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Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

Nov 2, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
San Jose Sharks 5 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:25 SJS Jonathan Dahlen (4) William Eklund (4), Brent Burns (5) 0 - 1
08:48 BUF Jeff Skinner (2) Vinnie Hinostroza (3), Robert Hagg (2) 1 - 1
12:49 SJS Ryan Merkley (1) Alexander Barabanov (3), Tomas Hertl (2) 1 - 2
2nd Period
06:13 SJS Tomas Hertl (4) Rudolfs Balcers (1) 1 - 3
13:33 BUF Drake Caggiula (2) Vinnie Hinostroza (4), Dylan Cozens (3) 2 - 3
3rd Period
06:02 SJS Mario Ferraro (1) Nick Merkley (1), Jasper Weatherby (2) 2 - 4
11:46 SJS Tomas Hertl (5) Rudolfs Balcers (2), Mario Ferraro (2) 2 - 5
18:13 BUF Jeff Skinner (3) Tage Thompson (3), Rasmus Asplund (3) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:00 SJS Jasper Weatherby Tripping 2
19:36 BUF Dylan Cozens Hooking 2
2nd Period
16:00 SJS Brent Burns Closing hand on puck 2
3rd Period
10:15 SJS Jasper Weatherby Cross checking 2
10:15 BUF Vinnie Hinostroza Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 45 34 28 3 1.4 50.0
San Jose Sharks 45 33 27 5 2.4 50.0

How the game went

202468Start2nd3rdSan 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, 5 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 8:48 of 1st, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 13:33 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 18:13 of 3rd, a 17% chanceSJS goal, 7:25 of 1st, a 39% chanceSJS goal, 12:49 of 1st, a 3% chanceSJS goal, 6:13 of 2nd, a 24% chanceSJS goal, 6:02 of 3rd, a 3% chanceSJS goal, 11:46 of 3rd, a 26% 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
Jeff Skinner · Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson14:3245.066.61-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Zemgus Girgensons11:0146.719.50-1
Vinnie Hinostroza · Drake Caggiula · Dylan Cozens10:5350.048.91-0
John Hayden · Anders Bjork · Arttu Ruotsalainen7:2733.329.50-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Will Butcher · Rasmus Dahlin19:2758.671.81-0
Mark Pysyk · Robert Hagg14:3539.116.40-2
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson13:4145.520.81-2

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
53 Jeff Skinner L 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 20:11 0.38 23-18 0.93-0.58
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 15:45 0.06 20-12 0.32-0.64
8 Drake Caggiula L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:29 0.07 14-10 0.26-0.17
18 Robert Hagg D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 16:17 0.01 15-24 0.17-1.33
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 14:18 0.01 15-12 0.28-0.64
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:07 0.09 19-20 0.92-0.67
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 21:35 0.33 15-20 0.90-0.67
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:45 0.08 25-22 1.09-0.67
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:22 0.02 19-19 0.36-1.28
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:54 0.01 16-15 0.21-1.16
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:58 0.03 16-24 0.19-1.33
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 08:17 0.02 9-19 0.22-0.87
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:40 0.02 15-15 0.20-1.16
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 09:18 13-21 0.27-1.34
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:13 0.15 10-19 0.24-0.87
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:12 0.04 26-23 1.11-0.73
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:43 0.07 11-17 0.18-1.24
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:26 19-20 0.36-1.34
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson 27 22 5 57:30 2.40 -2.60

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tomas Hertl · Rudolfs Balcers · Alexander Barabanov12:4866.762.62-0
Andrew Cogliano · Nick Bonino · Lane Pederson11:5046.226.90-1
Logan Couture · Jonathan Dahlen · William Eklund11:3655.690.31-0
Nick Merkley · Jasper Weatherby · John Leonard8:4938.957.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Burns · Mario Ferraro19:1750.052.62-2
Jaycob Megna · Ryan Merkley11:5552.453.12-0
Nicolas Meloche · Santeri Hatakka7:0220.073.80-0

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
48 Tomas Hertl C 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 16:22 0.51 27-14 1.30-0.62
38 Mario Ferraro D 1 1 2 -1 0 3 4 28:48 0.11 34-28 1.88-0.83
22 Rudolfs Balcers L 0 2 2 3 0 4 2 17:37 0.37 27-14 1.30-0.62
6 Ryan Merkley D 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 13:36 0.07 24-19 0.88-0.63
76 Jonathan Dahlen C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:55 0.39 16-16 1.00-0.16
10 Nick Merkley R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 10:30 0.21 13-18 0.79-0.43
26 Jasper Weatherby C 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 10:21 0.14 13-18 0.79-0.45
27 William Eklund L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:06 16-18 1.00-0.15
84 Brent Burns D 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 26:59 0.06 33-26 1.90-0.82
94 Alexander Barabanov L 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 16:27 0.03 28-15 1.33-0.63
11 Andrew Cogliano C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:43 0.12 11-11 0.31-0.45
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:40 11-13 0.31-0.44
25 Lane Pederson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:11 0.06 11-13 0.31-0.44
39 Logan Couture C 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 17:53 0.28 16-16 1.00-0.14
43 John Leonard L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:54 0.07 12-17 0.76-0.41
53 Nicolas Meloche D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 19:14 6-16 0.24-0.20
82 Santeri Hatakka D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:41 4-8 0.33-0.05
88 Jaycob Megna D 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 23:58 0.01 33-25 1.56-0.77
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
47 James Reimer 28 25 3 60:00 1.38 -1.62