San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Mar 4, 2025 · KeyBank Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

San Jose Sharks

6 – 2

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at KeyBank Center. Jake Walman led the way with 2 points. Alexandar Georgiev made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	0	2	4	6	28
BUF	0	1	1	2	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:01	SJS	EV	Timothy Liljegren (6) · wrist	William Eklund (33), Jake Walman (25)	1–0
2nd	05:13	BUF	PP	JJ Peterka (18) · slap	Rasmus Dahlin (39), Jack Quinn (14)	1–1
2nd	18:22	SJS	EV	Nico Sturm (7) · wrist	Collin Graf (4), Klim Kostin (6)	2–1
3rd	02:19	SJS	EV	William Eklund (13) · wrist	Tyler Toffoli (18), Shakir Mukhamadullin (4)	3–1
3rd	06:55	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (30) · slap	JJ Peterka (31), Connor Clifton (9)	3–2
3rd	07:58	SJS	EV	Macklin Celebrini (19) · wrist	Shakir Mukhamadullin (5), Will Smith (19)	4–2
3rd	12:49	SJS	EV	Will Smith (11) · wrist	Fabian Zetterlund (19)	5–2
3rd	18:01	SJS	SH EN	Tyler Toffoli (24) · wrist	Jake Walman (26), Timothy Liljegren (6)	6–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:49	BUF	Alex Tuch	roughing	2
1st	14:54	BUF	Dylan Cozens	high sticking	2
2nd	04:00	SJS	Jack Thompson	holding	2
2nd	09:16	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	roughing	2
2nd	09:16	SJS	Luke Kunin	roughing	2
2nd	13:32	SJS	Barclay Goodrow	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: SJS 3.45 · BUF 2.00 · xG% SJS 63.3

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Jake Walman	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	4		22:56	25
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1		22:34	25
72	William Eklund	L	1	1	2	+4	0	3	0	1		17:24	18
37	Timothy Liljegren	D	1	1	2	+3	0	4	1	1		17:21	24
2	Will Smith	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	100.0	16:13	20
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	1	1	2	+3	0	4	2	0		15:20	18
20	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	100.0	16:19	22
71	Macklin Celebrini	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	0	56.3	16:11	20
51	Collin Graf	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		14:17	18
7	Nico Sturm	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1	36.4	13:27	17
10	Klim Kostin	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		10:59	15
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	4		26:05	25
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	2	61.5	17:07	19
11	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	57.1	14:59	20
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	33.3	14:18	19
26	Jack Thompson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2		13:33	18
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		13:28	17
53	Ty Dellandrea	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	27.3	12:16	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Alexandar Georgiev	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	JJ Peterka	R	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	0		19:41	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	1		26:43	30
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	28.6	20:11	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	4	1		17:04	24
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	-4	0	0	1	0		13:33	17
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2		21:09	27
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0		19:03	25
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	2		18:51	29
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1		17:53	25
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2	66.7	16:43	19
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	6	0		16:17	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		15:31	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	2	5	2	1	43.8	14:51	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	71.4	13:04	19
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		12:18	15
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	45.5	11:30	16
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		11:25	14
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:48	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	27	22	5	.815	57:25