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Sabres vs Sharks Final: 4-3 - Recap

The Sabres earned a 4-3 victory over the Sharks on Saturday at SAP Center at San Jose.

Buffalo was an underdog by +153 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Buffalo got goals from Casey Mittelstadt, Jeff Skinner, Marcus Johansson, and Zemgus Girgensons in the victory. Johansson opened the scoring at 12:10 of the first period.

Linus Ullmark turned in a 29-save effort for the Sabres.

San Jose got goals from Marcus Sorensen, Timo Meier, and Tomas Hertl in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Martin Jones stopped 31 of 35 shots for the Sharks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Buffalo scored 0 times on 4 chances on the power play, while San Jose went 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Buffalo outshot San Jose 35-32 in the game.