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Seattle Kraken vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, January 11, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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6–2

Final

SOG 29–35

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Game summary

The Seattle Kraken beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Kraken 35-29.

Kaapo Kakko scored twice. Sam Lafferty, Jack Quinn, Ryker Evans, Andre Burakovsky, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Brandon Tanev also scored.

Joey Daccord made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 23 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Seattle KrakenSEA024629
Buffalo SabresBUF200235

Three stars

  1. ★1st starKaapo KakkoSEA · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJoey DaccordSEA · .943 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJosh MahuraSEA · 0G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:25

2–2 · 2nd 19:12 · Burakovsky. Thompson was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSEA on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 2:37 · Lafferty

Tolvanen 0:55

0–2 BUF

1st 17:17 · PP · Quinn

Long shift: Oleksiak 1:10

1–2 SEA

2nd 12:48 · Evans

Long shift: Quinn 1:08

2–2 SEA

2nd 19:12 · Burakovsky

Long shift: Thompson 1:25

3–2 SEA

3rd 3:08 · Bjorkstrand

Clifton 0:26

4–2 SEA

3rd 3:46 · Kakko

Thompson 0:58

5–2 SEA

3rd 5:26 · PP · Kakko

McLeod 0:27

6–2 SEA

3rd 16:25 · EN · Tanev

Thompson 1:40

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SEABUF
29Shots on goal35
63%Faceoff %38%
1/4Power play1/5
17Penalty minutes15
18Hits20
18Blocked shots1
21Giveaways14
6Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 09:47Ryan McLeod · tripping2 min
  • 1st 16:29Matty Beniers · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 17:42Dennis Gilbert · roughing2 min
  • 1st 17:42Oliver Bjorkstrand · fighting5 min
  • 1st 17:42Dennis Gilbert · fighting5 min
  • 1st 19:07Kaapo Kakko · holding the stick2 min
  • 2nd 02:36Jacob Bryson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 05:24Tye Kartye · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 05:24Rasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 05:24Tye Kartye · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Chandler Stephenson · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 04:17Rasmus Dahlin · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 12:04Brandon Montour · slashing2 min

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