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San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 2025 · KeyBank Center

San Jose SharksSan JoseSharksAway

6–2

Final

SOG 28–22

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sharks outshot the Sabres 28-22.

Goals came from Timothy Liljegren, JJ Peterka, Nico Sturm, William Eklund, Tage Thompson, Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith and Tyler Toffoli.

Alexandar Georgiev made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 22 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
San Jose SharksSJS024628
Buffalo SabresBUF011222

Three stars

  1. ★1st starWill SmithSJS · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starWilliam EklundSJS · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJJ PeterkaBUF · 1G 1A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:22

4–2 · 3rd 7:58 · Celebrini. Kulich was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSJS on iceBUF on ice

1–0 SJS

2nd 1:01 · Liljegren

Power 0:24

1–1 BUF

2nd 5:13 · PP · Peterka

Long shift: Walman 1:13

2–1 SJS

2nd 18:22 · Sturm

Quinn 0:38

3–1 SJS

3rd 2:19 · Eklund

Long shift: Clifton 1:05

3–2 BUF

3rd 6:55 · Thompson

Long shift: Zetterlund 1:06

4–2 SJS

3rd 7:58 · Celebrini

Long shift: Kulich 1:22

5–2 SJS

3rd 12:49 · Smith

Long shift: McLeod 1:03

6–2 SJS

3rd 18:01 · EN · Toffoli

Tuch 0:38

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SJSBUF
28Shots on goal22
48%Faceoff %52%
0/2Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits29
21Blocked shots14
16Giveaways14
9Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 10:49Alex Tuch · roughing2 min
  • 1st 14:54Dylan Cozens · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 04:00Jack Thompson · holding2 min
  • 2nd 09:16Rasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 09:16Luke Kunin · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:32Barclay Goodrow · interference2 min

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