SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 4 at Montreal 0
Goals: Tolvanen, Sprong, Dunn, Beniers
Goalie: Jones (21/21)
PP: 1/6 PK: 2/2 Shots: Seattle 41 – Montreal 21
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 101)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 39 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 39 games – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 6, 2022: Reassigned F Shane Wright to Kingston (OHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Jan. 12: Seattle at Boston, 4 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 14: Seattle at Chicago, 5 p.m. PT
Monday, Jan. 16: Tampa Bay at Seattle, 1 p.m. PT
Tuesday, Jan. 17: Seattle at Edmonton, 6 p.m. PT
Thursday, Jan. 19: New Jersey at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight is Seattle’s fifth of seven consecutive games that they will play on the road. Their seven-game road trip is their longest such stretch of the season and will conclude on Jan. 14 at Chicago. The team’s current stretch of seven road games are the most consecutive games they have played on the road in franchise history.
• A win tonight would give the Kraken wins in at least six consecutive games for the second time this season. The team previously a franchise-best seven straight games from Nov. 17 to Dec. 1. Their five-game win streak is tied with the Winnipeg Jets for the longest active win streak in the NHL.
• If the Kraken are victorious tonight, it would make the Sabres the third team that Seattle has defeated four times (Los Angeles, San Jose) and the first team that the Kraken have won four consecutive games against a single opponent. The Kraken are 3-0-0 all-time against the Sabres.
• A win tonight would also make the Sabres the fifth team that the Kraken have defeated in consecutive road games. They have previously won at least two consecutive road games against the Florida Panthers (Nov. 27, 2021 and Dec. 1, 2022), Los Angeles Kings (March 28, 20222, Oct. 13, 2022 and Nov. 29, 2022), Montreal Canadiens (March 12, 2022 and Jan. 9, 2023) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (Jan. 27, 2022 and Nov. 5, 2022).
• Yesterday’s game against the Canadiens and tonight’s game against the Sabres is the Kraken’s second back-to-back set this season. The team will play in eight total back-to-back sets this year, five of which where both games are played on the road. The Kraken went 1-0-1 in the first back-to-back set of the season, falling 5-4 in overtime to the Ducks on Oct. 12 and defeating the Kings 4-1 on Oct. 13.
• The Kraken are one of four teams (Boston, Nashville, Winnipeg) to have not lost a game in 2023 and the only team to have five wins.
• Jamie Oleksiak’s next point will be the 100th of his NHL career. He is set to become the seventh defenseman from the 2011
NHL Draft class to reach the milestone.
BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Monday, Jan. 9
Philadelphia 4 at Buffalo 0
Goals: N/A
Goalie: Anderson (34 saves/38 shots)
PP: 0/1; PK: 3/3; Shots: Philadelphia 38 – Buffalo 28
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 99)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Henri Jokiharju (Lower body, Dec. 10; IR) – 11 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
1/7: Assigned F Jiri Kulich and F Isak Rosen to Rochester (AHL)
1/9: Activated G Eric Comrie off of IR; Loaned goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Jan. 12: Winnipeg at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14: Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 16: Florida at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 17: Buffalo at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 19: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
KRAKEN AT SABRES
• This is the second and final meeting between the Sabres and Kraken this season.
• Last meeting: Seattle defeated Buffalo 5-1 in Seattle on Oct. 25, 2022.
• This is the fourth game all-time between Buffalo and Seattle; Buffalo has a 0-3-0 series record.
• The Sabres are 0-1-0 at home against the Kraken all-time.
THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY
• The Sabres are 12-7-2 all-time on January 10.
• January 10, 1974: Rene Robert and Rick Martin each score in a 10-second span in the third period as the Sabres defeat the
Rangers 7-2 at the Aud.
• January 10, 1986: The Sabres get goals from seven different players, including two each from John Tucker and Dave
Andreychuk, to earn the 600th win in franchise history (9-7 vs. Toronto).
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded an assist in all three of his career meetings with the Kraken.
• After Monday’s game, Buffalo led all NHL teams in goals scored per game (3.89) in 2022-23.
• Alex Tuch has notched 32 points (11+21) in his last 23 games, including eight points (3+5) in his last five games.
• Tage Thompson has recorded 30 goals in his last 31 games, totaling 53 points (30+23) in that span.
• Dylan Cozens has tallied 29 points (9+20) in his last 25 games and owns six points (2+4) in his last six games.
• Cozens is one goal, two assists and two points away from surpassing his previous single-season career highs in those categories, all of which he set in 79 games in 2021-22.
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 27 points (5+22) in his last 23 games, including six points (2+4) in his last three games.
• Dahlin is one goal away from matching his previous career high of 13, which he set in 80 games in 2021-22.
• In his last 17 games, Jeff Skinner has recorded 25 points (12+13).
• Casey Mittelstadt owns four points (0+4) in his last three games.
• Jacob Bryson needs three points to surpass his previous career high for points in a single season (10 in 2021-22).
BACK-TO-BACK
Tonight’s game wraps up Buffalo’s seventh of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season, which began last night with a 4-0 loss vs. Philadelphia. The Sabres are 3-3-1 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 1-5-0 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in back-to-back sets this season is: four points (1), three points (0), two points (2), one point (1) and zero points (2).
