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Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

Oct 18, 2018 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 25
San Jose Sharks 5 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:35 SJS Joonas Donskoi (2) PP Erik Karlsson (4), Evander Kane (2) 0 - 1
04:02 SJS Logan Couture (2) PP Brent Burns (5) 0 - 2
2nd Period
01:35 BUF Jake McCabe (1) Jeff Skinner (2), Rasmus Dahlin (2) 1 - 2
3rd Period
04:54 SJS Logan Couture (3) Evander Kane (3), Justin Braun (3) 1 - 3
11:49 SJS Joe Pavelski (4) PP Kevin Labanc (5), Brent Burns (6) 1 - 4
18:13 SJS Logan Couture (4) Tomas Hertl (2), Timo Meier (2) 1 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:45 BUF Kyle Okposo High sticking double minor 4
05:54 BUF Marco Scandella Slashing 2
08:09 SJS Erik Karlsson Hooking 2
11:21 BUF Jake McCabe Interference 2
15:30 SJS Brenden Dillon Tripping 2
18:52 SJS Kevin Labanc Slashing 2
2nd Period
02:02 SJS Melker Karlsson Interference 2
06:29 BUF Kyle Okposo Slashing 2
3rd Period
07:40 SJS Kevin Labanc Tripping 2
11:42 BUF Marco Scandella Tripping 2
12:51 BUF Jake McCabe Interference 2
20:00 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
20:00 BUF Zach Bogosian Fighting 5
20:00 SJS Joakim Ryan Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 38 25 1 2.8 38.6
San Jose Sharks 80 57 39 5 5.6 61.4

How the game went

5051015202530Start2nd3rdSan 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: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · San Jose Sharks: 5.6 expected, 5 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 1:35 of 2nd, a 1% chanceSJS goal, 3:35 of 1st, a 30% chanceSJS goal, 4:02 of 1st, a 9% chanceSJS goal, 4:54 of 3rd, a 27% chanceSJS goal, 11:49 of 3rd, a 40% chanceSJS goal, 18:13 of 3rd, a 60% chanceSJS 5.6BUF 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

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
Conor Sheary · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel6:3447.453.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Casey Mittelstadt6:0112.50.00-0
Jason Pominville · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues4:2454.527.10-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Remi Elie · Tage Thompson4:249.122.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen9:4936.014.20-1
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Dahlin8:3953.349.01-0
Zach Bogosian · Nathan Beaulieu7:4531.649.60-0

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
22 Jake McCabe D 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 16:44 0.01 12-16 0.51-0.83
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:08 0.03 13-14 0.31-0.40
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:39 0.17 7-15 0.06-0.62
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 4 0 3 18:54 0.03 14-26 0.64-1.78
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 6 3 0 13:53 0.29 8-8 0.28-0.30
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:16 0.38 11-15 0.47-0.74
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:03 0.36 8-11 0.29-0.37
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:14 11-15 0.47-0.74
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:11 0.17 7-21 0.39-1.24
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:59 0.02 9-11 0.06-0.38
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 7 0 5 18:20 9-20 0.40-0.50
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:00 0.01 11-13 0.30-0.24
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:59 12-11 0.42-0.34
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:54 0.65 14-13 0.35-0.35
38 Remi Elie L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:00 0.08 2-13 0.09-0.51
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 16:21 0.54 12-13 0.60-0.96
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 24:29 0.07 9-20 0.21-1.49
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:06 1-15 0.08-1.01
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 38 34 4 58:26 4.98 +0.98

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joonas Donskoi · Marcus Sorensen · Antti Suomela9:0857.147.50-1
Logan Couture · Tomas Hertl · Timo Meier8:1866.782.20-0
Barclay Goodrow · Melker Karlsson · Rourke Chartier8:0766.796.40-0
Joe Pavelski · Evander Kane · Kevin Labanc7:4072.274.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Burns · Joakim Ryan10:2570.491.80-0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Erik Karlsson9:4570.067.40-0
Justin Braun · Brenden Dillon6:5642.965.70-0

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
39 Logan Couture C 3 0 3 2 0 6 1 19:06 0.58 18-11 1.00-0.37
84 Brent Burns D 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 25:06 0.15 28-17 1.35-0.63
91 Evander Kane L 0 2 2 1 0 5 3 17:10 0.71 17-6 1.31-0.29
16 Joe Pavelski C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:14 0.49 14-7 0.60-0.23
72 Joonas Donskoi R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 15:18 0.44 13-12 0.58-0.77
28 Timo Meier R 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 18:08 1.03 20-9 1.23-0.18
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:22 0.34 17-11 0.52-0.37
61 Justin Braun D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:26 0.01 10-12 0.80-0.50
62 Kevin Labanc R 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 13:35 0.34 13-6 0.60-0.21
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 20:59 0.07 20-10 0.86-0.38
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 14:37 9-9 0.59-0.29
14 Antti Suomela C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:40 0.20 12-11 0.46-0.51
20 Marcus Sorensen L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:32 0.07 12-12 0.46-0.51
23 Barclay Goodrow C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:01 0.01 8-5 0.28-0.02
33 Joakim Ryan D 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 12:12 0.05 20-8 0.74-0.05
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:03 0.28 21-12 0.78-0.52
49 Rourke Chartier C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:48 0.23 10-5 0.39-0.01
68 Melker Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11:43 0.04 8-7 0.28-0.10
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Martin Jones 25 24 1 60:00 2.80 +1.80