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Thursday, March 19, 2026 (10:00 PM ET)
SAP Center at San Jose | NBCSCA
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
5 – 0
Final
San Jose Sharks
 SJS
47% xGF%
53% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.10 goals SJS was expected to score 2.37 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 2 Cumulative xG BUF SJS Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres San Jose Sharks
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 4:00 0.29 0 4:00 0.20 0
Even Strength 52:00 1.81 5 52:00 2.05 0
Penalty Kill 4:00 0.00 0 4:00 0.13 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 30:19 0.98 3 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 0:36 0.03 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 29:05 1.10 1 29:05 0.94 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 30:19 1.43 0
  • ► Noah Ostlund scores at 9:05 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • ► Sam Carrick scores at 9:41 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (2-0)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 10:48 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (3-0)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 0:40 in the 3rd period 0.08 xG (4-0)
  • ► Sam Carrick scores at 16:54 in the 3rd period 0.16 xG (5-0)
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BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
SJS Barclay Goodrow (C) 0.47 0 0 0 16 11:36 3 -1 2 0
SJS Will Smith (C) 0.40 0 0 0 21 20:29 3 -1 0 0
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.39 2 0 2 17 13:27 3 +2 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.35 1 0 1 18 16:06 2 +1 0 0
SJS Kiefer Sherwood (L) 0.34 0 0 0 19 20:43 4 -2 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.26 0 1 1 19 15:17 2 +1 0 0
SJS Collin Graf (R) 0.24 0 0 0 18 17:27 1 -1 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.22 1 0 1 20 16:50 1 +1 0 0
SJS Macklin Celebrini (C) 0.22 0 0 0 21 21:33 1 -1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.20 0 0 0 17 14:55 2 +1 0 0
SJS Michael Misa (C) 0.11 0 0 0 16 14:20 0 -1 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.10 0 1 1 17 14:08 2 +1 2 0
SJS Zack Ostapchuk (C) 0.09 0 0 0 14 11:40 2 -1 0 0
SJS Tyler Toffoli (C) 0.09 0 0 0 5 03:41 1 0 0 0
SJS William Eklund (L) 0.07 0 0 0 18 15:54 2 -2 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 0 0 18 13:54 0 +2 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.06 0 1 1 21 17:36 0 +1 0 0
SJS Pavol Regenda (L) 0.05 0 0 0 17 14:16 0 -1 0 0
SJS Adam Gaudette (R) 0.05 0 0 0 15 10:54 0 -2 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.00 0 1 1 16 11:59 0 +2 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 1 1 19 14:17 0 +1 0 0
SJS Alexander Wennberg (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:42 0 -2 2 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 14:54 0 +1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 15:58 0 +1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.28 0 0 0 23 24:07 1 +1 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.13 1 1 2 23 19:15 1 +2 0 0
SJS Nick Leddy (D) 0.11 0 0 0 20 18:15 2 -1 0 0
SJS Dmitry Orlov (D) 0.07 0 0 0 21 19:15 1 -2 0 0
SJS Sam Dickinson (D) 0.05 0 0 0 20 19:02 1 -2 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.02 0 2 2 21 18:06 1 +2 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.01 0 1 1 23 18:36 1 +2 0 0
SJS Vincent Desharnais (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 19:51 1 -1 0 0
SJS Mario Ferraro (D) 0.01 0 0 0 24 23:06 1 -2 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.01 0 1 1 20 15:48 0 +2 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 20:47 0 +1 2 0
SJS Shakir Mukhamadullin (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 16:16 0 -2 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +10.30% 1.000 2.4 0 23 60:00 23 W 1
SJS Alex Nedeljkovic (G) -18.10% 0.688 -2.9 5 11 60:00 16 L 0