SEATTLE (AP) — Jamie Oleksiak scored the go-ahead aim within the second interval, and Adam Larsson and Jared McCann added scores within the third because the Seattle Kraken beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-4 on Monday.
Oleksiak’s aim on the 16:34 mark snapped a 3-all tie and got here lower than a minute after Buffalo’s Tage Thompson scored to erase a two-goal deficit.
Jack Quinn’s aim simply over 5 minutes into the sport gave Buffalo an early lead. Seattle assumed the lead after objectives by John Hayden, Chandler Stephenson within the first, and Matty Beniers made it 3-1 halfway by means of the second.
The Sabres countered with scores by Jason Zucker and Thompson, who made it 3-all at 15:38 along with his twentieth aim of the season.
Oleksiak put Seattle again in entrance, and scores by Larsson and McCann put the sport out of attain within the third.
Alex Tuch scored for Buffalo with 1:22 left, however McCann scored 17 seconds later, pushing the lead again to 2 objectives.
McCann’s aim and two assists was his first three-point recreation since October.
Seattle’s Joey Daccord completed with 25 saves. Buffalo’s Devon Levi stopped 28 photographs.
Takeaways
Sabres: Buffalo has allowed at the very least 5 objectives in every of its final three losses.
Kraken: Seattle improved to 7-1 all-time towards the Sabres. The Kraken’s solely loss to Buffalo got here on March 18, 2024.
Key second
Oleksiak’s go-ahead aim that got here 56 seconds after Thompson’s game-tying rating within the second.
Key stat
Since December 3, the Kraken are 10-0 when scoring at the very least 4 objectives. When scoring fewer than 4 objectives in the identical span, Seattle is 0-13.
Up subsequent
The Sabres are at Vancouver on Tuesday. The Kraken host Washington on Thursday evening.