San Jose Sharks visit KeyBank Center to take on the Buffalo Sabres. Timothy Liljegren and Nico Sturm and William Eklund and Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith scored Period 1 Looks like Sturm and Dellandrea have flip-flopped lines to start.

With goalie Vitek Vanecek held out of the game for trade-related reasons, the Sharks got third period goals from William Eklund, Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith and Tyler Toffoli to help seal a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center.

With goalie Vitek Vanecek held out of the game for trade-related reasons, the Sharks got third period goals from William Eklund, Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith and Tyler Toffoli to help seal a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center.

In their place during Saturday’s morning skate, the Sharks had winger Klim Kostin in Zetterlund’s spot on a line with Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith, goalie Georgi Romanov backing up Alexandar Georgiev, and newcomer Patrick Giles in Sturm’s old spot as the fourth-line center.

San Jose has won two in a row after dropping eight straight. Eklund's 46 points passed his career high of 45, which he set last season in 80 games. Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, Nico Sturm, Timothy Liljegren, and Tyler Toffoli scored for San Jose. Alexander Georgiev made 20 saves for his second win in as many days.

Losing to the San Jose Sharks, 6-2, on your home ice should be the low point of your season, but the Buffalo Sabres are so bad, it may not even rank in the team’s top-five losses this season. Paul Ham

Six San Jose players recorded multiple-point games in the Sharks' 6-2 win over the host Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. William Eklund, Will Smith, Tyler

Celebrini scored once Tuesday, a third period goal assisted by Shakir Mukhamadullin and Will Smith (a sentence Sharks fans would like to hear for years to come) but could have scored one or two more if not for some bad luck in the first period.