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San Jose Skates Past Buffalo 3-2 - Recap

The Sharks earned a 3-2 victory over Buffalo on Thursday behind a 37-save performance from Adin Hill at KeyBank Center.

The Sharks were a -106 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.0.

San Jose got goals from Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier, and Matt Nieto in the victory. Nieto opened the scoring at 12:27 of the first period.

Adin Hill turned in a 37-save effort for the Sharks.

Buffalo got goals from Zemgus Girgensons, and Jeff Skinner in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 18 of 21 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

San Jose scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

San Jose lost the shots on goal battle to Buffalo by a margin of 39-21.

San Jose heads into a battle against the Flyers. Buffalo, meanwhile, will have their next action against Tampa Bay.