San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres on Thursday March 19th at SAP Center (via sanjosesharks)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- After a scoreless first period, Buffalo scored three goals in one. The first came from Noah Ostlund when he scored his eleventh of the season. The second came from Sam Carrick when he scored his seventh of the season to make it 2-0. Then, Rasmus Dahlin scored his fourteenth of the season to make it 3-0.

Buffalo added onto that lead 40 seconds into the third period when Tage Thompson scored his thirty fourth goal of the season to make it 4-0. To make it 5-0, Sam Carrick scored his second of the game.

After the first period, San Jose outshot Buffalo seven to five. After the second period, San Jose outshot Buffalo ten to three. After the third period, Buffalo outshot San Jose eight to six.

Specials teams were quiet today. San Jose came into tonight’s game ranked eighteenth in the league on the powerplay and seventeenth shorthanded. Tonight, San Jose went. Buffalo came into tonight’s game, seventeenth on the powerplay and third shorthanded. Tonight, Buffalo went .

Tonight’s goalie matchup was Alex Nedeljkovic for San Jose against Alex Lyon for Buffalo. Making 23 saves on 23 shots, Lyon recorded tonights win. Making 11 saves on 16 shots, Nedeljkovic recorded tonights loss.

The Sharks will be back in action on Saturday where they will face the Philadelphia Flyers. The last time these two teams faced off was on December 9th where the Sharks fell 4-1. Colin Graf was the lone Sharks goal scorer in that game.