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San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 9, 2010 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
San Jose Sharks 3 29
Buffalo Sabres 6 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:18 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Cody McCormick (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
06:48 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Derek Roy (1), Nathan Gerbe (1) 0 - 2
13:26 BUF Jason Pominville (1) SH Unassisted 0 - 3
15:50 SJS Logan Couture (1) PP Dan Boyle (1), Ryane Clowe (1) 1 - 3
19:15 SJS Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1) Logan Couture (1), Ryane Clowe (2) 2 - 3
3rd Period
00:31 BUF Cody McCormick (1) Paul Gaustad (1) 2 - 4
09:26 SJS Douglas Murray (1) Torrey Mitchell (1) 3 - 4
19:33 BUF Paul Gaustad (2) Cody McCormick (2), Andrej Sekera (1) 3 - 5
19:51 BUF Thomas Vanek (2) Derek Roy (2), Nathan Gerbe (2) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:32 BUF Mike Weber Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd Period
02:25 SJS Joe Thornton Holding 2
12:13 BUF Luke Adam High sticking 2
15:14 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
San Jose Sharks 64 45 29 3 2.4 55.7
Buffalo Sabres 53 43 37 6 3.0 44.3

How the game went

1050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadSan Jose Sharks ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while San Jose Sharks had.

Expected goals

San Jose Sharks: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndSJS goal, 15:50 of 2nd, a 2% chanceSJS goal, 19:15 of 2nd, a 8% chanceSJS goal, 9:26 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 12:18 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 6:48 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 13:26 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 0:31 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 19:33 of 3rd, a 44% chanceBUF goal, 19:51 of 3rd, a 15% chanceBUF 3.0SJS 2.4

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

San Jose Sharks
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Thornton · Patrick Marleau · Dany Heatley16:1359.435.70-2
Ryane Clowe · Benn Ferriero · Logan Couture13:1359.183.21-0
Joe Pavelski · Torrey Mitchell · John McCarthy11:0980.089.91-0
Jamal Mayers · Scott Nichol · Jamie McGinn4:360.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Boyle · Douglas Murray19:2558.346.31-2
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Jason Demers15:1251.652.51-1
Niclas Wallin · Justin Braun11:4950.060.50-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
39 Logan Couture C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 18:17 0.40 13-9 0.77-0.16
29 Ryane Clowe L 0 2 2 -1 0 3 1 17:25 0.21 13-9 0.77-0.16
6 Douglas Murray D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 20:45 0.04 21-15 0.87-1.01
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:52 0.12 18-17 0.70-0.62
22 Dan Boyle D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 27:39 0.18 24-16 0.91-1.01
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:02 0.07 18-7 0.72-0.26
7 Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:53 0.10 13-11 0.43-0.25
12 Scott Nichol C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:38 0-10 0.00-0.62
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 21:04 0.04 19-14 0.40-0.73
16 Joe Pavelski C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:09 0.13 19-7 0.68-0.12
17 John McCarthy C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:43 0.52 19-8 0.76-0.25
19 Joe Thornton C 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 20:34 0.25 21-15 0.46-0.81
22 Jamal Mayers R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:53 0-11 0.00-0.64
42 Benn Ferriero R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:34 0.15 14-10 0.79-0.16
44 Jason Demers D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:54 0.04 19-15 0.51-0.46
51 Dany Heatley L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 20:04 0.05 22-16 0.48-0.83
61 Justin Braun D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 15:24 0.08 13-12 0.57-0.40
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 07:59 4-13 0.14-0.88
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Antti Niemi L 36 31 5 59:11 2.61 -2.39

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Nathan Gerbe13:1366.751.52-0
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick13:0045.066.02-0
Jochen Hecht · Patrick Kaleta · Tyler Ennis8:2130.825.50-1
Jason Pominville · Mark Mancari · Luke Adam7:1942.929.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador18:0533.324.50-0
Chris Butler · Mike Weber16:0952.267.81-1
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers16:0355.268.03-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
28 Paul Gaustad C 2 1 3 3 0 4 2 16:26 0.15 9-12 0.54-0.28
8 Cody McCormick C 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 14:12 0.27 9-12 0.54-0.28
26 Thomas Vanek L 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 16:34 0.42 20-12 0.79-0.76
8 Derek Roy C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 17:28 0.28 21-12 0.79-0.80
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 2 2 2 0 5 1 14:07 0.19 20-12 0.79-0.80
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:57 0.26 8-18 0.27-0.47
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 19:13 16-14 0.79-0.45
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:18 14-28 0.40-1.23
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 16:58 0.02 12-11 0.59-0.28
24 Mark Mancari R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:22 0.22 6-11 0.16-0.46
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 16:59 0.16 10-13 0.70-0.34
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:13 12-11 0.59-0.28
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 09:39 0.11 7-11 0.16-0.43
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:27 0.08 15-30 0.50-1.34
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 14:33 0.28 7-15 0.38-0.45
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:43 0.10 6-18 0.29-0.46
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 21:04 0.06 17-14 0.89-0.40
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:11 6-16 0.23-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 29 26 3 60:00 2.38 -0.62