At the Horn | Sabres 3 - Sharks 0

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves to earn his second shutout of the season and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-0 inside KeyBank Center on Monday afternoon.

Luukkonen, who started for the third consecutive game, earned his fourth victory in his last five contests. His night included a sprawling save on a rebound attempt by Tomas Hertl late in the second period and a post-to-post save on a Filip Zadina one-timer in the third.

Casey Mittelstadt opened the scoring for the Sabres at the 11:34 mark of the second period, then added assists on a power-play goal from Alex Tuch and an empty-net goal by Jordan Greenway.

Kaapo Kahkonen made 32 saves for San Jose.

The Sabres were without defenseman Mattias Samuelsson, who missed the game after sustaining an upper-body injury against Vancouver on Saturday. Henri Jokiharju entered the lineup in his absence.

SCORING SUMMARY

Period 2, 11:34 – Casey Mittelstadt from Kyle Okposo and Ryan Johnson

Mittelstadt opened the scoring on his fourth shot of the night, pulling the puck back to evade the outstretched stick of Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic in the left faceoff circle and sending a wrist shot past Kahkonen with Okposo setting a screen.

The goal was Mittelstadt’s team-leading 36th point of the season.

Period 2, 14:37 (PP) – Alex Tuch from Jack Quinn and Casey Mittelstadt

The Sabres doubled their lead on their first power play of the night. Quinn tossed a pass to Tuch, who buried a one-time from the slot for his 12th goal of the season.

Period 3, 16:34 (EN) - Jordan Greenway from Casey Mittelstadt and Rasmus Dahlin

Greenway knocked William Eklund off the puck in the neutral zone, then buried a pass from Mittelstadt into the empty net.

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UP NEXT

The homestand continues Wednesday against the Chicago Blackhawks. Tickets are available here.

The game will be televised on MSG/MSG+ within the Buffalo broadcast market, with the pregame show set to kick off at 7 p.m. 

Out-of-market fans can catch the game on TNT beginning at 7:30 p.m. Dan Dunleavy and Rob Ray will have the radio call on WGR 550.