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Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

Feb 26, 2016 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 22
San Jose Sharks 1 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:28 SJS Marc-Edouard Vlasic (8) Matt Nieto (8) 0 - 1
2nd Period
13:38 BUF Johan Larsson (3) Brian Gionta (13) 1 - 1
3rd Period
12:36 BUF Zach Bogosian (4) Zemgus Girgensons (9), Sam Reinhart (10) 2 - 1
18:43 BUF Evander Kane (17) Zach Bogosian (10) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
No penalties

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 42 32 22 3 1.4 42.7
San Jose Sharks 56 38 25 1 2.4 57.3

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdSan 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: 1.4 expected, 3 scored · San Jose Sharks: 2.4 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 13:38 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 12:36 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 18:43 of 3rd, a 38% chanceSJS goal, 1:28 of 1st, a 2% chanceSJS 2.4BUF 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

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 · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson11:3650.058.01-0
Jamie McGinn · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel7:540.00.00-0
Jamie McGinn · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel5:0050.043.40-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Nicolas Deslauriers4:5157.119.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen21:3331.07.30-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe21:2446.340.52-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Mark Pysyk13:4143.553.60-0

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
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 22:13 0.06 19-22 0.55-0.81
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 15:53 0.16 13-12 0.36-0.26
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 20:57 0.02 10-16 0.27-0.51
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 16:16 0.04 12-17 0.34-0.86
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:35 0.04 16-19 0.42-0.86
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 14:32 0.15 16-11 0.38-0.23
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 22:24 0.02 10-20 0.12-1.22
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:08 0.03 5-18 0.10-0.81
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:10 0.07 11-13 0.33-0.26
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:48 0.02 5-6 0.10-0.36
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 17:15 0.13 15-14 0.36-0.37
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 23:11 0.01 21-22 0.58-0.81
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:25 0.03 10-13 0.30-0.26
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:54 0.02 6-4 0.12-0.28
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:27 0.03 6-17 0.07-0.95
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:37 0.03 11-20 0.12-1.22
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:11 0.04 5-18 0.13-0.75
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:04 0.10 14-13 0.38-0.63
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson W 25 24 1 60:00 2.33 +1.33

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Tomas Hertl15:2259.379.20-0
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Joonas Donskoi14:4165.478.60-0
Joel Ward · Nick Spaling · Matt Nieto12:0373.762.71-1
Dainius Zubrus · Chris Tierney · Melker Karlsson10:3325.064.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Martin · Brent Burns17:4958.361.60-0
Roman Polak · Brenden Dillon16:5143.866.40-1
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun14:4970.483.01-0

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
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 20:30 0.09 25-12 0.93-0.23
83 Matt Nieto L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:06 14-5 0.41-0.24
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:42 0.05 14-18 0.67-0.34
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:04 0.09 16-10 0.69-0.35
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:55 5-13 0.36-0.27
11 Chris Tierney C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:39 7-10 0.42-0.20
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:07 0.19 18-10 0.60-0.19
16 Joe Pavelski C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:43 0.30 19-12 0.93-0.26
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:11 0.10 15-8 0.43-0.32
19 Joe Thornton C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:23 16-12 0.87-0.26
39 Logan Couture C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:03 0.06 17-11 0.58-0.23
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:27 0.18 15-6 0.43-0.27
45 Roman Polak D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 8 18:52 0.56 14-19 0.67-0.43
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:42 0.08 18-13 0.93-0.30
61 Justin Braun D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 17:12 0.02 21-8 0.89-0.15
68 Melker Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:34 0.34 3-11 0.34-0.24
72 Joonas Donskoi R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:22 0.29 18-12 0.60-0.24
84 Brent Burns D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 24:34 0.03 20-15 0.74-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Martin Jones L 21 19 2 58:54 0.99 -1.01