Seattle Kraken 2, Buffalo Sabres 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Seattle Kraken, Seattle Kraken 2 to Buffalo Sabres 3, on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Seattle Kraken.
NHLSaturday, March 28, 2026
DateMar 28, 2026
Start time5:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Kraken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Seattle KrakenBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
32-29-11Record45-21-8
4th in Pacific DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
4-4Road record / home record4-5
LWLWLLast 5LWLWW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Seattle KrakenBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Seattle Kraken
Nikke Kokko G · Not Injury Related
Injured ReserveCurtis Douglas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJared McCann LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveJacob Melanson RW · Chest
Injured ReserveRyan Lindgren D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Seattle Kraken Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matty Beniers | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:36 | 4:18 | 0:10 | 17:08 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Berkly Catton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:50 | 2:10 | 0:00 | 15:40 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Eberle | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:30 | 4:17 | 0:08 | 15:05 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Fisker Molgaard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 10:31 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 | 0:10 | 2:50 | 14:54 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaapo Kakko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 13:47 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared McCann | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:16 | 4:26 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McMann | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:14 | 3:32 | 0:00 | 16:42 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Meyers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:44 | 0:07 | 2:31 | 9:06 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:03 | 4:11 | 1:36 | 17:16 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | 3:29 | 1:06 | 10:19 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:36 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle Kraken Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Dunn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:07 | 4:56 | 0:00 | 18:11 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryker Evans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 | 0:05 | 1:34 | 20:41 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Larsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 | 0:09 | 0:45 | 17:43 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ryan Lindgren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 11:28 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Montour | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26:25 | 3:17 | 0:18 | 22:50 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 | 0:00 | 3:07 | 9:47 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Seattle Kraken Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipp Grubauer | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .944 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:39 | 0:53 | 3:16 | 10:30 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10:50 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 8:51 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 77.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:21 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 12:26 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:51 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 7:30 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 15:08 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 3:22 | 7:22 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:44 | 1:04 | 3:44 | 11:56 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 35.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:08 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 11:55 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 17:06 | 3:11 | 0:00 | 13:55 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:21 | 3:14 | 0:09 | 20:58 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:32 | 0:57 | 2:59 | 20:36 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:05 | 3:12 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:29 | 0:53 | 1:17 | 19:19 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 25:10 | 3:18 | 0:04 | 21:48 | 30 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 | 0:05 | 4:01 | 16:26 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 26:14 | 0:00 | 4:31 | 21:43 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stanley | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:17 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 10:12 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Conor Timmins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 0:00 | 4:03 | 12:37 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .941 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Seattle Kraken vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
What was the final score of Seattle Kraken vs Buffalo Sabres?
Seattle Kraken 2, Buffalo Sabres 3.
Who were the top performers?
Seattle Kraken: Chandler Stephenson (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Peyton Krebs (1 goals).
Where is Seattle Kraken vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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