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Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 5–0 on Thursday, March 19, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Buffalo Sabres 5 50-23-9
at San Jose Sharks 0 39-35-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 3 2 5
San Jose Sharks 0 0 0 0

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 5 3 8 16
San Jose Sharks 7 10 6 23

Three stars

  1. A. Lyon, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. R. Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. M. Samuelsson, Buffalo Sabres (1 assist)

Scoring summary

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

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres San Jose Sharks
Shots on goal 16 23
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 14 27
Blocked shots 14 16
Giveaways 10 19
Takeaways 4 6
Faceoffs won 24/48 (50%) 24/48 (50%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
6 Z. Benson L 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 0 11:59
9 J. Norris C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 53.3% 14:54
10 S. Carrick C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 0 0 88.9% 13:27
17 J. Zucker L 0 1 1 +1 2 2 0 0 14:08
19 P. Krebs C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 14:17
22 J. Quinn R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 14:55
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 +2 0 0 3 0 13:54
71 R. McLeod C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 40% 15:58
72 T. Thompson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 3 0 25% 16:50
86 N. Ostlund C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 50% 16:06
89 A. Tuch R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 2 17:36
91 J. Doan R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 1 15:17
4 B. Byram D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 24:07
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 18:36
25 O. Power D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 3 20:47
26 R. Dahlin D 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 0 19:15
64 L. Stanley D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 1 2 18:06
73 Z. Metsa D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 1 15:48
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
34 A. Lyon 23 23 0 1.000 60:00 Win

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
2 W. Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 20:29
21 A. Wennberg C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 1 35% 17:42
23 B. Goodrow C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 0 11:36
44 K. Sherwood L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 1 100% 20:43
51 C. Graf R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 100% 17:27
63 Z. Ostapchuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 40% 11:40
71 M. Celebrini C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 66.7% 21:33
72 W. Eklund L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 15:54
73 T. Toffoli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 03:41
77 M. Misa C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 80% 14:20
81 A. Gaudette R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 10:54
84 P. Regenda L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 100% 14:16
4 N. Leddy D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 18:15
5 V. Desharnais D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 4 19:51
6 S. Dickinson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 3 19:02
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 19:15
38 M. Ferraro D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 3 23:06
85 S. Mukhamadullin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 16:16
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
33 A. Nedeljkovic 16 11 5 .688 60:00 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:56 San Jose Sharks Alexander Wennberg High sticking 2
1st 16:09 Buffalo Sabres Jason Zucker High sticking 2
2nd 04:38 Buffalo Sabres Owen Power Holding 2
3rd 13:40 San Jose Sharks Barclay Goodrow Slashing 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
San Jose Sharks head coach
Ryan Warsofsky
Referees
Tom Chmielewski, Corey Syvret
Linesmen
Travis Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Luke Schenn, Tanner Pearson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Michael Kesselring, Josh Dunne, Tyson Kozak
San Jose Sharks scratches
Ryan Reaves, John Klingberg, Philipp Kurashev, Yaroslav Askarov, Igor Chernyshov

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 19

Matchup Status Details
Winnipeg Jets 1 at Boston Bruins 6 Final Game page
New York Islanders 2 at Ottawa Senators 3 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
New York Rangers 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 1 at Nashville Predators 3 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 4 at Edmonton Oilers 0 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Utah Mammoth 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 0 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at Los Angeles Kings 3 Final/SO Game page

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