Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose SharksMar 19, 2026

FinalThursday, Mar 19, 2026· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	3	2	5		BUF	5	3	8	16
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	7	10	6	23

: BUF 43SJS 49
: BUF 2.50SJS 1.86
PP goals: BUF 0SJS 0
Hits: BUF 14SJS 27
Blocks: BUF 14SJS 16
PIM: BUF 4SJS 4
: BUF 50%SJS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres rout San Jose Sharks 5–0

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 5–0 at SJS. Sam Carrick (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Wennberg–Regenda–Smith skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sam Carrick had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:27.Carrick
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:15.Dahlin
Points
Logan Stanley had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:06.Stanley
New line
New look for SJS: Wennberg–Regenda–Smith skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wennberg Regenda Smith
Usage
Tyler Toffoli (SJS) played 3:41, −11:26 down on his 15:07 season average over 78 games.Toffoli
New line
New look for SJS: Sherwood–Eklund–Misa skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sherwood Eklund Misa
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 2.50 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 19:15, −5:00 down on his 24:15 season average over 76 games.Dahlin

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 92 of 92 attempts · SJS 49 · BUF 43

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 28% of the game, SJS 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

SJS skaters (rows) against BUF skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the SJS side.

Matchup matrix

SJS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	SJS
	46	55
	2.80	1.88
	2.76	1.83
	16	6
	4	4
	25	17
	+0.019	−0.019
	28%	32%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Norris – Doan – Ostlund
10:1919% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
10:0753% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
8:5730% CF
L4Carrick – Malenstyn – Benson
6:5863% CF
D1Byram – Power
16:2945% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:4339% CF
D3Stanley – Metsa
13:3350% CF

PP1Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Ostlund
2:24100% CF
PP2Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Doan
1:14100% CF
PK1FMalenstyn – McLeod
1:31
PK2FCarrick – Tuch
1:24
PK1DStanley – Byram
1:16
PK2DSamuelsson – Dahlin
0:29

Current BUF line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Wennberg – Regenda – Smith
7:2055% CF
L2Sherwood – Eklund – Misa
6:5038% CF
L3Goodrow – Gaudette – Ostapchuk
3:04100% CF
L4Toffoli – Celebrini – Graf
2:2167% CF
D1Ferraro – Dickinson
13:4250% CF
D2Orlov – Desharnais
10:1356% CF
D3Leddy – Mukhamadullin
9:4958% CF

PP1Orlov – Toffoli – Wennberg – Smith – Celebrini
1:52100% CF
PP2Gaudette – Sherwood – Regenda – Dickinson – Misa
0:53
PK1FSherwood – Ostapchuk
1:21
PK2FWennberg – Graf
0:26
PK1DDesharnais – Ferraro
2:59
PK2DLeddy – Dickinson
0:48

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:05
BUFNoah Ostlund (Josh Doan, Logan Stanley)wrist0.26 xG
BUF: Stanley, Norris, Doan, Ostlund, MetsaSJS: Gaudette, Ferraro, Celebrini, Dickinson, Graf
BUF 1 – 0 SJS
9:41
BUFSam Carrick (Rasmus Dahlin, Zach Benson)wrist0.04 xG
BUF: Carrick, Malenstyn, Samuelsson, Dahlin, BensonSJS: Leddy, Goodrow, Sherwood, Mukhamadullin, Ostapchuk
BUF 2 – 0 SJS
10:48
BUFRasmus Dahlin (Jason Zucker, Mattias Samuelsson)wrist0.16 xG
BUF: Zucker, McLeod, Samuelsson, Dahlin, QuinnSJS: Ferraro, Sherwood, Eklund, Dickinson, Misa
BUF 3 – 0 SJS

3rd period

0:40
BUFTage Thompson (Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch)wrist0.10 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Krebs, Byram, PowerSJS: Orlov, Wennberg, Desharnais, Regenda, Smith
BUF 4 – 0 SJS
16:54
BUFSam Carrick (Logan Stanley, Zach Metsa)deflected0.33 xG
BUF: Carrick, Malenstyn, Stanley, Benson, MetsaSJS: Orlov, Wennberg, Gaudette, Mukhamadullin, Eklund
BUF 5 – 0 SJS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Noah Ostlund C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.46	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	44	79
Josh Doan R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	21	57
Josh Norris C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:54	—	—	29	65
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	56	65
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	48	56
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	2	14:08	—	—	44	51
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	2	0	17:36	—	—	46	51
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	3	0	0	16:50	—	—	46	51
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:17	—	—	35	40
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	3	0	0	13:54	—	—	69	75
Sam Carrick C	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	0.62	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	52	59
Zach Benson L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:59	—	—	73	73
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.41	1	0	0	24:07	—	—	44	56
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	2	20:47	—	—	41	55
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	44	50
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	39	40
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.02	1	2	0	18:06	—	—	52	73
Zach Metsa D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	54	76

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	1.86	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Will Smith C	L1	-1	3	0.37	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	64	70
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	-2	0	0.00	2	1	2	17:42	—	—	55	22
Pavol Regenda L	L1	-1	0	0.06	3	0	0	14:16	—	—	58	47
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	-2	4	0.29	3	1	0	20:43	—	—	52	40
William Eklund L	L2	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	46	21
Michael Misa C	L2	-1	0	0.06	1	2	0	14:20	—	—	36	27
Zack Ostapchuk C	L3	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	11:40	—	—	75	73
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	-1	3	0.11	2	0	2	11:36	—	—	77	87
Adam Gaudette R	L3	-2	0	0.04	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	35	10
Macklin Celebrini C	L4	-1	1	0.20	3	1	0	21:33	—	—	62	55
Collin Graf R	L4	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	58	44
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	3:41	—	—	67	98
Mario Ferraro D	D1	-2	1	0.01	3	3	0	23:06	—	—	57	37
Sam Dickinson D	D1	-2	1	0.06	2	3	0	19:02	—	—	45	17
Vincent Desharnais D	D2	-1	1	0.01	3	4	0	19:51	—	—	52	50
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	19:15	—	—	60	49
Nick Leddy D	D3	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	46	45
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D3	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	70	50

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	16	11	5	.688	2.50	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 2nd 10:48 · assists Jason Zucker, Mattias Samuelsson · Odd-man rush · passed in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 25.9 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 10:48 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 25.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Sam Carrick · 3rd 16:54 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 9.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Noah Ostlund · 2nd 9:05 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 22.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Sam Carrick · 2nd 9:41 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 0:40 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.4 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.