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Buffalo Sabres vs Seattle Kraken

Regular season · Sunday, December 14, 2025 · Climate Pledge Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

3–1

Final

SOG 23–24

Seattle KrakenSeattleKrakenHome

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at Climate Pledge Arena. The Kraken outshot the Sabres 24-23.

Goals came from Noah Ostlund, Tage Thompson, Chandler Stephenson and Zach Benson.

Alex Lyon made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Joey Daccord stopped 20 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF111323
Seattle KrakenSEA010124

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starAlex TuchBUF · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starChandler StephensonSEA · 1G 0A

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+
GoalBUF on iceSEA on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 17:09 · Ostlund

Oleksiak 0:28

2–0 BUF

2nd 10:08 · Thompson

Dunn 0:21

2–1 SEA

2nd 12:24 · PP · Stephenson

Tuch 0:30

3–1 BUF

3rd 19:14 · EN · Benson

Dunn 2:02

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

BUFSEA
23Shots on goal24
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits23
13Blocked shots11
19Giveaways13
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 13:08Adam Larsson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 07:41Conor Timmins · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 12:18Rasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 13:44Ryker Evans · interference2 min
  • 2nd 15:53Josh Doan · hooking2 min

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