Sabres vs Sharks Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 27, 2026)

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Buffalo Sabres logo

Sabres4-7 · 6-5 ATS9th in the East
FINAL2 – 0
San Jose Sharks logo

Sharks6-6 · 6-6 ATS10th in the West

NHL · Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · 10:30 PM ET · SAP Center at San Jose

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 T
Sabres 0 1 1 2
Sharks 0 0 0 0

How the bets settled

MoneylineSabres wonClosed at -155
SpreadSabres coveredSabres -1.5, by 0.5
TotalUnder 6.52 scored, 4.5 under

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 2-0 on October 27, with the game swinging after a scoreless first period. Buffalo broke through in the second and added insurance in the third while keeping San Jose off the board.

Zach Benson scored, and Owen Power led the game with two assists and two points. Buffalo controlled the shot count and blocked 20 attempts, while San Jose finished with 21 giveaways and could not convert on three power plays. The Sharks won more faceoffs and threw more hits, but those edges did not translate into scoring.

For bettors, the Sabres covered the 1.5 spread by 0.5, and the game stayed under the 6.5 total by 4.5. San Jose’s pressure stats mattered less than Buffalo’s shot control and defensive blocks in a game that never reached the total.

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Against the spread, start to finish

SharksSabres
The score margin against the closing spread (Sharks +1.5). Blue: Sharks covering. Orange: Sabres covering.
+0.5Largest BUF cover
2%BUF covering
+1.5Largest SJ cover
98%SJ covering

Top performers

Sabres

  • GoalsZach Benson1
  • AssistsOwen Power2
  • PointsOwen Power2

Team stats

SabresSharks
41Shots23
44.8%Faceoffs won55.2%
0Power play goals0
16Hits35
20Blocked shots12
5Takeaways8
6Giveaways21
6Penalty minutes6

Box score

Buffalo SabresSan Jose Sharks

Buffalo Sabres

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Zach Benson LW 1 0 0 5 2 17:52 22 2 0 1 0 2 0.0
Josh Doan RW 0 0 0 1 0 15:49 19 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konsta Helenius C 0 1 0 0 1 11:44 16 1 1 0 0 0 20.0
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 11:14 18 0 0 0 0 0 60.0
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 10:04 16 2 1 0 1 0 0.0
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 4 1 13:19 21 1 3 3 0 0 0.0
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 3 0 13:19 19 0 0 0 0 0 50.0
Josh Norris C 0 0 0 2 0 16:02 24 2 3 0 0 0 40.0
Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 1 1 18:55 19 1 0 0 0 0 40.0
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 3 1 19:28 19 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tage Thompson C 0 1 0 6 0 17:10 20 0 2 0 0 0 57.9
Jason Zucker LW 0 0 0 6 0 12:04 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Louis Crevier D 0 0 0 1 0 9:11 15 1 0 1 1 4 0.0
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 2 0 26:19 26 4 0 0 1 0 0.0
Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 1 0 10:37 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Owen Power D 0 2 0 1 2 24:49 26 1 3 0 2 0 0.0
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 3 1 24:05 29 0 4 0 1 0 0.0
Olen Zellweger D 1 0 0 2 1 22:01 27 0 2 0 0 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Colten Ellis G 0 23 0 0 23 1.000 20 2 1 59:58 0 0

San Jose Sharks

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Macklin Celebrini C 0 0 0 4 -1 24:59 22 0 0 3 2 0 60.0
Ty Dellandrea C 0 0 0 0 0 13:24 19 3 0 0 0 2 75.0
Adam Gaudette RW 0 0 0 1 -1 10:21 13 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
Barclay Goodrow C 0 0 0 0 0 10:28 14 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Collin Graf RW 0 0 0 1 0 15:55 19 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mason Marchment LW 0 0 0 0 -2 15:37 20 2 1 1 1 2 0.0
Michael Misa C 0 0 0 1 -1 12:17 17 0 1 0 1 0 22.2
Zack Ostapchuk C 0 0 0 0 0 10:40 14 0 1 1 2 0 70.0
Kiefer Sherwood LW 0 0 0 3 -1 16:02 20 5 0 0 1 0 100.0
Will Smith C 0 0 0 2 -1 16:20 17 0 0 0 0 0 100.0
Ivar Stenberg LW 0 0 0 0 -1 20:22 21 1 0 1 1 0 0.0
Tyler Toffoli C 0 0 0 1 0 12:50 15 0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Luca Cagnoni D 0 0 0 1 -1 14:05 19 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Sam Dickinson D 0 0 0 1 0 17:58 21 2 2 0 1 0 0.0
Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 3 0 16:25 21 3 2 1 2 0 0.0
Darnell Nurse D 0 0 0 3 0 23:54 24 6 5 0 2 0 0.0
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 -2 18:23 24 3 0 0 2 0 0.0
Jacob Trouba D 0 0 0 1 0 24:39 27 7 0 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Yaroslav Askarov G 1 40 0 0 39 .975 33 5 1 59:21 0 0

