Buffalo Sabres vs. Seattle KrakenDec 14, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	9	7	7	23
SEA	0	1	0	1		SEA	3	11	10	24

: BUF 54SEA 62
: BUF 3.45SEA 2.54
PP goals: BUF 0SEA 1
Hits: BUF 17SEA 23
Blocks: BUF 13SEA 11
PIM: BUF 6SEA 4
: BUF 47%SEA 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Seattle Kraken 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Seattle Kraken 3–1 at SEA. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Stephenson, Dunn, Tolvanen and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:32 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:07.Tuch
PP1
SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Stephenson, Dunn, Tolvanen and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:32 together.Eberle Stephenson Dunn Tolvanen Beniers
New line
New look for SEA: Stephenson–Gaudreau–Kakko skated 12:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stephenson Gaudreau Kakko
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Norris–Ostlund skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Norris Ostlund
New line
New look for SEA: Kartye–Melanson–Meyers skated 5:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kartye Melanson Meyers
New line
New look for SEA: Winterton–Nyman–Wright skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Winterton Nyman Wright
Luck
SEA scored 1 goal on 2.54 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Frederick Gaudreau (SEA) played 20:39, +4:34 up on his 16:05 season average over 67 games.Gaudreau

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · SEA 62 · BUF 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 34% of the game, SEA 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SEA 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
Stat	BUF	SEA
	50	66
	2.60	2.62
	2.40	2.52
	11	12
	2	5
	20	26
	−0.016	+0.016
	34%	35%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Krebs – Doan
13:0952% CF
L2McLeod – Quinn – Benson
10:3028% CF
L3Tuch – Norris – Ostlund
10:0148% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Kozak
6:3620% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
16:3449% CF
D2Timmins – Byram
12:0515% CF
D3Bryson – Power
8:4250% CF

PP1Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Doan – Benson
3:0588% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Power
0:48100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:56
PK2FGreenway – Malenstyn
1:04
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
1:17
PK2DByram – Power
0:38

Current BUF line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Tolvanen – Beniers
12:4659% CF
L2Stephenson – Gaudreau – Kakko
12:3642% CF
L3Winterton – Nyman – Wright
6:1979% CF
L4Kartye – Melanson – Meyers
5:1870% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
14:4740% CF
D2Montour – Lindgren
14:3168% CF
D3Oleksiak – Evans
13:3864% CF

PP1Eberle – Stephenson – Dunn – Tolvanen – Beniers
2:32100% CF
PP2Gaudreau – Montour – Kakko – Nyman – Wright
1:2867% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Winterton
1:27
PK2FStephenson – Tolvanen
0:27
PK1DOleksiak – Lindgren
1:23
PK2DMontour – Evans
0:34

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.46	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	62	81
Josh Doan R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.55	0	0	2	19:04	—	—	56	81
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	55	86
Zach Benson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.86	2	0	0	18:03	—	—	37	32
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	28	21
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	33	25
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.31	3	0	0	17:07	—	—	44	49
Josh Norris C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	52	60
Noah Ostlund C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	52	57
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:23	—	—	13	5
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	1	0	9:47	—	—	17	9
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:34	—	—	29	13
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	5	0	26:30	—	—	46	60
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.14	1	2	2	23:32	—	—	48	56
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	4	0	0	20:33	—	—	33	51
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	17:10	—	—	22	13
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	19:19	—	—	59	59
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	45	41

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.54	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	19:30	—	—	52	46
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	52	51
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	50	49
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	0	20:39	—	—	35	14
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	47	30
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	47	33
Shane Wright C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	71	78
Ryan Winterton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	77	71
Jani Nyman R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	72	71
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.52	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	72	59
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	0	0	0	8:13	—	—	73	53
Jacob Melanson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	7:47	—	—	77	74
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.00	0	2	0	21:15	—	—	39	10
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	2	17:52	—	—	41	10
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	23:32	—	—	68	73
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	17:38	—	—	67	65
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	3	0	18:53	—	—	66	76
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	1	2	17:12	—	—	60	73

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	2.71	59:32

Goal anatomy

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

Noah Ostlund (BUF) 1st 17:09 · assists Josh Norris, Alex Tuch · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 64.1 mph shot · 1.8 s from entry to goal.

Noah Ostlund · 1st 17:09 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 64.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 10:08 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s

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Chandler Stephenson · 2nd 12:24 · SEA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Zach Benson · 3rd 19:14 · BUF EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.2 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Seattle KrakenDec 14, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Seattle Kraken 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Seattle Kraken

Goal anatomy

Noah Ostlund · 1st 17:09 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 2nd 10:08 · BUF

Chandler Stephenson · 2nd 12:24 · SEA PP

Zach Benson · 3rd 19:14 · BUF EN