Buffalo Sabres 3 — 5 San Jose Sharks
2021-11-02 · SAP Center at San Jose
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | SJS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | 8 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer start | SJS | W | 25 | 28 | 3 | 25/28 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Craig Anderson start | BUF | L | 22 | 27 | 5 | 19/24 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 57:30 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Skinner | L | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:11 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| Drake Caggiula | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:35 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:07 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| Robert Hagg | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16:17 |
| Will Butcher | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:45 |
| Mark Pysyk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:58 |
| Colin Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:54 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| John Hayden | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 08:17 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:13 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:12 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:26 |
| Anders Bjork | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
SJS skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Hertl | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| Rudolfs Balcers | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:37 |
| Mario Ferraro | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 28:48 |
| Brent Burns | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26:59 |
| Nick Merkley | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:30 |
| Ryan Merkley | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Jasper Weatherby | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10:21 |
| Jonathan Dahlen | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| Alexander Barabanov | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| William Eklund | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| Logan Couture | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:53 |
| John Leonard | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:54 |
| Lane Pederson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:11 |
| Nick Bonino | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 |
| Santeri Hatakka | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 07:41 |
| Andrew Cogliano | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| Nicolas Meloche | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19:14 |
| Jaycob Megna | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:58 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | 2025-26 | BUF | 5 | SJS | 0 | |
| 2026-03-10 | 2025-26 | SJS | 3 | BUF | 6 | |
| 2025-03-04 | 2024-25 | SJS | 6 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2024-11-23 | 2024-25 | BUF | 4 | SJS | 2 | |
| 2024-01-27 | 2023-24 | BUF | 5 | SJS | 2 | |
| 2024-01-15 | 2023-24 | SJS | 0 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2023-02-18 | 2022-23 | BUF | 4 | SJS | 2 | |
| 2022-12-04 | 2022-23 | SJS | 3 | BUF | 6 | |
| 2022-01-06 | 2021-22 | SJS | 3 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2021-11-02 | 2021-22 | BUF | 3 | SJS | 5 |