San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresMar 10, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 10, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	1	1	3		SJS	5	8	7	20
BUF	2	2	2	6		BUF	8	12	6	26

: SJS 53BUF 55
: SJS 2.04BUF 3.64
PP goals: SJS 1BUF 0
Hits: SJS 23BUF 21
Blocks: SJS 16BUF 14
PIM: SJS 24BUF 18
: SJS 49%BUF 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 6–3

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 6–3 at home. Jack Quinn (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Smith and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:13 together.

Points
Jack Quinn had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 15:09.Quinn
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:07.Dahlin
Points
Ryan McLeod had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:02.McLeod
Points
Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:12.Wennberg
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:56.Zucker
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Smith and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:13 together.Orlov Toffoli Wennberg Smith Celebrini
Luck
BUF scored 6 goals on 3.64 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Carrick–Malenstyn–Krebs skated 6:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Malenstyn Krebs

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

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

BUF
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · BUF 55 · SJS 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 35% of the game, BUF 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

SJS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

BUF 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	SJS	BUF
	53	62
	1.65	3.51
	1.60	3.30
	8	18
	5	1
	19	26
	−0.012	+0.012
	35%	44%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Smith – Celebrini – Graf
14:0646% CF
L2Wennberg – Sherwood – Kurashev
9:2925% CF
L3Toffoli – Eklund – Misa
8:5275% CF
L4Goodrow – Gaudette – Ostapchuk
7:2233% CF
D1Orlov – Klingberg
16:1742% CF
D2Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
16:1534% CF
D3Desharnais – Dickinson
15:3763% CF

PP1Orlov – Toffoli – Wennberg – Smith – Celebrini
3:13100% CF
PP2Toffoli – Klingberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
0:26100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Graf
1:09
PK2FSherwood – Eklund
0:49
PK1DDesharnais – Ferraro
1:09
PK2DMukhamadullin – Dickinson
0:49

Current SJS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
9:5677% CF
L2Thompson – Ostlund – Benson
8:0271% CF
L3Carrick – Malenstyn – Krebs
6:0144% CF
L4Tuch – Norris – Doan
3:5333% CF
D1Stanley – Kesselring
12:1539% CF
D2Byram – Power
8:4593% CF
D3Samuelsson – Dahlin
7:5655% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Doan
1:10100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Ostlund
0:46
PK1FTuch – McLeod
2:49
PK2FCarrick – Malenstyn
0:44
PK1DSamuelsson – Power
2:35
PK2DStanley – Byram
0:51

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.20	0	3	0	24:25	—	—	51	42
Will Smith C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	47	38
Collin Graf R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	43	34
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	1	1	2	-4	4	0.37	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	27	11
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	1	0	1	-3	1	0.06	5	0	0	16:29	—	—	30	14
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:29	—	—	29	14
William Eklund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	1	0	16:29	—	—	69	56
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.39	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	74	49
Michael Misa C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	63	38
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	10:55	—	—	29	30
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	17	9:03	—	—	33	34
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	5	9:01	—	—	31	31
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.21	0	1	2	21:09	—	—	44	27
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	2	1	0	17:56	—	—	42	26
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:46	—	—	34	21
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	17:59	—	—	33	13
Sam Dickinson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	19:31	—	—	59	52
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	17:26	—	—	63	54

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	L	25	20	5	.800	2.92	58:56

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	3	3	+4	1	0.13	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	71	94
Jack Quinn R	L1	3	1	4	+4	4	1.03	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	65	85
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	1	2	+4	1	0.44	0	1	2	12:56	—	—	77	99
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	1	1	2	16:41	—	—	56	69
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	3	0	2	16:25	—	—	66	72
Noah Ostlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	67	76
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	3	2	0	13:58	—	—	34	31
Sam Carrick C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	2	0	13:33	—	—	52	55
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	5	0	5	11:31	—	—	60	79
Alex Tuch R	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.21	0	2	0	16:00	—	—	38	63
Josh Doan R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	39	34
Josh Norris C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	42	52
Logan Stanley D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	7	15:51	—	—	39	46
Michael Kesselring D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	41	43
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.25	0	1	0	22:49	—	—	63	75
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:40	—	—	70	83
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:25	—	—	45	63
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	3	3	+4	2	0.07	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	64	72

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	20	17	3	.850	2.04	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Quinn (BUF) 1st 4:12 · assists Jason Zucker, Ryan McLeod · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 52.5 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Jack Quinn · 1st 4:12 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 52.5 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Alex Tuch · 1st 5:39 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 41.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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Macklin Celebrini · 1st 12:54 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 37.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Beck Malenstyn · 2nd 4:59 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.0 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Jason Zucker · 2nd 8:51 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 6.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 19:29 · SJS

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 77.1 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jack Quinn · 3rd 0:42 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.4 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 9.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Alexander Wennberg · 3rd 6:56 · SJS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 18.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Jack Quinn · 3rd 17:14 · BUF EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresMar 10, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Jack Quinn · 1st 4:12 · BUF

Alex Tuch · 1st 5:39 · BUF

Macklin Celebrini · 1st 12:54 · SJS

Beck Malenstyn · 2nd 4:59 · BUF

Jason Zucker · 2nd 8:51 · BUF

Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 19:29 · SJS

Jack Quinn · 3rd 0:42 · BUF

Alexander Wennberg · 3rd 6:56 · SJS PP

Jack Quinn · 3rd 17:14 · BUF EN