Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Wednesday, March 15, 2000 · San Jose Arena

5–6

37–26

Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–5 in overtime on Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at San Jose Arena. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 37–26.

Goals came from Owen Nolan, Marco Sturm, Doug Gilmour, Geoff Sanderson, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Alexander Korolyuk, James Patrick, Curtis Brown, Tony Granato, Vincent Damphousse and Jeff Friesen.

Goals
BUF	2	1	2	0	5	37
SJS	2	1	2	1	6	26

Scoring

1st period

Owen Nolan (42)Jeff Friesen (32), Gary Suter (26)0–105:23 SJS ·
Marco Sturm (11)Vincent Damphousse (44)0–206:32 SJS ·
Doug Gilmour (23)Maxim Afinogenov (15), Jason Woolley (22)1–211:08 BUF ·
Geoff Sanderson (12)Unassisted2–211:16 BUF

2nd period

Vladimir Tsyplakov (11)Chris Gratton (30), Vaclav Varada (23)3–200:41 BUF
Alexander Korolyuk (14)Mike Ricci (17), Niklas Sundstrom (20)3–315:58 SJS

3rd period

James Patrick (5)Doug Gilmour (37), Curtis Brown (26)4–300:59 BUF
Curtis Brown (17)Miroslav Satan (28), Richard Smehlik (7)5–308:48 BUF
Tony Granato (5)Ron Sutter (6), Ronnie Stern (5)5–411:48 SJS
Vincent Damphousse (17)Niklas Sundstrom (21)5–519:32 SJS

Overtime

Jeff Friesen (23)Niklas Sundstrom (22), Marcus Ragnarsson (10)5–602:56 SJS

Team stats

BUFSJS

3726

51%49%

1/30/3

2837

617

1216

Penalties

4:48 into the first periodMike Rathje · holding2 min
10:18 into the first periodGary Suter · holding2 min
2:15 into the second periodErik Rasmussen · diving2 min
2:15 into the second periodMike Ricci · hooking2 min
3:05 into the second periodDoug Gilmour · high sticking2 min
10:44 into the second periodRhett Warrener · holding2 min
10:58 into the second periodJames Patrick · high sticking2 min
13:48 into the third periodMike Rathje · hooking2 min