Attendance 14,900 · Officials: Ryan Gibbons, Kiel Murchison, Trevor Hanson, Mike Sullivan

Recap: Colten Ellis makes 23 saves to lead the Sabres past the Sharks 2-0 (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

StatsBench picks

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Betting trends

  • The over has hit in 3 straight Sharks games.
  • Sabres are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings with the Sharks.

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Sabres vs Sharks pre-game preview

The Tuesday night matchup has Buffalo as the moneyline favorite at -133 against San Jose at +115, with San Jose +1.5 and a total of 6.5, unchanged from the DraftKings opener. The last meeting was March 19, 2026, a 5-0 Buffalo road win, and Buffalo is 5-1 straight up and 4-0 ATS over the last six head-to-heads. Buffalo is 4-7 and 6-5 ATS this season, 4-6 and 6-4 ATS in its last 10, and most recently lost 3-4 at Washington on Oct. 24. San Jose is 6-6 and 6-6 ATS, 4-6 and 5-5 ATS in its last 10, after a 4-6 loss at Boston on Oct. 24.

The useful angles are defensive and pace-related: Buffalo allows 3.64 goals per game (29th) and San Jose allows 3.5 (26th), while San Jose allows 30.33 shots per game (27th) and ranks third in pace at 58.4. Buffalo also lists Kulich out in concussion protocol and Lyon, Timmins, Grzelcyk, and Carrick on IR; San Jose has Wennberg out with an upper-body injury. For props, Rasmus Dahlin’s over 2.5 shots at -102 cleared in 9 of his last 10.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Buffalo Sabres

Jack Quinn R0.9 PTS · 2.8 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 @ SJS 19:28 0 0 3 0
10/24 @ WSH 17:24 1 0 3 0
10/21 vs PHI 20:45 0 1 4 1
10/17 @ MTL 21:30 1 0 2 0
10/15 @ TOR 18:04 2 2 4 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs SJ
PTS 0.9 (12) 1.2 (6) 0.6 (95) 1.3 (3)
0 · 0 · 4
SOG 2.8 (12) 3.2 (6) 2.3 (95) 3.0 (3)
3 · 2 · 4

Owen Power D0.9 PTS · 1.3 SOG · 0.2 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 @ SJS 24:49 0 2 1 1
10/24 @ WSH 30:09 0 1 2 0
10/21 vs PHI 26:12 0 0 2 0
10/17 @ MTL 27:39 0 0 3 0
10/15 @ TOR 28:01 1 0 2 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs SJ
PTS 0.9 (12) 1.0 (6) 0.4 (94) 1.0 (3)
2 · 0 · 1
SOG 1.3 (12) 1.3 (6) 1.4 (94) 0.7 (3)
1 · 0 · 1

Tage Thompson C0.8 PTS · 4.3 SOG · 0.4 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 @ SJS 17:10 0 1 6 0
10/24 @ WSH 17:00 0 0 0 0
10/21 vs PHI 20:06 0 0 3 0
10/17 @ MTL 19:19 1 0 5 1
10/15 @ TOR 21:11 0 1 6 3
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs SJ
PTS 0.8 (12) 0.5 (6) 1.0 (94) 0.7 (3)
1 · 1 · 0
SOG 4.3 (12) 3.7 (6) 3.4 (94) 3.0 (3)
6 · 1 · 2

San Jose Sharks

Macklin Celebrini C1.4 PTS · 4.0 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs BUF 24:59 0 0 4 0
10/24 @ BOS 21:38 0 1 1 0
10/22 @ OTT 23:11 0 0 2 1
10/20 @ MTL 23:07 2 1 6 1
10/19 @ TOR 21:59 0 0 5 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs BUF
PTS 1.4 (11) 1.6 (5) 1.4 (82) 0.3 (3)
0 · 0 · 1
SOG 4.0 (11) 4.0 (5) 3.5 (82) 2.0 (3)
4 · 1 · 1

