BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
L
W
W
W
L
OT
L
W
W
L
Final
6—2
2024-03-18 · Climate Pledge Arena
SEA
SEA
Seattle Kraken
34-34-11 · W2 · L10: 3-5-2
L
L
OT
L
W
W
L
W
W
L
SEA controlled xG 2.3 to 1.5 but BUF won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
0121ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
1.54
ACTUAL
6 — 2
SEA xG
2.31

Scoring Timeline

0.05
MED xG
SEA1P 00:24Even Strength
Jordan Eberle
7
Jordan Eberle(15)
R · SEA · #7
Eeli Tolvanen (20), Brian Dumoulin (9)
BUF 0 - 1 SEA
0.02
LOW xG
BUF1P 00:49Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(21)
C · BUF · #72
Zemgus Girgensons (4), Alex Tuch (25)
BUF 1 - 1 SEA
0.03
LOW xG
BUF1P 03:56Even Strength
Jeff Skinner
53
Jeff Skinner(22)
C · BUF · #53
Peyton Krebs (11)
BUF 2 - 1 SEA
0.04
MED xG
BUF1P 05:41Even Strength
Alex Tuch
89
Alex Tuch(19)
R · BUF · #89
Tage Thompson (20), Zemgus Girgensons (5)
BUF 3 - 1 SEA
0.29
HIGH xG
SEA1P 14:36Power Play
Matty Beniers
10
Matty Beniers(10)
C · SEA · #10
Eeli Tolvanen (21), Justin Schultz (14)
BUF 3 - 2 SEA
0.09
MED xG
BUF2P 10:36Even Strength
Owen Power
25
Owen Power(6)
D · BUF · #25
Dylan Cozens (26), JJ Peterka (20)
BUF 4 - 2 SEA
0.04
LOW xG
BUF2P 11:18Even Strength
Jeff Skinner
53
Jeff Skinner(23)
C · BUF · #53
BUF 5 - 2 SEA
0.06
MED xG
BUF3P 18:01Even Strength
Jeff Skinner
53
Jeff Skinner(24)
C · BUF · #53
Jordan Greenway (15), Jacob Bryson (5)
BUF 6 - 2 SEA

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
32/34 saves, .941 SV%, +0.3 GSAx
★2
Jeff Skinner
53
Jeff Skinner
C · BUF · #53
3G, 6 SOG
★3
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson
C · BUF · #72
1G, 1A, 5 SOG, 3 HIT

Team Stats

BUFSEA
30Shots34
1.54xGF2.30
44.4CF%55.6
60.8FO%39.2
0/2PP1/5
28Hits38
22Blocks10
7Giveaways1
8Takeaways9
10PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGSEA SOGBUF xGSEA xG
1st770.420.62
2nd1070.690.54
3rd7180.421.14
Total24321.532.30

Penalties

6 TOTAL
1P 13:46
BUF
Peyton Krebshigh-sticking-double-minor (4 min)
Drawn by Oliver Bjorkstrand
1P 19:30
SEA
Eeli Tolvanentripping (2 min)
Drawn by Dylan Cozens
2P 06:08
SEA
Eeli Tolvanenholding (2 min)
Drawn by Jacob Bryson
2P 13:00
BUF
Henri Jokiharjutripping (2 min)
Drawn by Tye Kartye
2P 16:00
BUF
Zemgus Girgensonsdelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
3P 07:19
BUF
Alex Tuchhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Eeli Tolvanen