Final Score: Arizona: 3, Buffalo: 2
Shots: ARI-44, BUF-26
San Jose Goalscorers: Conor Garland, Carl Soderberg
Minus-1: Losing the magic?
Buffalo has hung its golden cap on scoring first. With a record of 8-1-0 coming into the matchup, that 2-0 lead looked pretty good from a probability perspective. Unfortunately, the team allowed two unanswered goals on an almost 2-to-1 shot advantage throughout the game and were never able to recapture the dominance of the first 11 minutes. Sure, the two goals were flukey, but when a team unleashes 44 shots in a night, some of them are bound to go in.