Buffalo SabresvsSan Jose Sharks — Mar 18, 2026

Mar 18, 2026

End 2nd

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Linescore

Team123Total
BUF0303
SJS0000

Shots On Goal

Team123Total
BUF5308
SJS710017

Goals

2nd Period

N. Ostlund
BUF

N. Ostlund(11th)

9:05(EV)

Assisted by J. Doan and L. Stanley

S. Carrick
BUF

S. Carrick(7th)

9:41(EV)

Assisted by R. Dahlin and Z. Benson

R. Dahlin
BUF

R. Dahlin(14th)

10:48(EV)

Assisted by J. Zucker and M. Samuelsson

Game Stats

Away team logo
vs
Home team logo

8

Shots On Goal

17

46.2

Faceoff %

53.8

0-1 (0.0%)

Power Play %

(0.0%) 0-2

4

Penalty Minutes

2

13

Hits

15

10

Blocked Shots

11

8

Giveaways

13

3

Takeaways

5

Box Score

2W. Smith00000000011-14:27
21A. Wennberg000020110000.512:02
23B. Goodrow000-10010303-07:14
44K. Sherwood000-200111031.013:31
51C. Graf000-100002011.010:37
63Z. Ostapchuk000-100110020.506:29
71M. Celebrini000-100111010.514:14
72W. Eklund000-100000020.011:36
73T. Toffoli00000000001-03:41
77M. Misa000-100101000.710:44
81A. Gaudette000-100100100.006:56
84P. Regenda000000201001.010:41
4N. Leddy000-10000012-12:28
5V. Desharnais00000013100-11:54
6S. Dickinson000-20012000-11:57
9D. Orlov00000010111-13:34
38M. Ferraro000-20022100-14:35
85S. Mukhamadullin000-10010110-11:20
33A. Nedeljkovic.6258533/632/200/0040:00
93L. Brossoit.0000000/000/000/0000:00
OVRTeamGFGAGDL10StrkPTS
4th
BUF
237200+379-1-0W290
23rd
SJS
207234-275-3-2L270
Playoff SpotWildcardOut of Playoffs

Season Stats Comparison

SJSStatBUF
3.11Goals/Game3.43
3.53Goals Against/Game2.94
25.9Shots/Game28.1
19.9%Power Play %20.5%
78.8%Penalty Kill %83.2%
47.2%Faceoff %45.3%

Goaltenders

SJS

1
Yaroslav Askarov

Yaroslav Askarov

5 GP

Record

19-17-3

GAA

3.56

EV%

.877

PK%

.818

SV%

.886

2
Alex Nedeljkovic

Alex Nedeljkovic

5 GP

Record

13-10-3

GAA

2.85

EV%

.906

PK%

.947

SV%

.901

BUF

1
Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

5 GP

Record

19-8-3

GAA

2.62

EV%

.924

PK%

.885

SV%

.913

2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

5 GP

Record

16-8-2

GAA

2.60

EV%

.924

PK%

.929

SV%

.909

Hot Players (Last 5 Games)

SJS

1
M. Celebrini

M. Celebrini

C | 5GP

G

3

A

3

P

6

PPP

1

PPG

0

P/G

1.20

2
C. Graf

C. Graf

R | 5GP

G

3

A

2

P

5

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

3
T. Toffoli

T. Toffoli

C | 5GP

G

2

A

3

P

5

PPP

2

PPG

1

P/G

1.00

BUF

1
R. Dahlin

R. Dahlin

D | 5GP

G

1

A

5

P

6

PPP

2

PPG

0

P/G

1.20

2
J. Quinn

J. Quinn

R | 5GP

G

4

A

1

P

5

PPP

1

PPG

1

P/G

1.00

3
J. Zucker

J. Zucker

L | 5GP

G

3

A

2

P

5

PPP

2

PPG

1

P/G

1.00

Avg Goals Scored Per Period

1.041.00
1.241.06
1.100.89
1st Period2nd Period3rd Period
BUF
SJS

Head-to-Head

Performance in Last 10 Matchups

Head-to-Head Wins

BUF (7)SJS (3)

Goals / Game

BUF
3.90
SJS
2.90

Goals Against / Game

BUF
2.90
SJS
3.90

Shots / Game

BUF
7.9
SJS
8.1

Power Play %

BUF
20.0%
SJS
10.0%

Penalty Kill %

BUF
90.0%
SJS
80.0%

Face-Off %

BUF
57.1%
SJS
42.9%

Scratches

SJS

1
Ryan Reaves

Ryan Reaves

2
John Klingberg

John Klingberg

3
Philipp Kurashev

Philipp Kurashev

4
Yaroslav Askarov

Yaroslav Askarov

5
Igor Chernyshov

Igor Chernyshov

BUF

1
Luke Schenn

Luke Schenn

2
Tanner Pearson

Tanner Pearson

3
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

4
Michael Kesselring

Michael Kesselring

5
Josh Dunne

Josh Dunne

6
Tyson Kozak

Tyson Kozak

PIM Leaders (Season)

SJS

1
Barclay Goodrow

Barclay Goodrow

C

PIM

64

2
Vincent Desharnais

Vincent Desharnais

D

PIM

60

3
Dmitry Orlov

Dmitry Orlov

D

PIM

38

BUF

1
Peyton Krebs

Peyton Krebs

C

PIM

76

2
Rasmus Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin

D

PIM

64

3
Michael Kesselring

Michael Kesselring

D

PIM

50

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