Buffalo Sabres vs Seattle Kraken
Regular season · Monday, March 18, 2024 · Climate Pledge Arena
MSG-B · ROOT-NW
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Monday, March 18, 2024 at Climate Pledge Arena. The Kraken outshot the Sabres 34-30.
Jeff Skinner scored a hat trick. Jordan Eberle, Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Matty Beniers and Owen Power also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Joey Daccord stopped 1 of 4.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jordan Eberle (15)Eeli Tolvanen (20), Brian Dumoulin (9)0–100:24 SEA
Tage Thompson (21)Zemgus Girgensons (4), Alex Tuch (25)1–100:49 BUF
Jeff Skinner (22)Peyton Krebs (11)2–103:56 BUF
Alex Tuch (19)Tage Thompson (20), Zemgus Girgensons (5)3–105:41 BUF
Matty Beniers (10)Eeli Tolvanen (21), Justin Schultz (14)3–214:36 SEA · PPG
2nd period
Owen Power (6)Dylan Cozens (26), JJ Peterka (20)4–210:36 BUF- Jeff Skinner (23)Unassisted5–211:18 BUF
3rd period
- Jeff Skinner (24)Jordan Greenway (15), Jacob Bryson (5)6–218:01 BUF
Team stats
BUFSEA
30Shots on goal34
61%Faceoff %39%
0/2Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes4
28Hits38
22Blocked shots10
7Giveaways1
8Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 13:46
Peyton Krebs · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 19:30
Eeli Tolvanen · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:08Eeli Tolvanen · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:00Henri Jokiharju · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:00Zemgus Girgensons · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 07:19Alex Tuch · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 13:51 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:50 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:47 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:26 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:32 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Seattle Kraken
| 20Eeli TolvanenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 7Jordan EberleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:48 |
| 10Matty BeniersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:17 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 19Jared McCannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 22Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:11 |
| 52Tye KartyeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:58 |
| 56Kailer YamamotoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 3Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 6Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:25 |
| 24Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:49 |
| 39Ryker EvansD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 21:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 54:19 | |
| 35Joey DaccordG | L | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 05:41 |