Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

Mar 14, 2017 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	23
San Jose Sharks	4	41

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:10	BUF	Jack Eichel (20)	Matt Moulson (15), Josh Gorges (4)	1 - 0
2nd Period
11:47	SJS	Joe Pavelski (27) PP	Logan Couture (26), Joe Thornton (40)	1 - 1
19:10	SJS	Micheal Haley (2)	Unassisted	1 - 2
3rd Period
05:28	SJS	Joe Pavelski (28)	Dylan DeMelo (5), Joe Thornton (41)	1 - 3
14:57	SJS	Logan Couture (24)	Joel Ward (19), Patrick Marleau (17)	1 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:56	BUF	Tyler Ennis	Tripping	2
2nd Period
04:52	BUF	Cody Franson	Holding	2
10:57	BUF	Justin Falk	Holding	2
13:14	SJS	Justin Braun	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	50	34	23	1	2.0	43.0
San Jose Sharks	75	53	42	4	4.2	57.0

How the game went

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: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · San Jose Sharks: 4.2 expected, 4 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marcus Foligno · Zemgus Girgensons · Justin Bailey	10:50	27.8	7.2	0-0
Brian Gionta · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane	10:45	64.3	72.6	0-0
Matt Moulson · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	8:30	44.8	46.9	1-3
Tyler Ennis · Nicolas Deslauriers · Evan Rodrigues	4:03	11.1	20.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen	18:10	29.7	17.6	0-1
Josh Gorges · Cody Franson	13:35	51.7	63.5	1-2
Justin Falk · Zach Bogosian	13:22	52.2	34.2	0-0

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
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	14:06	0.53	15-26	1.18-1.36
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	19:19	0.02	16-17	1.07-0.78
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	10:51	0.12	14-16	1.11-1.26
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	18:05	0.17	19-18	1.15-0.62
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:01	0.11	16-10	0.44-0.42
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	14:35	0.25	18-23	1.24-1.34
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:49		7-15	0.08-0.69
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:17	0.08	7-15	0.19-0.65
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	22:00	0.16	15-30	0.41-1.49
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:22	0.02	13-15	0.37-0.68
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15:08		7-17	0.08-0.67
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	17:43		16-15	0.43-0.53
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	10:25	0.05	6-13	0.14-0.51
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	25:48	0.05	14-27	0.42-1.45
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	10:32	0.02	7-10	0.18-0.31
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:19	0.18	19-9	0.53-0.14
90	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:50	0.05	5-17	0.05-0.67
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	19:00	0.23	16-12	0.48-0.29

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	41	37	4	60:00	4.11	+0.11

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mikkel Boedker · Joonas Donskoi · Tomas Hertl	12:44	50.0	63.8	0-0
Patrick Marleau · Joel Ward · Logan Couture	12:16	71.4	56.8	1-0
Micheal Haley · Marcus Sorensen · Chris Tierney	11:01	60.0	63.8	0-0
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Jannik Hansen	10:37	52.4	52.1	1-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Brent Burns	16:16	65.9	55.2	1-1
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun	16:16	36.0	35.6	1-0
Brenden Dillon · Dylan DeMelo	12:14	52.4	66.0	1-0

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
16	Joe Pavelski	C	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	14:47	0.86	12-11	0.51-0.46
39	Logan Couture	C	1	1	2	1	0	3	0	16:10	0.35	20-9	0.84-0.64
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	15:07	0.08	14-11	0.67-0.55
38	Micheal Haley	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	12:24	0.22	14-9	0.77-0.33
2	Dylan DeMelo	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	16:34	0.13	12-12	0.71-0.36
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	16:17	0.15	22-9	0.85-0.64
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	15:40	0.06	21-9	0.84-0.67
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	17:18	0.03	21-12	1.10-0.34
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:33	0.06	29-16	1.29-1.05
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:52	0.35	13-12	0.68-0.38
20	Marcus Sorensen	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	12:02	0.04	14-9	0.77-0.43
36	Jannik Hansen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:24	0.14	12-13	0.60-0.60
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	22:25	0.07	11-19	0.30-0.53
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	16:03	0.68	14-14	0.58-0.35
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	19:59	0.04	14-19	0.45-0.51
72	Joonas Donskoi	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:46	0.34	13-14	0.54-0.35
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	22:45	0.55	35-15	1.68-1.05
89	Mikkel Boedker	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:54	0.03	14-17	0.65-0.36

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Martin Jones	23	22	1	60:00	2.01	+1.01