National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Buffalo 4,
San Jose 2
When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 18, 2023
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 17562
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 17562
Final Scoring Summary
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
3:01 -
Sabres Dylan Cozens
(EV) Unassisted
16:49 - Sharks Evgeny Svechnikov (EV) Assists: Jacob MacDonald , Steven Lorentz |
| Penalties |
|
18:28 -
Sabres Rasmus Dahlin
(2)
Interference |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
6:26 -
Sabres Owen Power
(EV) Assists:
Alex Tuch
, Jeff Skinner
11:57 - Sharks Alexander Barabanov (EV) Assists: Logan Couture , Erik Karlsson |
| Penalties |
|
16:44 -
Sharks Erik Karlsson
(2)
Holding 18:55 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Slashing 18:55 - Sharks Timo Meier (2) Roughing |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
9:52 -
Sabres Jeff Skinner
(EV) Assists:
Tage Thompson
18:59 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) (EN) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin |
| Penalties |
| None. |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 56:00 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Craig Anderson | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 22:14 | 21:16 | 0:16 | 0:42 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tyson Jost | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13:35 | 13:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 44 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16:36 | 14:56 | 0:37 | 1:03 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 9 | 13 | 41 |
| Kyle Okposo | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14:39 | 12:51 | 0:43 | 1:05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| Jack Quinn | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14:05 | 14:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 22:23 | 21:05 | 0:00 | 1:18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13:33 | 12:21 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 46 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 23:45 | 22:25 | 0:37 | 0:43 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 26:51 | 25:28 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Zemgus Girgensons | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14:23 | 13:32 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15:32 | 14:51 | 0:37 | 0:04 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| Kale Clague | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7:13 | 7:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 16:26 | 15:09 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Jeff Skinner | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | E | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14:40 | 13:17 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Victor Olofsson | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13:19 | 12:31 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 5 | 20 | 16:47 | 15:24 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 11 | 4 | 73 |
| JJ Peterka | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12:29 | 12:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alex Tuch | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 17:30 | 15:32 | 1:01 | 0:57 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
San Jose Sharks
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Kaapo Kahkonen | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57:44 | 53:44 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| James Reimer | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Scott Harrington | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16:38 | 16:26 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Matt Benning | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 17:02 | 15:26 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Nico Sturm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11:36 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 55 |
| Jacob MacDonald | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 21:52 | 21:13 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Evgeny Svechnikov | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11:08 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Nick Bonino | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14:10 | 12:44 | 0:40 | 0:46 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Lorentz | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12:21 | 11:23 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 80 |
| Michael Eyssimont | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 5 | 24 | 15:24 | 14:52 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Oskar Lindblom | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11:14 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Timo Meier | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 19:50 | 18:06 | 1:28 | 0:16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mario Ferraro | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19:51 | 18:28 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Logan Couture | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 19:12 | 17:34 | 0:46 | 0:52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 50 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14:51 | 13:42 | 0:07 | 1:02 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Tomas Hertl | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 24 | 19:28 | 17:51 | 1:21 | 0:16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 13 | 28 | |
| Kevin Labanc | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 14:17 | 13:15 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 2 | 23 | 27:17 | 25:24 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Noah Gregor | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11:47 | 11:45 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 20:18 | 19:00 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Goaltending
| Buffalo | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W (17-11-4) | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 0 | 60:00 |
| San Jose | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Kaapo Kahkonen L (9-20-7) | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 0 | 57:44 |