San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, January 6, 2022 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · NBCSCA
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 39-21.
Goals came from Matt Nieto, Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl, Jeff Skinner and Zemgus Girgensons.
Adin Hill made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 18 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Nieto (3)Andrew Cogliano (8), Nick Bonino (2)1–012:27 SJS
Timo Meier (14)Tomas Hertl (11), Mario Ferraro (9)2–013:44 SJS
Tomas Hertl (17)Alexander Barabanov (14)3–017:24 SJS
2nd period
Jeff Skinner (11)Victor Olofsson (15)3–107:56 BUF
3rd period
Zemgus Girgensons (7)Tage Thompson (11), Rasmus Dahlin (16)3–218:15 BUF · PPG
Team stats
SJSBUF
21Shots on goal39
40%Faceoff %60%
0/1Power play1/3
11Penalty minutes7
16Hits10
21Blocked shots7
3Giveaways5
1Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 02:20
John Hayden · fighting5 min - 1st 02:20
Jonah Gadjovich · fighting5 min - 2nd 13:58Jeff Skinner · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:44Marc-Edouard Vlasic · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 09:03Andrew Cogliano · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 17:51Jaycob Megna · tripping2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:11 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:07 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:32 |
| 26Jasper WeatherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 42Jonah GadjovichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:49 |
| 54Scott ReedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 63Jeffrey VielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:22 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 76Jonathan DahlenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 6Ryan MerkleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 24Jaycob MegnaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | W | 39 | 37 | 2 | .949 | 60:00 |
| 36Zach SawchenkoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:04 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:27 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28:47 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:47 |
| 17Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 49Ryan MacInnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:00 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:41 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:44 |
| 6Ethan ProwD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22:50 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 57:54 |
| 47Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |