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San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 6–3 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
San Jose Sharks 3 39-35-8
at Buffalo Sabres 6 50-23-9

Goals by period

Team Total
San Jose Sharks 1 1 1 3
Buffalo Sabres 2 2 2 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
San Jose Sharks 5 8 7 20
Buffalo Sabres 8 12 6 26

Three stars

  1. J. Quinn, Buffalo Sabres (3 goals, 1 assist)
  2. J. Zucker, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. B. Malenstyn, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:12 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn (13) Jason Zucker (16), Ryan McLeod (34) Even strength SJS 0, BUF 1
1st 05:39 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch (28) Rasmus Dahlin (45), Mattias Samuelsson (24) Even strength SJS 0, BUF 2
1st 12:54 San Jose Sharks Macklin Celebrini (33) Will Smith (26) Even strength SJS 1, BUF 2
2nd 04:59 Buffalo Sabres Beck Malenstyn (6) Peyton Krebs (21), Rasmus Dahlin (46) Even strength SJS 1, BUF 3
2nd 08:51 Buffalo Sabres Jason Zucker (20) Jack Quinn (28), Owen Power (16) Even strength SJS 1, BUF 4
2nd 19:29 San Jose Sharks Kiefer Sherwood (20) Mario Ferraro (11), Alexander Wennberg (28) Even strength SJS 2, BUF 4
3rd 00:42 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn (14) Ryan McLeod (35), Rasmus Dahlin (47) Even strength SJS 2, BUF 5
3rd 06:56 San Jose Sharks Alexander Wennberg (13) Tyler Toffoli (24) Power play SJS 3, BUF 5
3rd 17:14 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn (15) Ryan McLeod (36) Even strength, Empty net SJS 3, BUF 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat San Jose Sharks Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 20 26
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 24 18
Hits 23 21
Blocked shots 16 14
Giveaways 17 14
Takeaways 4 7
Faceoffs won 27/55 (49.1%) 28/55 (50.9%)

Box score

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
2 W. Smith C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 20:49
21 A. Wennberg C 1 1 2 -4 0 4 0 0 1 66.7% 17:12
23 B. Goodrow C 0 0 0 0 17 1 3 0 0 09:03
44 K. Sherwood L 1 0 1 -3 0 1 5 0 0 16:29
51 C. Graf R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 17:41
63 Z. Ostapchuk C 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 50% 09:01
71 M. Celebrini C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 3 0 23.5% 24:25
72 W. Eklund L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 100% 16:29
73 T. Toffoli C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 15:38
77 M. Misa C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 42.9% 14:06
81 A. Gaudette R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 80% 10:55
96 P. Kurashev C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 0 0 50% 12:29
3 J. Klingberg D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 1 0 17:56
5 V. Desharnais D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 17:26
6 S. Dickinson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 19:31
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 1 0 21:09
38 M. Ferraro D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 20:46
85 S. Mukhamadullin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:59
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
30 Y. Askarov 25 20 5 .800 58:56 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
6 Z. Benson L 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 16:25
9 J. Norris C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 85.7% 14:02
10 S. Carrick C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 2 0 50% 13:33
17 J. Zucker L 1 1 2 +4 2 1 0 1 0 12:56
19 P. Krebs C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 3 2 0 13:58
22 J. Quinn R 3 1 4 +4 0 4 1 0 0 15:09
29 B. Malenstyn L 1 0 1 +1 5 2 5 0 0 11:31
71 R. McLeod C 0 3 3 +4 0 1 0 0 0 61.1% 17:02
72 T. Thompson C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 22.2% 16:41
86 N. Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 42.9% 15:29
89 A. Tuch R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 2 0 16:00
91 J. Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 15:07
4 B. Byram D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 0 0 21:40
8 M. Kesselring D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 15:09
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 3 0 22:25
25 O. Power D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 0 1 0 22:49
26 R. Dahlin D 0 3 3 +4 0 2 0 0 0 20:07
64 L. Stanley D 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 15:51
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
34 A. Lyon 20 17 3 .850 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 15:34 San Jose Sharks Zack Ostapchuk Fighting (major) 5
1st 15:34 Buffalo Sabres Logan Stanley Fighting (major) 5
1st 15:56 San Jose Sharks Barclay Goodrow Instigator 2
1st 15:56 Buffalo Sabres Beck Malenstyn Fighting (major) 5
1st 15:56 San Jose Sharks Barclay Goodrow Fighting (major) 5
1st 15:56 San Jose Sharks Barclay Goodrow Instigator misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 13:55 Buffalo Sabres Zach Benson Roughing 2
2nd 13:55 San Jose Sharks Dmitry Orlov Roughing 2
2nd 13:55 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson Roughing 2
3rd 06:50 Buffalo Sabres Jason Zucker Interference 2
3rd 10:35 Buffalo Sabres Logan Stanley High sticking 2

Game information

San Jose Sharks head coach
Ryan Warsofsky
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Garrett Rank, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
James Tobias, David Brisebois
San Jose Sharks scratches
Ryan Reaves, Nick Leddy, Pavol Regenda
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Luke Schenn, Tanner Pearson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Josh Dunne, Tyson Kozak, Zach Metsa

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
San Jose Sharks 3 at Buffalo Sabres 6 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 5 at San Jose Sharks 0 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 10

Matchup Status Details
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Boston Bruins 2 Final/OT Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 0 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final/SO Game page
New York Islanders 4 at St. Louis Blues 3 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Utah Mammoth 0 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Winnipeg Jets 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 4 at Seattle Kraken 2 Final Game page

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