEA 0BUF 1
Hits
SEA 14BUF 27
Blocks
SEA 17BUF 10
PIM
SEA 11BUF 13
SEA 47%BUF 53%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres edge Seattle Kraken 3–2 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Seattle Kraken 3–2 in a shootout at home. Bobby McMann (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:06 together.

  1. Points
    Bobby McMann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:14.McMann
  2. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:03.Stephenson
  3. Points
    Kaapo Kakko had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:02.Kakko
  4. PP1
    BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:06 together.ZuckerThompsonNorrisDahlinQuinn
  5. Usage
    Shane Wright (SEA) played 3:36, −10:20 down on his 13:56 season average over 73 games.Wright
  6. Goalie
    Philipp Grubauer (SEA) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +9 against a season average of 27.1; the overtime loss.Grubauer
  7. Luck
    BUF scored 2 goals on 4.06 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. New line
    New look for BUF: Carrick–Malenstyn–Kozak skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CarrickMalenstynKozak

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, SEA at BUF: 134 attempts, 70 on goal, 4 goals, 7.78 expected goals; best chance Berkly Catton at 0.46 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← SEA attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • SEA
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · BUF 75 · SEA 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SEA at BUF: expected goals 4.06 to 3.71 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 75 to 59, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdOTBUFSEASMDKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:58
  • BUF
  • SEA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFSEAcontrol2nd3rdOTStephenson · 1st 12:42McMann · 2nd 13:18Dahlin · 2nd 15:55Krebs · 3rd 11:39
  • BUF pressure
  • SEA pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 27% of the game, BUF 40%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, SEA at BUF: 38 players over 64:58; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (65:00) for BUF and Philipp Grubauer (65:00) for SEA, 4 goals.

BUF
SEA
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against SEA skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BUF rows versus SEA columns: 227 matchups; most common Samuelsson vs Evans, 12:17 at 42% xGF.

BUF ↓ · SEA →StephensonMcMannKakkoBeniersEberleCattonGaudreauTolvanenMeyersMontourEvansDunnLarssonLindgrenOleksiakL1 QuinnL1 McLeodL1 ZuckerL2 TuchL2 ThompsonL2 KrebsL3 CarrickL3 MalenstynL3 KozakL4 NorrisL4 BensonL4 DoanD1 SamuelssonD1 DahlinD2 ByramD2 PowerD3 TimminsD3 Stanley
BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatSEABUF
5470
3.553.24
3.193.06
128
77
2520
+0.003−0.003
27%40%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Seattle Kraken

Current SEA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 12:42
    SEAChandler Stephenson (Kaapo Kakko, Bobby McMann)snap0.10 xG
    SEA: Larsson, Stephenson, Dunn, Kakko, McMannBUF: Thompson, Dahlin, Byram, Doan, Benson
    SEA 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

  1. 13:18
    SEABobby McMann (Kaapo Kakko, Chandler Stephenson)snap0.14 xG
    SEA: Oleksiak, Stephenson, Lindgren, Kakko, McMannBUF: Zucker, McLeod, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Quinn
    SEA 2 – 0 BUF
  2. 15:55
    BUFRasmus DahlinPP (Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn)wrist0.10 xG
    SEA: Oleksiak, Gaudreau, Lindgren, MeyersBUF: Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin, Quinn
    SEA 2 – 1 BUF

3rd period

  1. 11:39
    BUFPeyton Krebs (Zach Benson)wrist0.18 xG
    SEA: Eberle, Larsson, McCann, Dunn, BeniersBUF: Norris, Krebs, Byram, Power, Benson
    SEA 2 – 2 BUF

Decided in the shootout: SEA 2 – 3 BUF.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Chandler Stephenson CL1112+220.1001023:03——4329
Bobby McMann CL1112+230.3720020:14——4237
Kaapo Kakko RL1022+200.1400017:02——5041
Matty Beniers CL2000-130.5912021:36——3153
Jordan Eberle RL2000-110.0710019:30——3955
Berkly Catton CL2000020.8401017:50——4464
Frederick Gaudreau CL3000020.5002017:54——3659
Eeli Tolvanen RL3000030.1112014:54——4150
Ben Meyers CL3000010.0612011:44——3671
Brandon Montour DD1000070.1520026:25——4661
Ryker Evans DD1000010.0323022:20——5062
Vince Dunn DD2000010.1501023:07——4449
Adam Larsson DD2000030.0611418:37——3837
Ryan Lindgren DD3000+110.0201014:07——4171
Jamie Oleksiak DD3000+100.0021512:54——4037
Jared McCann L—000-120.2000015:16——5232
Oscar Fisker Molgaard C—000020.2810210:40——7686
Shane Wright C—000000.040003:36——4328
SEA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)O36342.9444.0665:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Quinn RL1011-140.2530017:06——6548
Ryan McLeod CL1000-100.1001016:44——6853
Jason Zucker LL1000-120.5010014:05——6857
Alex Tuch RL2000030.2002224:32——5155
Tage Thompson CL2011-150.5710024:21——5361
Peyton Krebs CL2101+130.3630015:17——6362
Sam Carrick CL3000020.1530010:50——4627
Beck Malenstyn LL3000020.4241010:44——5633
Tyson Kozak CL3000000.001007:51——4225
Josh Norris CL4000+110.3910015:08——6068
Zach Benson LL4011010.1510014:39——6363
Josh Doan RL4000-100.0010013:21——4662
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000-130.2141026:14——4545
Rasmus Dahlin DD1101-240.2411425:10——4730
Bowen Byram DD2000010.0110021:29——7248
Owen Power DD2000+110.0301020:32——5938
Conor Timmins DD3000030.0401016:40——5859
Logan Stanley DD3000010.4722712:17——6268
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W34322.9413.7165:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Chandler Stephenson (SEA) 1st 12:42 · assists Kaapo Kakko, Bobby McMann · Forecheck turnover · 40.6 mph shot.

Bobby McMann · 2nd 13:18 · SEA

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
58.8 mph
Distance
24 ft
Entry to goal
2.4 s

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Peyton Krebs · 3rd 11:39 · BUF

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
60.2 mph
Distance
25 ft
Entry to goal
3.0 s

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