Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Friday, February 26, 2016 · SAP Center at San Jose
SN · CSN-CA · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Friday, February 26, 2016 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Sabres 25-22.
Goals came from Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Johan Larsson, Zach Bogosian and Evander Kane.
Chad Johnson made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 19 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (8)Matt Nieto (8)0–101:28 SJS
2nd period
Johan Larsson (3)Brian Gionta (13)1–113:38 BUF
3rd period
Zach Bogosian (4)Zemgus Girgensons (9), Sam Reinhart (10)2–112:36 BUF
Evander Kane (17)Zach Bogosian (10)3–118:43 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFSJS
22Shots on goal25
44%Faceoff %56%
0/0Power play0/0
0Penalty minutes0
30Hits23
18Blocked shots10
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways9
Penalties
No penalties.
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 47Zach BogosianD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:32 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:48 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:27 |
| 56Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:24 |
| 25Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:30 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 16Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 18:52 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 58:54 |
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |