Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Tuesday, November 2, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 28-27.
Jeff Skinner scored twice and Tomas Hertl scored twice. Jonathan Dahlen, Ryan Merkley, Drake Caggiula and Mario Ferraro also scored.
James Reimer made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 22 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jonathan Dahlen (4)William Eklund (4), Brent Burns (5)0–107:25 SJS
Jeff Skinner (2)Vinnie Hinostroza (3), Robert Hagg (2)1–108:48 BUF
Ryan Merkley (1)Alexander Barabanov (3), Tomas Hertl (2)1–212:49 SJS
2nd period
Tomas Hertl (4)Rudolfs Balcers (1)1–306:13 SJS
Drake Caggiula (2)Vinnie Hinostroza (4), Dylan Cozens (3)2–313:33 BUF
3rd period
Mario Ferraro (1)Nick Merkley (1), Jasper Weatherby (2)2–406:02 SJS- Tomas Hertl (5)Rudolfs Balcers (2), Mario Ferraro (2)2–511:46 SJS
- Jeff Skinner (3)Tage Thompson (3), Rasmus Asplund (3)3–518:13 BUF
Team stats
BUFSJS
28Shots on goal27
35%Faceoff %65%
0/2Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits24
12Blocked shots11
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 19:00
Jasper Weatherby · tripping2 min - 1st 19:36
Dylan Cozens · hooking2 min - 2nd 16:00Brent Burns · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3rd 10:15Jasper Weatherby · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:15Vinnie Hinostroza · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 20:11 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:07 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:35 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:29 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:13 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:45 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:12 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 57:30 |
San Jose Sharks
| 48Tomas HertlC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 92Rudolfs BalcersL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 28:48 |
| 10Nick MerkleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:30 |
| 26Jasper WeatherbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 72William EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 76Jonathan DahlenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 6Ryan MerkleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 26:59 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 18Lane PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:53 |
| 43John LeonardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:54 |
| 24Jaycob MegnaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 23:58 |
| 53Nicolas MelocheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 61Santeri HatakkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 47James ReimerG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |