National Hockey League
Seattle 5, Buffalo 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Where: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
Referees: Francis Charron, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Kilian McNamara, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 17151

The Seattle Kraken jumped out to an early lead and never looked back to secure their first home win of the season, 5-1 against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.

Daniel Sprong had a goal and two assists, and Brandon Tanev and Vince Dunn each had two assists for the Kraken. Martin Jones made 15 saves.

Dylan Cozens scored and Eric Comrie made 19 saves for the Sabres, whose three-game winning streak was snapped.

Jamie Oleksiak gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead at 2:20 of the first period. After Sprong's chance at the bottom of the right circle was stopped by Comrie, the forward directed the rebound into the high slot for the streaking Oleksiak.

Morgan Geekie doubled it to 2-0 at 5:39. Tanev backhanded a lob pass through the neutral zone for Geekie, who broke in and beat Comrie glove side.

The Kraken outshot the Sabres 11-5 in the opening frame.

Sprong capitalized on a Buffalo turnover to extend it to 3-0 at 4:46 of the second period. Sabres forward Vinnie Hinostroza's backhand pass deflected off a Kraken stick and redirected into the slot for Sprong, who got Comrie to bite on a deke before sliding it by his outstretched left leg.

Cozens got the Sabres on the board at 12:25. Jones made the save on Hinostroza's shot from above the left circle, but Cozens was at the side of the net to clean up the rebound and narrow it to 3-1.

The Kraken restored their three-goal lead a few minutes later on the power play. Andre Burakovsky sent a cross-ice feed to Jared McCann in the left circle for a quick strike to make it 4-1 at 16:07.

The Sabres appeared to score a power-play goal of their own five minutes into the third period, but Seattle challenged for offside and the goal was overturned after video review.

Matty Beniers made it 5-1 at 9:45 on the power play when his shot from the goal line hit Buffalo defenseman Lawrence Pilut and went into the net.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Buffalo   Seattle
Dylan Cozens 1 Points Daniel Sprong 3
Dylan Cozens 1 Goals Daniel Sprong 1
Rasmus Dahlin 1 Assists Daniel Sprong 2
N/A Power Play Goals Matty Beniers 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Eric Comrie .792 Save Percentage Martin Jones .938
Eric Comrie 19 Saves Martin Jones 15
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Buffalo 16 1 0-4 1-3 6 33
Seattle 24 5 2-3 4-4 8 16
Upcoming Games
  • Seattle will play their next game at home against Vancouver. The Kraken have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • Buffalo will play their next game at home against Montreal. The Sabres have a W/L % of .500 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.