Buffalo 5, Seattle 2 After 40 Minutes
Grubauer gloves Thompson's left circle laser, and the Kraken kill off the Tolvanen penalty.
The Kraken goalie likes the waffle: Grubauer makes blocker saves on Victor Olofsson and then Tuch. Idle thought: Tuch wears #89, which should be off-limits to honor the Sabre great Alex Mogilny.
Scoring note: three Sabres already have multi-point games; Tuch and Thompson, one goal and one assist, and Zemgus Girgensons, two assists.
Two quick strikes by the Sabres 40 seconds apart may have put this game out of reach. Grubauer gets a very temporary reprieve when Dylan Cozens deflects JJ Peterka's shot off the right post, but Owen Power won't be denied on the rebound at 10:36.
Skinner piles on with his second of the night, 23rd of the season at 11:16.
Not long after the expiration of a Seattle power play, Buffalo's Luukkonen makes his finest save on a Tye Kartye grade-A chance. Kartye has been shifted to the Kraken's new "Why" line with Yanni Gourde and Kailer Yamamoto.
2nd period shots were 12-8 Buffalo, 22-17 through 40.