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San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 18, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
San Jose Sharks 1 30
Buffalo Sabres 4 14

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
05:25 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers (2) Cody McCormick (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (2) 0 - 1
10:29 SJS Brent Burns (7) PP Joe Thornton (12), Logan Couture (10) 1 - 1
11:54 BUF Brian Gionta (1) Brian Flynn (2), Tyler Myers (3) 1 - 2
19:48 BUF Brian Flynn (2) Brian Gionta (4), Mike Weber (2) 1 - 3
3rd Period
19:18 BUF Brian Gionta (2) Tyler Myers (4), Andrej Meszaros (3) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:29 BUF Tyler Ennis Interference goalkeeper 2
16:07 SJS Adam Burish Hooking 2
18:37 BUF Torrey Mitchell Slashing 2
2nd Period
02:20 SJS Matt Irwin Boarding 2
06:20 BUF Nikita Zadorov Boarding 2
06:20 SJS Tommy Wingels Roughing 2
09:28 BUF Drew Stafford Interference 2
3rd Period
15:16 BUF Tyler Myers Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
San Jose Sharks 63 46 30 1 2.9 66.7
Buffalo Sabres 28 21 14 4 1.4 33.3

How the game went

3020100Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.9 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.4 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndSJS goal, 10:29 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 5:25 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 11:54 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 19:48 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 19:18 of 3rd, a 39% chanceSJS 2.9BUF 1.4

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 · Joe Pavelski · Tomas Hertl9:4281.383.40-1
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · Barclay Goodrow6:5540.060.10-0
James Sheppard · Tommy Wingels · Matt Nieto6:0175.059.90-0
Patrick Marleau · Tyler Kennedy · Logan Couture5:4660.037.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Burns · Mirco Mueller14:1561.166.10-1
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun13:1361.942.20-0
Jason Demers · Matt Irwin11:4778.967.20-1

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
84 Brent Burns D 1 0 1 -3 0 3 0 25:25 0.21 11-8 0.54-0.32
19 Joe Thornton C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 19:28 0.30 16-3 0.91-0.17
39 Logan Couture C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 21:36 0.10 6-7 0.06-0.27
11 Andrew Desjardins L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:39 4-4 0.09-0.07
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:42 0.30 11-4 0.10-0.18
16 Joe Pavelski C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 20:16 0.79 16-5 0.85-0.32
23 Barclay Goodrow C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:07 4-6 0.09-0.11
25 Mirco Mueller D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:14 0.01 12-7 0.55-0.28
37 Adam Burish R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:33 0.07 2-3 0.07-0.05
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:53 0.06 15-8 0.25-0.33
44 Jason Demers D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:17 0.06 17-5 0.39-0.22
45 James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:03 0.03 14-7 0.11-0.32
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:21 0.02 9-4 0.07-0.22
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 14:26 0.37 17-5 0.89-0.32
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 15:58 0.06 16-5 0.37-0.18
57 Tommy Wingels C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 18:02 15-8 0.17-0.24
61 Justin Braun D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:52 0.41 13-9 0.24-0.33
83 Matt Nieto L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:42 0.14 12-7 0.10-0.21
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Troy Grosenick L 13 10 3 58:26 1.02 -1.98

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons10:3014.313.70-0
Brian Gionta · Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn9:5846.262.22-0
Cody McCormick · Drew Stafford · Nicolas Deslauriers8:2450.051.51-0
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno8:1220.011.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov13:4640.073.20-0
Tyson Strachan · Tyler Myers13:3416.713.71-0
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber12:4140.047.90-0

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
12 Brian Gionta R 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 13:03 0.11 6-9 0.42-0.37
32 Brian Flynn C 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 15:00 0.09 8-9 0.45-0.28
57 Tyler Myers D 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 23:34 0.05 4-18 0.17-0.74
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:02 0.17 8-10 0.20-0.18
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:39 0.01 11-14 0.38-0.17
8 Cody McCormick C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:58 6-9 0.17-0.20
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:21 0.03 8-14 0.14-0.33
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:13 0.09 9-10 0.52-0.10
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:40 2-9 0.01-0.10
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:19 2-8 0.01-0.10
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:44 10-7 0.24-0.17
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:30 0.06 5-14 0.20-0.61
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 24:24 3-17 0.11-0.90
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:44 3-14 0.16-0.60
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:32 0.08 3-11 0.09-0.10
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:38 0.10 4-15 0.12-0.52
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 15:43 0.20 6-11 0.42-0.30
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 17:19 0.04 7-11 0.33-0.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth W 20 19 1 40:00 1.78 +0.78
30 Michal Neuvirth 10 10 0 19:36 1.11 +1.11