Buffalo Sabres Defeat The San Jose Sharks 3-0, 1/15/24

 

SABRES WIN ‼️#LetsGoBuffalo pic.twitter.com/V4E07DgGmY

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) January 15, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

   The Sharks played in Buffalo on Monday, January 15th. This was a bad loss for San Jose, but it was a good 3-0 win for the Sabres.

Sharks lineup against the Sabres:

Zadina - Hertl - Zetterlund

Duclair - Granland - Eklund

Barabanov - Kunin - Bailey

Hoffman - Carpenter - Labanc

Vlasic - Ferraro

Thrun - Rutta

Okhotiuk - Addison

Kahkonen

Blackwood

Sabres lineup against the Sharks:

Mittelstadt - Thompson - Tuch

Peterka - Cozens - Quinn

Benson - Greenway - Robinson

Girgensons - Krebs - Okposo

Jokiharju - Dahlin

Power - Johnson

Johnson - Clifton

Luukkonen

Levi

   The first period was completely scoreless, 0-0.

   Casey Mittelstadt scored late in the second - this was his 12th of the season. Alex Tuch nets one, 5:23 remaining in the middle frame. 2-0 was the final score of the second period.

   Jordan Greenway strikes an empty-netter! The final overall score was 3-0.

"Once we got going, we looked fresh. It was a good win." Casey Mittelstadt spoke postgame about Buffalo's 3-0 win against the Sharks.

- Luukkonen earned his second shutout of the season - a 28-save shutout against the Sharks. This was also his second career shutout!

- Casey Mittelstadt stats:

   - 12 Goals

   - 26 Assists

   - 38 Points

- Alex Tuch stats:

   - 12 Goals

   - 18 Assists

   - 30 Points

"I think being stronger and hungrier around the net - I think we got to get back to being hard, and a little bit hungrier around both nets." Luke Kunin said postgame, talking about the Sharks loss and how he thinks they need to get on track with winning more games.

Mittsy gets the sabre today ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/cwfPQcqmWZ

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) January 15, 2024

POST-GAME : Don Granato

POST-GAME : Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

POST-GAME : Tomas Hertl

POST-GAME : David Quinn