SEA 2 @ BUF 3 · Mar 28, 2026

Sat, Mar 28, 2026·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Away

Seattle Kraken

Final

Shootout

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Buffalo Sabres

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 54% of the time.

46%

38%

BUF winsSEA wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against SEA's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Stephenson–Kakko–McMann	Eberle–Beniers–Catton	Gaudreau–Tolvanen–Meyers	McCann–Wright–Fisker Molgaard	Gaudreau–Meyers–Fisker Molgaard	McCann–Tolvanen–Fisker Molgaard	Stephenson–Gaudreau–McMann	Gaudreau–Fisker Molgaard–Catton	Gaudreau–McCann–Fisker Molgaard	Montour–Evans	Larsson–Dunn	Oleksiak–Lindgren	Montour–Lindgren
Zucker–McLeod–Quinn	1:580.07–0.13	1:210.00–0.02	1:260.01–0.00			0:330.00–0.02	1:120.24–0.00		0:400.00–0.11	0:480.14–0.02	2:430.31–0.00	5:180.01–0.15	0:490.01–0.00
Tuch–Thompson–Krebs	4:360.16–0.04	1:450.43–0.21		0:300.00–0.01						5:400.56–0.22	2:550.05–0.04
Carrick–Malenstyn–Kozak	2:390.35–0.10	2:090.02–0.39		0:360.00–0.07						3:260.02–0.16	2:090.27–0.23	0:360.08–0.00
Tuch–Thompson–Doan	1:050.00–0.03	0:430.00–0.00				0:410.00–0.02				2:200.00–0.13	1:280.10–0.20	0:550.00–0.00
Norris–Krebs–Benson		1:090.07–0.13								2:380.08–0.13	1:380.20–0.00
Norris–Doan–Benson		1:020.22–0.03		0:350.01–0.00						0:410.04–0.01	1:560.01–0.00	0:550.22–0.03
Thompson–Quinn–Doan					0:590.00–0.08					0:450.00–0.00
Samuelsson–Dahlin	3:530.04–0.16	4:040.50–0.26	0:380.00–0.00	0:590.00–0.08	0:540.00–0.08					7:540.58–0.34	1:560.00–0.04	2:550.00–0.12
Byram–Power	3:200.22–0.13	2:180.00–0.18					1:050.24–0.00			2:410.00–0.18	6:050.45–0.30	1:050.08–0.00
Stanley–Timmins	0:300.25–0.00		1:290.00–0.00	0:350.01–0.00		0:540.00–0.04		0:430.03–0.21		2:070.16–0.13	2:120.49–0.14	2:340.01–0.15
Dahlin–Byram	1:550.07–0.17	0:330.00–0.00								1:370.07–0.00	0:380.00–0.17	0:420.00–0.00
Timmins–Samuelsson										1:370.00–0.22	0:300.00–0.00
Samuelsson–Power	0:400.00–0.01	0:560.02–0.03								0:350.02–0.00	1:140.00–0.01
Samuelsson–Byram
Timmins–Byram		0:300.00–0.00									0:300.00–0.00		0:390.01–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

BUFSEAFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Brandon MontourSEA	26	26:25	1:01	2:00	4	1
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	26	26:14	1:01	1:33	0	7
Rasmus DahlinBUF	30	25:10	0:50	1:50	6	2
Alex TuchBUF	28	24:32	0:53	1:57	6	4
Tage ThompsonBUF	24	24:21	1:01	2:52	6	0
Vince DunnSEA	26	23:07	0:53	1:51	6	3
Chandler StephensonSEA	29	23:03	0:48	1:30	4	7
Ryker EvansSEA	23	22:20	0:58	2:00	1	0
Matty BeniersSEA	24	21:36	0:54	1:44	3	1
Bowen ByramBUF	26	21:29	0:50	1:22	4	1
Owen PowerBUF	25	20:32	0:49	1:19	3	1
Bobby McMannSEA	24	20:14	0:51	1:17	4	4
Jordan EberleSEA	22	19:30	0:53	1:36	3	0
Adam LarssonSEA	23	18:37	0:49	2:16	2	4
Frederick GaudreauSEA	25	17:54	0:43	1:30	2	6
Berkly CattonSEA	23	17:50	0:47	1:43	1	0
Jack QuinnBUF	23	17:06	0:45	1:55	7	1
Kaapo KakkoSEA	22	17:02	0:46	1:17	3	3
Ryan McLeodBUF	23	16:44	0:44	1:23	4	4
Conor TimminsBUF	22	16:40	0:45	1:38	1	3
Peyton KrebsBUF	19	15:17	0:48	1:22	5	2
Jared McCannSEA	20	15:16	0:46	1:24	4	2
Josh NorrisBUF	18	15:08	0:50	1:57	4	4
Eeli TolvanenSEA	23	14:54	0:39	1:27	5	5
Zach BensonBUF	19	14:39	0:46	1:54	1	2
Ryan LindgrenSEA	20	14:07	0:42	1:14	0	8
Jason ZuckerBUF	19	14:05	0:44	1:51	7	1
Josh DoanBUF	16	13:21	0:50	1:25	2	2
Jamie OleksiakSEA	18	12:54	0:43	1:25	0	7
Logan StanleyBUF	16	12:17	0:46	1:48	1	0
Ben MeyersSEA	15	11:44	0:47	1:15	2	4
Sam CarrickBUF	22	10:50	0:30	0:58	4	4
Beck MalenstynBUF	18	10:44	0:36	1:09	2	1
Oscar Fisker MolgaardSEA	15	10:40	0:43	1:03	0	2
Tyson KozakBUF	15	7:51	0:31	1:02	2	1
Shane WrightSEA	6	3:36	0:36	0:46	2	1

Seattle Kraken 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals