Game

Sharks at Sabres

Sabres 6, Sharks 3 · first star Jack Quinn (3 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

San Jose Sharks 3 at Buffalo Sabres 6

Sharks SJS

3 FINAL 6

Sabres BUF

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sharks	1	1	1	3	20
Sabres	2	2	2	6	26

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sharks attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game); 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: SJS 20, BUF 26.

SJS in red BUF in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sharks 20 shots on goal (3 goals, 17 missed, 16 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 26 shots on goal (6 goals, 13 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	SJS SOG	SJS G	SJS ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	5	1	15	8	2	18
2nd	8	1	20	12	2	25
3rd	7	1	18	6	2	12
Total	20	3	53	26	6	55

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	SJS SOG	SJS G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	15	2	26	6
Power play	5	1	0	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 50.9% of the shot attempts, and 54.2% of the 96 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sharks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sharks at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	54.5	52.2
2nd	55.6	56.3
3rd	40.0	42.9
Game	50.9	51.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

04:12 Jack Quinn (13) Jason Zucker (16), Ryan McLeod (34) · wrist 0–1
05:39 Alex Tuch (28) Rasmus Dahlin (45), Mattias Samuelsson (24) · tip-in 0–2
12:54 Macklin Celebrini (33) Will Smith (26) · wrist 1–2

2nd period

04:59 Beck Malenstyn (6) Peyton Krebs (21), Rasmus Dahlin (46) · wrist 1–3
08:51 Jason Zucker (20) Jack Quinn (28), Owen Power (16) · backhand 1–4
19:29 Kiefer Sherwood (20) Mario Ferraro (11), Alexander Wennberg (28) · snap 2–4

3rd period

00:42 Jack Quinn (14) Ryan McLeod (35), Rasmus Dahlin (47) · snap 2–5
06:56 Alexander Wennberg (13) PP Tyler Toffoli (24) · backhand 3–5
17:14 Jack Quinn (15) EN Ryan McLeod (36) · wrist 3–6

Three stars

Jack Quinn BUF · R #22 · 3 G, 1 A
Jason Zucker BUF · L #17 · 1 G, 1 A
Beck Malenstyn BUF · L #29 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:34	SJS	Zack Ostapchuk	fighting (major)	5	Logan Stanley
1st	15:34	BUF	Logan Stanley	fighting (major)	5	Zack Ostapchuk
1st	15:56	SJS	Barclay Goodrow	instigator	2	Beck Malenstyn
1st	15:56	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	fighting (major)	5	Barclay Goodrow
1st	15:56	SJS	Barclay Goodrow	fighting (major)	5	Beck Malenstyn
1st	15:56	SJS	Barclay Goodrow	instigator misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
2nd	13:55	BUF	Zach Benson	roughing	2	Dmitry Orlov
2nd	13:55	SJS	Dmitry Orlov	roughing	2	Zach Benson
2nd	13:55	BUF	Tage Thompson	roughing	2	Dmitry Orlov
3rd	06:50	BUF	Jason Zucker	interference	2	Kiefer Sherwood
3rd	10:35	BUF	Logan Stanley	high sticking	2	Kiefer Sherwood

Boxscore

San Jose Sharks

Sharks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alexander Wennberg #21	C	1	1	2	-4	4	0	0	0	66.7	17:12
Macklin Celebrini #71	C	1	0	1	-1	1	0	3	0	23.5	24:25
Kiefer Sherwood #44	L	1	0	1	-3	1	5	0	0	0.0	16:29
Tyler Toffoli #73	C	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:38
Will Smith #2	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	50.0	20:49
Mario Ferraro #38	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	20:46
Barclay Goodrow #23	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	17	0.0	09:03
Michael Misa #77	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	42.9	14:06
Philipp Kurashev #96	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	50.0	12:29
Zack Ostapchuk #63	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	50.0	09:01
William Eklund #72	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	100.0	16:29
Adam Gaudette #81	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	80.0	10:55
Collin Graf #51	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	17:41
Dmitry Orlov #9	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	2	0.0	21:09
John Klingberg #3	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0.0	17:56
Sam Dickinson #6	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	19:31
Shakir Mukhamadullin #85	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	17:59
Vincent Desharnais #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	17:26

Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Yaroslav Askarov #30	L	25	20	5	.800	20/25	0/0	58:56

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Quinn #22	R	3	1	4	+4	4	1	0	0	0.0	15:09
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	3	3	+4	1	0	0	0	61.1	17:02
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	3	3	+4	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:07
Jason Zucker #17	L	1	1	2	+4	1	0	1	2	0.0	12:56
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	5	0.0	11:31
Alex Tuch #89	R	1	0	1	-1	1	0	2	0	0.0	16:00
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	1	1	+1	3	3	2	0	0.0	13:58
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	0.0	22:25
Owen Power #25	D	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	0	0.0	22:49
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	85.7	14:02
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	42.9	15:29
Sam Carrick #10	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	50.0	13:33
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	22.2	16:41
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	0.0	16:25
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	15:07
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0.0	21:40
Logan Stanley #64	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0.0	15:51
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	15:09

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	W	20	17	3	.850	13/15	4/5	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.