Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Saturday, February 18, 2023 · SAP Center at San Jose

BuffaloSabresAway

4–2

Final

SOG 31–35

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MSG-B · NBCSCA

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Sabres 35-31.

Goals came from Dylan Cozens, Evgeny Svechnikov, Owen Power, Alexander Barabanov, Jeff Skinner and Alex Tuch.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 27 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	2	4	31
SJS	1	1	0	2	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dylan Cozens (20)Unassisted1–003:01 BUF
Evgeny Svechnikov (6)Jacob MacDonald (3), Steven Lorentz (6)1–116:49 SJS

2nd period

Owen Power (4)Alex Tuch (33), Jeff Skinner (32)2–106:26 BUF
Alexander Barabanov (11)Logan Couture (27), Erik Karlsson (56)2–211:57 SJS

3rd period

Jeff Skinner (21)Tage Thompson (35)3–209:52 BUF
Alex Tuch (26)Rasmus Dahlin (45)4–218:59 BUF · EN

Team stats

BUFSJS

31Shots on goal35

51%Faceoff %49%

0/1Power play0/1

4Penalty minutes4

12Hits19

9Blocked shots19

11Giveaways10

12Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 18:28Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
2nd 16:44Erik Karlsson · holding2 min
2nd 18:55Peyton Krebs · slashing2 min
2nd 18:55Timo Meier · roughing2 min
3rd 01:23Timo Meier · ps hooking on breakaway0 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

53Jeff SkinnerL	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:40
89Alex TuchR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	100	17:30
24Dylan CozensC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	46	13:33
72Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	73	16:47
25Owen PowerD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	23:45
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	3	2	–	26:51
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	13:35
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	2	41	16:36
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	14:39
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:05
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100	14:23
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	60	15:32
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	13:19
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	12:29
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	–	22:14
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	–	22:23
38Kale ClagueD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	07:13
46Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	16:26

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00
41Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

10Evgeny SvechnikovL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	11:08
16Steven LorentzC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	80	12:21
39Logan CoutureC	0	1	1	-1	1	4	3	0	50	19:12
94Alexander BarabanovL	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	20:18
9Jacob MacDonaldD	0	1	1	-1	6	2	3	0	–	21:52
65Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	–	27:17
7Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	55	11:36
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:10
21Michael EyssimontC	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	–	15:24
23Oskar LindblomL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	100	11:14
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	-3	2	1	2	2	–	19:50
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	28	19:28
62Kevin LabancR	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	–	14:17
73Noah GregorC	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	11:47
4Scott HarringtonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	16:38
5Matt BenningD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	17:02
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	–	19:51
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	14:51

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36Kaapo KahkonenG	L	30	27	3	.900	57:44
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00