San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, October 28, 2017 · KeyBank Center
SN · MSG-B · NBCSCA
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 33-31.
Goals came from Joonas Donskoi, Ryan O'Reilly, Jason Pominville, Chris Tierney and Logan Couture.
Aaron Dell made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joonas Donskoi (3)Unassisted1–009:12 SJS
2nd period
Ryan O'Reilly (4)Kyle Okposo (2), Sam Reinhart (2)1–102:55 BUF · PPG
Jason Pominville (6)Jack Eichel (8), Evander Kane (6)1–214:51 BUF
Chris Tierney (2)Melker Karlsson (1), Timo Meier (2)2–219:48 SJS
3rd period
Logan Couture (8)Tomas Hertl (4), Justin Braun (4)3–216:08 SJS
Team stats
SJSBUF
31Shots on goal33
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
15Hits16
17Blocked shots10
6Giveaways10
1Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 02:03
Sam Reinhart · tripping2 min - 1st 07:03
Joonas Donskoi · slashing2 min - 1st 12:37Timo Meier · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:54Joonas Donskoi · hooking2 min
- 2nd 01:30Joel Ward · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:42Victor Antipin · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:45Evander Kane · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:21Logan Couture · interference2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:50 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:45 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:20 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:44 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:15 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 27:11 |
| 47Joakim RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:18 |
| 72Tim HeedD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 59:52 |
| 31Martin JonesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:12 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:39 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:11 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:17 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:04 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:17 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 95Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:45 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:05 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:08 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 38Zach RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 26:25 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 57:31 |