"The losing culture that has permeated this organization for the past 14 years won’t change if the plan is to wait for these young players to figure it out on their own," writes Lance Lysowski.

The Buffalo Sabres were unable to preserve a two-goal lead after the first period, losing 6-2 to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday afternoon at KeyBank Center. Pat Malacaro has a complete game recap:

Buffalo’s goals came from Sam Lafferty, his second of the season, and Jack Quinn, his third in the last two games. JJ Peterka tallied a pair of secondary assists. Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves on 29 shots.

The Buffalo Sabres have returned to KeyBank Center and are welcoming the Seattle Kraken for their lone visit to Downtown Buffalo this regular season.

The Seattle Kraken scored five consecutive goals in a span of less than 14 minutes and added an empty-netter as they overcame an early deficit to embarrass the Sabres 6-2 on Saturday afternoon in KeyBank Center.

January 12 - Kaapo Kakko scored twice as the Seattle Kraken rallied from a two ... made 33 saves. Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn scored for Buffalo, which had won two straight and had points in ...

The Seattle ... Kraken began driving the puck toward their net. JJ Peterka got a hold of it from a bad pass by the visitors. He passed to Peyton Krebs who was open towards center ice. He passed to ...

The second period hasn’t always been kind to the Buffalo Sabres. They own a minus-12 goal differential in the middle frame and the Kraken took advantage and responded.

Oliver Bjorkstrand gave Seattle the lead on a scramble ... and Jared McCann each had two assists. The Kraken scored six straight goals after Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn gave the Sabres a 2-0 ...

Oliver Bjorkstrand gave Seattle the lead on a scramble ... and Jared McCann each had two assists. The Kraken scored six straight goals after Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn gave the Sabres a 2-0 ...

The Carolina Hurricanes will head north to Buffalo for a Wednesday night game against the Sabres. It’s scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET and you can watch it on TNT and live stream it on DirecTV Stream (FREE trial and discount) or Sling TV (discount). The matchup Wednesday is the season’s first meeting between the two teams.

The Buffalo Sabres will attempt to rebound from a brutal loss when they host the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.