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Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

Mar 19, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 16
San Jose Sharks 0 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
09:05 BUF Noah Ostlund (11) Josh Doan (24), Logan Stanley (13) 1 - 0
09:41 BUF Sam Carrick (7) Rasmus Dahlin (48), Zach Benson (23) 2 - 0
10:48 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (14) Jason Zucker (17), Mattias Samuelsson (26) 3 - 0
3rd Period
00:40 BUF Tage Thompson (35) Peyton Krebs (23), Alex Tuch (30) 4 - 0
16:54 BUF Sam Carrick (8) Logan Stanley (14), Zach Metsa (3) 5 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:56 SJS Alexander Wennberg High sticking 2
16:09 BUF Jason Zucker High sticking 2
2nd Period
04:38 BUF Owen Power Holding 2
3rd Period
13:40 SJS Barclay Goodrow Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 43 26 16 5 2.4 45.2
San Jose Sharks 49 34 23 0 2.1 54.8

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdSan Jose Sharks aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while San Jose Sharks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 5 scored · San Jose Sharks: 2.1 expected, 0 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 9:05 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 9:41 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 10:48 of 2nd, a 24% chanceBUF goal, 0:40 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 16:54 of 3rd, a 20% chanceBUF 2.4SJS 2.1

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres
San Jose Sharks

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund10:1918.844.21-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn10:0753.360.11-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs8:5735.035.21-0
Sam Carrick · Beck Malenstyn · Zach Benson6:5862.570.22-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power16:1843.352.81-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin13:4238.946.22-0
Logan Stanley · Zach Metsa13:3150.065.72-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
10 Sam Carrick C 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 13:27 0.48 11-10 0.63-0.46
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 19:15 0.24 10-13 0.53-0.43
8 Logan Stanley D 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 18:06 0.02 13-12 0.70-0.37
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 16:50 0.24 12-14 0.45-0.46
86 Noah Ostlund C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:06 0.39 10-13 0.68-0.36
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 11:59 7-4 0.42-0.18
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 14:08 0.13 10-13 0.68-0.63
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:17 10-16 0.32-0.58
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 18:36 0.01 9-14 0.37-0.53
73 Zach Metsa D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15:48 0.01 15-13 0.85-0.38
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:36 0.05 12-14 0.45-0.46
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:17 0.29 4-15 0.28-0.46
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:54 6-15 0.41-0.46
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:55 0.22 11-12 0.75-0.62
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:07 0.29 16-20 0.89-0.84
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20:47 14-20 0.88-0.94
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 13:54 0.07 11-5 0.63-0.21
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:58 9-7 0.62-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon W, SO 23 23 0 60:00 2.01 +2.01

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Wennberg · Pavol Regenda · Will Smith7:2054.543.30-1
Kiefer Sherwood · William Eklund · Michael Misa6:5037.517.30-1
Will Smith · Macklin Celebrini · Collin Graf4:1580.086.40-0
Barclay Goodrow · Adam Gaudette · Zack Ostapchuk3:04100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mario Ferraro · Sam Dickinson13:4050.023.50-2
Dmitry Orlov · Vincent Desharnais10:1056.354.50-1
Nick Leddy · Shakir Mukhamadullin9:4858.346.30-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
2 Will Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:29 0.39 18-10 0.97-0.34
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:15 0.12 12-14 0.57-0.56
6 Sam Dickinson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 19:02 0.05 13-16 0.34-1.20
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:15 0.06 18-12 0.68-0.54
21 Alexander Wennberg C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 17:42 12-10 0.23-0.70
23 Barclay Goodrow C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 11:36 0.15 10-3 0.33-0.04
27 William Eklund L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:54 0.06 12-14 0.33-1.09
38 Mario Ferraro D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 23:06 0.01 20-15 0.80-1.10
44 Kiefer Sherwood L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 20:43 0.33 16-15 0.55-0.85
51 Collin Graf R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:27 0.27 14-10 0.73-0.68
63 Zack Ostapchuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:40 0.08 9-3 0.41-0.16
71 Macklin Celebrini C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 21:33 0.22 18-11 0.87-0.44
73 Tyler Toffoli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:41 0.09 2-1 0.09-0.00
73 Vincent Desharnais D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:51 0.01 13-12 0.41-0.32
77 Michael Misa C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:20 0.10 10-18 0.37-0.93
81 Adam Gaudette R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:54 0.07 6-11 0.14-0.85
84 Pavol Regenda L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:16 0.07 11-8 0.23-0.26
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:16 16-7 0.70-0.50
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Alex Nedeljkovic L 16 11 5 60:00 2.34 -2.66