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San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 7, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
San Jose Sharks 4 40
Buffalo Sabres 5 36

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:24 BUF Matt Moulson (11) PP Brian Gionta (14), Tyler Ennis (4) 0 - 1
14:03 SJS Joel Ward (6) Brent Burns (34), Paul Martin (14) 1 - 1
17:13 SJS Logan Couture (19) Mikkel Boedker (13), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (15) 2 - 1
2nd Period
11:23 SJS Melker Karlsson (7) Marcus Sorensen (1), Micheal Haley (7) 3 - 1
3rd Period
06:07 SJS Joe Pavelski (18) PP Brent Burns (35), Patrick Marleau (12) 4 - 1
09:03 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (11) PP Jack Eichel (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (27) 4 - 2
11:36 BUF Evander Kane (15) Cody Franson (13), Brian Gionta (15) 4 - 3
12:31 BUF Kyle Okposo (17) Sam Reinhart (21), Ryan O'Reilly (22) 4 - 4
Overtime
01:05 BUF Evander Kane (16) Jack Eichel (13) 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:44 SJS Joe Thornton Holding 2
2nd Period
02:32 BUF Dmitry Kulikov Holding 2
14:53 BUF Taylor Fedun Holding 2
3rd Period
04:42 BUF Justin Bailey High sticking 2
08:21 SJS Brent Burns Hooking 2
09:03 SJS Melker Karlsson Throwing equipment 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
San Jose Sharks 73 55 40 4 4.1 55.4
Buffalo Sabres 63 50 36 5 3.6 44.6

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 4.1 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTSJS goal, 14:03 of 1st, a 8% chanceSJS goal, 17:13 of 1st, a 16% chanceSJS goal, 11:23 of 2nd, a 14% chanceSJS goal, 6:07 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 7:24 of 1st, a 87% chanceBUF goal, 9:03 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 11:36 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 12:31 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 1:05 of overtime, a 12% chanceSJS 4.1BUF 3.6

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 Hertl12:3477.888.40-1
Joel Ward · Chris Tierney · Timo Meier9:4264.778.71-0
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Mikkel Boedker9:2846.755.71-0
Micheal Haley · Marcus Sorensen · Melker Karlsson6:3736.843.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun16:3745.968.32-1
Paul Martin · Brent Burns14:5865.568.11-0
David Schlemko · Brenden Dillon10:1573.786.10-0

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
84 Brent Burns D 0 2 2 1 2 4 0 24:17 0.13 23-16 1.24-0.62
16 Joe Pavelski C 1 0 1 -2 0 6 1 19:44 0.99 23-11 1.99-0.52
39 Logan Couture C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:02 0.24 8-12 0.29-0.27
42 Joel Ward R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:05 0.32 21-11 1.03-0.09
68 Melker Karlsson C 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 12:22 0.14 10-21 0.60-0.90
7 Paul Martin D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:04 0.07 24-12 1.51-0.55
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:48 0.14 9-12 0.40-0.28
20 Marcus Sorensen L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 07:54 0.09 8-13 0.38-0.49
38 Micheal Haley L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 08:49 0.22 11-15 0.90-0.50
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 24:55 0.01 21-27 1.42-0.79
89 Mikkel Boedker L 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 15:15 0.14 10-15 0.33-0.47
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:57 0.03 17-13 0.80-0.23
11 Chris Tierney C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:52 13-8 0.30-0.09
19 Joe Thornton C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 18:51 0.45 23-8 1.80-0.33
21 David Schlemko D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:58 0.03 19-8 1.28-0.30
28 Timo Meier R 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 14:22 0.74 22-10 1.24-0.11
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 19:33 0.34 28-14 1.96-0.60
61 Justin Braun D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:05 0.03 20-24 1.21-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Martin Jones OTL 36 31 5 61:05 3.60 -1.40

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Marcus Foligno9:4944.414.20-1
Brian Gionta · Zemgus Girgensons · Justin Bailey9:4229.614.70-0
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel8:3050.041.10-1
Tyler Ennis · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel3:4385.7100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Kulikov · Rasmus Ristolainen16:1948.541.70-2
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe12:4940.011.61-1
Josh Gorges · Taylor Fedun8:0040.914.60-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
91 Evander Kane L 2 0 2 0 0 7 1 21:13 0.39 23-15 0.71-1.05
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 21:07 0.19 10-20 0.17-1.33
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 21:43 0.27 25-16 0.98-1.09
12 Brian Gionta R 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 17:45 0.17 13-21 0.42-1.20
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:02 0.31 12-20 0.28-1.46
26 Matt Moulson L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 07:04 1.02 9-9 0.57-0.64
11 Cody Franson D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:48 0.01 17-24 0.58-1.87
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 14:33 0.60 9-13 0.36-0.94
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 28:56 0.14 22-23 0.78-1.05
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 12:39 0.33 17-11 0.69-0.64
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:28 0.02 14-18 0.19-1.03
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:16 0.02 11-16 0.18-0.84
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 22:35 0.01 21-25 0.93-1.11
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:48 13-14 0.22-0.92
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:47 0.02 13-18 0.30-1.38
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:47 0.12 11-21 0.19-1.01
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:54 1-3 0.02-0.10
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:25 0.03 9-23 0.18-1.03
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anders Nilsson W 40 36 4 61:05 4.08 +0.08