At The Final Horn | Sabres fall to Kraken on Hockey Fights Cancer Night

Brett Murray scored the first goal of his NHL career, Jeff Skinner scored twice and Dylan Cozens also tallied for the Buffalo Sabres on Monday, but it wasn't enough in a 7-4 loss to the Seattle Kraken at KeyBank Center.
Kyle Okposo recorded two assists to extend his point streak to four games (2+3). Dustin Tokarski made 25 saves. Murray also logged an assist for his first career multi-point game.
But the Kraken poured it on with two goals each from Jared McCann and Mason Appleton as well as markers from Carson Soucy, Brandon Tanev and Jaden Schwartz.
Chris Driedger stopped 32 shots for Seattle.

How it happened

The Kraken scored three times in the first period, including two shorthanded goals.
Soucy opened the scoring while Buffalo was on the power play 5:47 into the contest with a blast from the point.
Then with 5:20 remaining, Tanev cut in on goal and scored while down a man to make it 2-0. Seattle increased its lead with 55.1 seconds left in the period when McCann scored his ninth goal of the season.
Murray out Buffalo on the board 1:53 into the second period, cashing in a rebound off an Okposo shot.
The Kraken regained their three-goal when McCann one-timed a shot all alone from the slot in past Tokarski at the 7:59 mark of the middle period.
The Sabres scored on the power play with 2:33 left in the period thanks to Jeff Skinner, but the Kraken responded right away. Appleton potted his first of the season with 1:51 remaining. Former Sabre Will Borgen earned his first career point with the primary assist.

Skinner scored his second of the night 37 seconds into the third period when he cashed in on a Victor Olofsson rebound to make it 5-3.
Scwartz put the Kraken up by four with 6:16 left and Cozens deflected in a shot by Okposo with 1:33 remaining in regulation.
Appleton buried a shot into an empty net with 24.3 seconds left for the game's final goal.
Buffalo's power play was 1-for-4 and they didn't need to kill any penalties in the game.

Roll the highlight film

Here's Rick Jeanneret calling Brett Murray's first-career goal:

Worthy of a mention

It was Hockey Fights Cancer Night in Buffalo.
In partnership with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, the organizations hosted events throughout the night in support of local cancer patients and their charitable organizations as part of an NHL-wide initiative to raise money and awareness for cancer research.

Watch the pregame video open and ceremonial faceoff here:

All fans attending the game received a Sabres Hockey Fights Cancer scarf.

An online auction featuring unique Sabres autographed merchandise and experiences is now running at Sabres.com/Auctions until Friday, December 10 at 9 p.m., with all proceeds benefitting Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

To commemorate the night, all Sabres players wore lavender Hockey Fights Cancer themed jerseys and use sticks with lavender tape during warmups. The jerseys are also being auctioned off at Sabres.com/Auctions.

Sabres coaches and broadcasters will be wearing commemorative Hockey Fights Cancer ties:

Before the game, Sabres forward Alex Tuch made a surprise visit to Roswell:

Sabres alumni Mike Foligno and Larry Playfair also stopped by:

Foligno then joined Dan Dunleavy on the pregame show to talk about his family's experience battling cancer:

During the first intermission Dr. Candace Johnson and Dr. Renier Brentjens spoke with Brian Duff about the work Roswell Park is doing and why Hockey Fights Cancer Night is such a special event each year:

Rick the team dog also made an appearance:

Coming up

The Sabres will hit the road for a two-game trip down south. They'll take on the Florida Panthers on Thursday and then the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.
Faceoff on Thursday is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550.