BUF 3–2 SEA Final / SO · W
Sabres/Schedule/Recap Sat, Mar 28, 2026 · 2025-26 regular season
Buffalo Sabres
BUF · 45-21-8
3–2
Final / SOW
Seattle Kraken
SEA · 32-29-11
1ST2ND3RDOTSOT BUF 01011716031336 SEA 11111409000234 goals · shots on goal
Meeting 2 this season — the Sabres lead the season series 2–0
BUF 45-21-8 · SEA 32-29-11 · Meeting 2 this season — the Sabres lead the season series 2–0

Sabres beat the Kraken

Down 0–2 in the 2nd period, the Sabres erased the deficit with two unanswered goals — Krebs's equalizer — and won it in a shootout. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 1.7 more goals than an average goalie would have.

Who had the better chances

The Sabres created the better chances: 3.7 expected goals to 3.1, on 36 and 34 shots on goal.

BUF 3.7 xG · 36 shots SEA 3.1 xG · 34 shots
0
1
2
3
4
1st 0.8 · 0.9
2nd 1.7 · 1.8
3rd 0.5 · 0.3
OT 0.6 · 0.0
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Sabres win 58.
BUF 58%SEA 42%

Goals and penalties

4 goals · 9 penalties
← Sabres shoot this way Kraken shoot this way →
On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list
1st period
PEN
02:34 Adam Larsson· Hooking
Killed
2 min
Minor
PEN
05:43 Alex Tuch· Tripping
Killed
2 min
Minor
PEN
09:14 Rasmus Dahlin· Interference
Killed
2 min
Minor
1
12:42 Chandler Stephenson
Kaapo Kakko, Bobby McMann · snap shot, a good chance (16%)
0–1
2nd period
PEN
02:29 Logan Stanley· Fighting
Offsetting
5 min
Major
PEN
02:29 Jamie Oleksiak· Fighting
Offsetting
5 min
Major
PEN
05:40 Rasmus Dahlin· Hooking
Killed
2 min
Minor
2
13:18 Bobby McMann
Kaapo Kakko, Chandler Stephenson · snap shot, a good chance (11%)
0–2
PEN
15:44 Adam Larsson· Slashing
Dahlin scored on this power play
2 min
Minor
3
15:55 Rasmus Dahlin PP
Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn · Power play (Larsson, slashing) · wrist shot, a great chance (34%)
1–2
3rd period
PEN
08:00 Logan Stanley· Interference goalkeeper
Killed
2 min
Minor
4
11:39 Peyton Krebs
Zach Benson · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (8%) that found a way in
2–2
PEN
13:20 Oscar Fisker Molgaard· Delaying game puck over glass
Killed
2 min
Minor
Shootout
1 Tage Thompson Goal
2 Frederick Gaudreau Save
3 Jack Quinn Goal
4 Kaapo Kakko Save
Goaltending
+1.7
vs expected
32/34 saves · 2 GA · 3.7 xGA Stopped 1.7 more goals than an average goalie would have.
0.0
vs expected
34/36 saves · 2 GA · 2.0 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.
Team BUFSEA
Shots on goal
36
34
Expected goals
3.7
3.1
Hits
0
0
Blocks
0
0
Faceoffs
53%
47%
Power play
1/3
0/4
Penalty minutes
0
0
The Sabres went 1-for-3 on the power play and killed all 4 Kraken power plays.