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Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

Oct 25, 2014 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 15
San Jose Sharks 1 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
3rd Period
03:43 BUF Cody Hodgson (1) Drew Stafford (4), Zemgus Girgensons (1) 1 - 0
05:57 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers (1) Cody McCormick (1), Sam Reinhart (1) 2 - 0
06:10 SJS Brent Burns (2) Unassisted 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:04 SJS Andrew Desjardins Interference 2
2nd Period
11:51 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference 2
18:45 SJS Scott Hannan Tripping 2
19:57 BUF Tyler Ennis Interference 2
3rd Period
00:24 SJS Tommy Wingels Holding the stick 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 38 23 15 2 1.7 33.7
San Jose Sharks 76 45 30 1 2.6 66.3

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdSan Jose Sharks aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 San Jose Sharks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · San Jose Sharks: 2.6 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:43 of 3rd, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 5:57 of 3rd, a 26% chanceSJS goal, 6:10 of 3rd, a 1% chanceSJS 2.6BUF 1.7

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

Buffalo Sabres
San Jose Sharks

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Torrey Mitchell · Zemgus Girgensons13:2744.847.20-0
Matt Moulson · Chris Stewart · Tyler Ennis13:0439.155.40-0
Cody McCormick · Nicolas Deslauriers · Sam Reinhart8:4438.940.91-0
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno7:160.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers17:1831.829.61-1
Andre Benoit · Rasmus Ristolainen14:2339.458.00-0
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber11:2933.348.81-0

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
11 Cody Hodgson C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 10:48 0.19 2-16 0.19-0.49
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 10:42 0.33 7-11 0.40-0.58
8 Cody McCormick C 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 11:28 0.07 7-11 0.40-0.58
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:49 8-11 0.42-0.58
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:33 0.10 1-14 0.19-0.49
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 21:24 0.21 14-23 0.53-0.48
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:37 9-17 0.27-0.75
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:06 0.01 9-26 0.66-0.93
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:11 0.09 14-20 0.35-0.55
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:29 1-12 0.00-0.41
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:37 0.45 10-19 0.39-0.50
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:04 0.02 10-18 0.65-0.79
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:45 0.07 10-16 0.37-0.32
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:22 13-28 0.37-0.49
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:52 8-17 0.29-0.66
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22:10 0.02 15-22 0.40-0.26
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:25 0.10 9-18 0.37-0.48
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:48 13-16 0.33-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth W 30 29 1 59:50 2.56 +1.56

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrick Marleau · James Sheppard · Logan Couture12:4480.871.60-0
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Tomas Hertl12:3369.646.70-1
Tommy Wingels · Matt Nieto · Chris Tierney11:5457.766.31-1
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · John Scott5:0244.435.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Burns · Mirco Mueller15:4666.754.31-0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun15:4674.174.90-0
Scott Hannan · Matt Irwin14:4356.039.20-2

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
84 Brent Burns D 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 22:30 0.18 26-12 0.70-0.41
11 Andrew Desjardins L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 07:14 0.09 5-5 0.13-0.24
11 Chris Tierney C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:44 0.26 18-15 0.75-0.40
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 0.09 23-6 0.69-0.26
16 Joe Pavelski C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:53 0.43 16-7 0.36-0.41
19 Joe Thornton C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:54 0.16 17-7 0.41-0.41
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 05:52 5-5 0.13-0.24
25 Mirco Mueller D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:10 0.07 20-12 0.45-0.39
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:02 16-12 0.43-0.63
37 Adam Burish R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:53 0.15 4-8 0.13-0.30
39 Logan Couture C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:17 0.12 21-5 0.65-0.26
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:44 0.01 25-8 0.85-0.30
45 James Sheppard C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:58 0.37 24-7 0.74-0.26
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:38 0.02 20-8 0.43-0.42
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:51 17-11 0.64-0.63
57 Tommy Wingels C 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 18:20 0.38 19-11 0.71-0.35
61 Justin Braun D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:58 22-9 0.82-0.28
83 Matt Nieto L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:40 0.26 17-12 0.69-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Alex Stalock L 15 13 2 58:22 1.65 -0.35