Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Thursday, March 19, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

BuffaloSabresAway

5–0

Final

SOG 16–23

San JoseSharksHome

MSG-B · NBCSCA

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Sabres 23-16.

Sam Carrick scored twice. Noah Ostlund, Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson also scored.

Alex Lyon made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 11 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	3	2	5	16
SJS	0	0	0	0	23

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Noah Ostlund (11)Josh Doan (24), Logan Stanley (13)1–009:05 BUF
Sam Carrick (7)Rasmus Dahlin (48), Zach Benson (23)2–009:41 BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (14)Jason Zucker (17), Mattias Samuelsson (26)3–010:48 BUF

3rd period

Tage Thompson (35)Peyton Krebs (23), Alex Tuch (30)4–000:40 BUF
Sam Carrick (8)Logan Stanley (14), Zach Metsa (3)5–016:54 BUF

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalBUF on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 BUF

2nd 9:05 · Ostlund

Dickinson 0:39

Fresh legsDickinson 0:39

2–0 BUF

2nd 9:41 · Carrick

Leddy 0:36

Fresh legsLeddy 0:36

3–0 BUF

2nd 10:48 · Dahlin

Dickinson 0:09

Fresh legsDickinson 0:09

4–0 BUF

3rd 0:40 · Thompson

Orlov 0:40

NormalOrlov 0:40

5–0 BUF

3rd 16:54 · Carrick

Orlov 0:36

Fresh legsOrlov 0:36

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

BUFSJS

16Shots on goal23

50%Faceoff %50%

0/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

14Hits27

14Blocked shots16

10Giveaways19

4Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 10:56Alexander Wennberg · high sticking2 min
1st 16:09Jason Zucker · high sticking2 min
2nd 04:38Owen Power · holding2 min
3rd 13:40Barclay Goodrow · slashing2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

10Sam CarrickC	2	0	2	+2	3	0	0	0	89	13:27
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	19:15
64Logan StanleyD	0	2	2	+2	1	1	2	0	–	18:06
6Zach BensonL	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	11:59
17Jason ZuckerL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	14:08
19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	14:17
72Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	25	16:50
86Noah OstlundC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	50	16:06
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	17:36
91Josh DoanR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:17
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	18:36
73Zach MetsaD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	–	15:48
9Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	53	14:54
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	14:55
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0	–	13:54
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	40	15:58
4Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	24:07
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2	–	20:47

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Alex LyonG	W	23	23	0	1.000	60:00
92Colten EllisG		0	0	0	–	00:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

2Will SmithC	-1	3	0	0	0	–	20:29
21Alexander WennbergC	-2	0	2	1	2	35	17:42
23Barclay GoodrowC	-1	3	2	0	2	–	11:36
44Kiefer SherwoodL	-2	4	3	1	0	100	20:43
51Collin GrafR	-1	1	0	0	0	100	17:27
63Zack OstapchukC	-1	2	1	1	0	40	11:40
71Macklin CelebriniC	-1	1	3	1	0	67	21:33
72William EklundL	-2	2	0	0	0	–	15:54
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	1	0	0	0	–	03:41
77Michael MisaC	-1	0	1	2	0	80	14:20
81Adam GaudetteR	-2	0	1	0	0	–	10:54
84Pavol RegendaL	-1	0	3	0	0	100	14:16
4Nick LeddyD	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:15
5Vincent DesharnaisD	-1	1	3	4	0	–	19:51
6Sam DickinsonD	-2	1	2	3	0	–	19:02
9Dmitry OrlovD	-2	1	1	0	0	–	19:15
38Mario FerraroD	-2	1	3	3	0	–	23:06
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	-2	0	2	0	0	–	16:16

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Alex NedeljkovicG	L	16	11	5	.688	60:00
93Laurent BrossoitG		0	0	0	–	00:00