National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Jose 6, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Riley Brace, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Jesse Marquis
Attendance: 14741
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Jose 0246
Buffalo 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
10:49 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Roughing
 14:54 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:01 - Sharks Timothy Liljegren (EV) Assists: William Eklund , Jake Walman
5:13 - Sabres JJ Peterka (PP) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Jack Quinn
18:22 - Sharks Nico Sturm (EV) Assists: Collin Graf , Klim Kostin
Penalties
4:00 - Sharks Jack Thompson (2) Holding
 9:16 - Sharks Luke Kunin (2) Roughing
 9:16 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Roughing
 13:32 - Sharks Barclay Goodrow (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
2:19 - Sharks William Eklund (EV) Assists: Tyler Toffoli , Shakir Mukhamadullin
6:55 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Connor Clifton
7:58 - Sharks Macklin Celebrini (EV) Assists: Shakir Mukhamadullin , Will Smith
12:49 - Sharks Will Smith (EV) Assists: Fabian Zetterlund
18:01 - Sharks Tyler Toffoli (EV) (EN) Assists: Jake Walman , Timothy Liljegren
Penalties
None.
San Jose Sharks
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Alexandar Georgiev G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:47 4:00 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Will Smith C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 20 16:13 14:03 2:10 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Nico Sturm C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 17 13:27 12:54 0:00 0:33 0 0 2 1 4 7 36
Klim Kostin C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 15 10:59 9:07 1:52 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 14:59 13:32 0:00 1:27 0 0 2 - 4 3 57
Fabian Zetterlund LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 16:19 14:29 1:50 0:00 0 0 3 1 1 0 100
Alexander Wennberg C 0 0 0 +3 0 19 17:07 14:27 1:53 0:47 0 0 - 2 8 5 62
Barclay Goodrow RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 14:18 13:44 0:00 0:34 0 0 1 1 1 2 33
Jack Thompson D 0 0 0 E 2 2 18 13:33 13:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Timothy Liljegren D 1 1 2 +3 0 4 24 17:21 15:43 1:38 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Mario Ferraro D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 25 26:05 23:32 0:00 2:33 0 0 5 4 - - -
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 13:28 12:48 0:00 0:40 0 0 - 2 - - -
Collin Graf RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 14:17 10:39 1:52 1:46 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Ty Dellandrea C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 12:16 10:57 0:00 1:19 0 0 4 - 3 8 27
Macklin Celebrini C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 20 16:11 14:04 2:07 0:00 0 0 1 - 9 7 56
William Eklund LW 1 1 2 +4 0 3 18 17:24 15:16 2:08 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tyler Toffoli RW 1 1 2 +3 0 4 18 15:20 13:12 2:08 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Shakir Mukhamadullin D 0 2 2 +2 0 25 22:34 21:42 0:00 0:52 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Walman D 0 2 2 +3 0 1 25 22:56 18:13 2:22 2:21 0 0 - 4 - - -
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 57:25 50:12 3:13 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 29 18:51 16:41 0:40 1:30 0 0 - 2 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15 12:18 11:00 0:44 0:34 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23 16:17 14:16 0:00 2:01 0 0 6 - 0 1 0
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:30 10:59 0:00 0:31 0 0 1 2 5 6 45
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 16:43 16:03 0:40 0:00 0 0 2 2 14 7 67
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 -4 0 0 17 13:33 11:00 2:33 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 21:09 18:43 0:00 2:26 0 0 4 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 2 5 22 14:51 14:11 0:40 0:00 0 0 2 1 7 9 44
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -3 0 25 17:53 17:13 0:40 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 30 26:43 23:17 2:33 0:53 0 0 1 1 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 11:25 9:52 0:00 1:33 0 0 4 - - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 13:04 11:02 0:00 2:02 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 E 0 2 22 20:11 17:38 2:33 0:00 0 0 3 - 2 5 29
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 24 17:04 14:34 0:00 2:30 0 0 4 1 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 1 1 2 -1 0 2 21 19:41 17:08 2:33 0:00 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 15:31 14:51 0:00 0:40 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:48 10:27 0:00 0:21 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 25 19:03 15:35 2:29 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
San Jose
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alexandar Georgiev W (12-19-1) 22 20 2 .909 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (20-18-4) 27 22 5 .815 0 57:25