Ivar Stenberg L0.7 PTS · 1.4 SOG · 0.2 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs BUF 20:22 0 0 0 1
10/24 @ BOS 17:03 0 1 2 0
10/22 @ OTT 13:58 1 0 1 0
10/20 @ MTL 17:44 0 1 3 0
10/19 @ TOR 14:27 0 0 1 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs BUF
PTS 0.7 (13) 0.6 (5) – 0.0 (1)
0
SOG 1.4 (13) 0.8 (5) – 0.0 (1)
0

Tyler Toffoli C0.7 PTS · 2.2 SOG · 0.3 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs BUF 12:50 0 0 1 0
10/24 @ BOS 13:56 0 1 3 0
10/22 @ OTT 11:06 1 0 1 0
10/20 @ MTL 12:18 1 0 1 0
10/19 @ TOR 13:36 0 1 2 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs BUF
PTS 0.7 (13) 0.4 (5) 0.6 (79) 0.3 (3)
0 · 0 · 1
SOG 2.2 (13) 2.2 (5) 2.2 (79) 1.7 (3)
1 · 1 · 3

Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Sabres 4-7 6-5 7-4 3-3 1-4
Sharks 6-6 6-6 7-5 2-2 4-4

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Sabres vs Sharks head-to-head

Sabres are 5-1, 4-0 ATS, O/U 2-2 in the last 6 meetings. Last time: Sabres won 5-0 on March 19, 2026.

Date Venue Sabres result ATS O/U
Mar 19, 26 Sharks home W 5-0 W -1.5 U 6.5
Mar 10, 26 Sabres home W 6-3 W -1.5 O 6.5
Mar 4, 25 Sabres home L 2-6 – –
Nov 23, 24 Sharks home W 4-2 – –
Jan 27, 24 Sharks home W 5-2 W -1.5 O 5.5
Jan 15, 24 Sabres home W 3-0 W -1.5 U 5.5

Recent form

Buffalo Sabres: last 10 (4-6, 6-4 ATS, O/U 6-4)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 24, 26 @ WSH L 3-4 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 21, 26 vs PHI L 1-3 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 17, 26 @ MTL L 3-4 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 15, 26 @ TOR W 5-4 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 13, 26 @ MTL L 3-4 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 12, 26 vs FLA W 5-3 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 10, 26 vs UTA L 1-4 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 8, 26 vs DAL L 0-4 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 6, 26 vs MIN W 3-2 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 3, 26 vs CHI W 4-3 L -1.5 O 5.5

San Jose Sharks: last 10 (4-6, 5-5 ATS, O/U 5-5)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 24, 26 @ BOS L 4-6 L +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 22, 26 @ OTT W 6-2 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 20, 26 @ MTL W 4-3 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 19, 26 @ TOR L 1-3 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 17, 26 @ DET L 3-4 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 15, 26 @ NSH W 3-2 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 13, 26 vs BOS L 3-6 L +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 10, 26 vs EDM L 1-3 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 8, 26 @ STL W 3-2 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 5, 26 @ DAL L 0-5 L +1.5 U 6.5

Injury report

Buffalo Sabres

  • Justin Danforth (R): Out, Upper Body
  • Alex Lyon (G): Injured Reserve, Lyon
  • Conor Timmins (D): Injured Reserve, Timmins
  • Jiri Kulich (C): Out, Kulich has been placed in concussion protocol, per Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News on Monday
  • Matt Grzelcyk (D): Injured Reserve, Grzelcyk
  • Sam Carrick (C): Injured Reserve, Upper Body

San Jose Sharks

  • Alexander Wennberg (C): Out, Upper Body
  • Igor Chernyshov (L): Out, Chernyshov

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Sabres defense Sharks defense
Goals allowed per game 3.43 (23rd of 32) 3.31 (22nd of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 27.07 (14th of 32) 30.44 (30th of 32)
Points allowed per game 9.57 (28th of 32) 8.63 (18th of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 3.43 (31st of 32) 1.5 (8th of 32)
Pace (possessions) 52.9 (24th) 58.4 (3rd)

Venue and weather

SAP Center at San Jose · San Jose, CAIndoor, weather won’t matter
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Sabres vs Sharks odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Sharks spread +1.5 +1.5 –
Total 6.5 6.5 –
Sabres moneyline -135 -155 +3.3% win chance
Sharks moneyline +114 +130 -3.3% win chance

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Sharks spread +1.5 → +1.5
Total 6.5 → 6.5
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