Game Thread: San Jose Sharks (10-30-3) at Buffalo Sabres (18-21-4) – 15 Jan 2024 – 12:00PM EST

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# San Jose [](/r/sanjosesharks) Sharks (10-30-3) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (18-21-4)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|9:00AM|10:00AM|11:00AM|12:00PM|1:00PM|5:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, NBCSCA|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/san-jose-sharks-buffalo-sabres-game-preview-january-15) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020672/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020672/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020672/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Casey Mittelstadt|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Fabian Zetterlund|Tomas Hertl|Filip Zadina|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|JJ Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|William Eklund|Mikael Granlund|Anthony Duclair|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Jordan Greenway|Eric Robinson|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Alexander Barabanov|Luke Kunin|Justin Bailey|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mike Hoffman|Ryan Carpenter|Kevin Labanc|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mario Ferraro|Marc-Edouard Vlasic|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Erik Johnson|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Henry Thrun|Jan Rutta|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Connor Clifton|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Nikita Okhotyuk|Calen Addison|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mackenzie Blackwood|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kaapo Kahkonen|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/san-jose-sharks/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|13 Jan 2024|Upper Body|DTD|Samuelsson (upper body) won’t return to Saturday’s contest against the Vancouver Canucks.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|10 Jan 2024|Upper Body|OUT|Not Specified|27 Jan 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Ty Emberson|12 Jan 2024|Undisclosed|OUT|Emberson is expected to be out of action week-to-week after suffering an undisclosed injury in Toronto on Tuesday, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.|23 Jan 2024|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jacob MacDonald|27 Dec 2023|Lower Body|IR|MacDonald (undisclosed) was put on injured reserve Wednesday, per Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News.|20 Jan 2024|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Givani Smith|21 Dec 2023|Lower Body|IR|Per Max Miller of The Hockey News, Smith (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday.|20 Jan 2024|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Nico Sturm|12 Dec 2023|Abdomen|IR|Sturm (middle body) is considered week-to-week, per Ryan Boulding of NHL.com.|20 Jan 2024|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Matt Benning|09 Dec 2023|Hip|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Logan Couture|21 Sep 2023|Lower Body|IR|Couture (lower body) may be available during the San Jose Sharks’ upcoming road trip, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.|16 Jan 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/san-jose-sharks/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|43|18|21|4|40|0.465|2.95|3.30|13.82|78.79|31.09|29.51|46.63|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|43|10|30|3|23|0.267|2.05|4.07|18.52|71.63|25.33|35.65|50.48|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|21|18|9|9|2|1|2.91|0.901|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|19|18|8|7|2|0|3.32|0.889|
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|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mackenzie Blackwood|28|25|5|17|2|0|3.84|0.892|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kaapo Kahkonen|20|17|5|12|1|0|3.70|0.897|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=28 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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