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San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 14, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
San Jose Sharks 2 32
Buffalo Sabres 1 31

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:48 SJS Marc-Edouard Vlasic (2) PP Joe Pavelski (6), Brent Burns (7) 1 - 0
3rd Period
06:27 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (5) Rasmus Ristolainen (7), Josh Gorges (2) 1 - 1
Overtime
02:59 SJS Patrick Marleau (5) Marc-Edouard Vlasic (6), Tomas Hertl (7) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:37 BUF Jake McCabe Slashing 2
08:26 SJS Team Too many men on the ice 2
09:01 SJS Marc-Edouard Vlasic Tripping 2
18:24 SJS Joe Pavelski Tripping 2
2nd Period
07:34 BUF Carlo Colaiacovo Hooking 2
3rd Period
14:35 BUF Carlo Colaiacovo Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
San Jose Sharks 52 44 32 2 2.8 44.3
Buffalo Sabres 51 40 31 1 3.0 55.7

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTSJS goal, 1:48 of 1st, a 5% chanceSJS goal, 2:59 of overtime, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 6:27 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF 3.0SJS 2.8

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 · Melker Karlsson12:1328.630.80-0
Tommy Wingels · Joonas Donskoi · Tomas Hertl10:2038.914.30-0
Patrick Marleau · Joel Ward · Nikolay Goldobin6:4622.217.30-0
Mike Brown · Matt Nieto · Chris Tierney6:1087.593.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Martin · Brent Burns16:0425.88.30-1
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun15:4756.553.40-0
Brenden Dillon · Mirco Mueller8:1675.094.90-0

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

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
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 25:26 0.22 15-14 0.57-0.67
12 Patrick Marleau C 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 21:16 0.80 7-16 0.49-0.89
16 Joe Pavelski C 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:20 0.07 8-17 0.31-0.66
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:59 0.35 11-12 0.23-0.90
84 Brent Burns D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 29:34 0.20 11-28 0.22-1.82
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:33 0.07 11-5 0.48-0.25
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:40 0.04 10-25 0.16-1.40
11 Chris Tierney C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:40 0.01 11-6 0.23-0.15
13 Mike Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:19 10-3 0.16-0.04
19 Joe Thornton C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:12 0.19 6-15 0.23-0.52
25 Mirco Mueller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:28 10-3 0.46-0.02
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:29 0.24 8-13 0.51-0.79
57 Tommy Wingels C 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15:58 0.08 10-11 0.23-0.82
61 Justin Braun D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:23 0.15 13-13 0.49-0.46
68 Melker Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:48 0.07 8-17 0.32-0.66
72 Joonas Donskoi R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:11 9-11 0.16-0.82
77 Nikolay Goldobin R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:32 3-7 0.09-0.37
83 Matt Nieto L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:09 0.36 14-4 0.60-0.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Martin Jones 31 30 1 62:59 2.97 +1.97

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Ryan O'Reilly13:0277.379.70-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart10:5258.857.80-0
Jamie McGinn · Tyler Ennis · Jack Eichel10:1135.065.60-0
David Legwand · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers5:5157.146.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen18:5069.470.70-0
Mark Pysyk · Jake McCabe14:3958.388.00-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Cody Franson10:4318.80.00-0

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
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 22:46 0.58 18-6 0.81-0.27
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 24:15 0.02 25-11 0.89-0.37
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 29:01 0.11 26-12 0.91-0.39
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:45 0.11 9-15 0.70-0.33
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:04 3-13 0.00-0.62
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:49 0.04 17-7 0.79-0.29
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:23 0.02 14-10 1.31-0.18
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:36 0.32 12-10 0.67-0.54
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:52 0.01 4-3 0.05-0.05
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:25 0.02 8-5 0.30-0.09
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:46 0.08 12-8 0.75-0.47
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 19:13 0.02 16-11 1.42-0.20
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 14:25 4-13 0.09-0.62
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 17:43 0.46 18-6 0.81-0.22
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 16:06 0.47 11-10 0.64-0.54
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:57 5-4 0.05-0.13
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:09 0.24 11-17 0.81-0.36
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:31 0.52 7-14 0.56-0.29
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 32 30 2 62:59 2.80 +0.80