Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, January 27, 2024 · SAP Center at San Jose
MSG-B · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 36-26.
JJ Peterka scored twice. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Jan Rutta, Jordan Greenway, Alex Tuch and Dylan Cozens also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (3)William Eklund (12), Ty Emberson (7)0–108:06 SJS
Jan Rutta (2)William Eklund (13)0–210:42 SJS
JJ Peterka (17)Dylan Cozens (18), Owen Power (16)1–214:14 BUF
Jordan Greenway (6)Alex Tuch (20), Casey Mittelstadt (29)2–218:01 BUF
2nd period
Alex Tuch (14)Casey Mittelstadt (30)3–201:36 BUF
3rd period
- JJ Peterka (18)Dylan Cozens (19), Jack Quinn (7)4–204:33 BUF
Dylan Cozens (10)Unassisted5–215:44 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFSJS
36Shots on goal26
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play0/2
10Penalty minutes10
14Hits14
17Blocked shots12
6Giveaways5
6Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 03:33
Mike Hoffman · hooking2 min - 2nd 07:13Logan Couture · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:43
Henri Jokiharju · interference2 min - 3rd 09:54Kyle Okposo · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:54Kyle Burroughs · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:54Kyle Okposo · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:54Luke Kunin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:54Jeff Skinner · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:56Connor Clifton · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:56William Eklund · embellishment2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 14:14 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14:14 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:31 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 24:17 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 19:55 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:48 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |
| 27Devon LeviG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 6Ty EmbersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:56 |
| 84Jan RuttaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 18Filip ZadinaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:19 |
| 22Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:05 |
| 90Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 4Kyle BurroughsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 83Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 85Shakir MukhamadullinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 36Kaapo KahkonenG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 59:12 |