Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose SharksOct 18, 2018

FinalThursday, Oct 18, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	9	7	9	25
SJS	2	0	3	5		SJS	10	9	20	39

: BUF 55SJS 80
: BUF 4.51SJS 5.46
PP goals: BUF 0SJS 3
Hits: BUF 24SJS 20
Blocks: BUF 23SJS 17
PIM: BUF 21SJS 15
: BUF 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

San Jose Sharks rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

San Jose Sharks beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at home. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 5:13 together.

Points
Logan Couture had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:06.Couture
Points
Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:06.Burns
Points
Evander Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:10.Kane
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 5:13 together.Burns Pavelski Couture Hertl Labanc
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 4.51 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +7 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.Hutton
New line
New look for BUF: Sobotka–Elie–Thompson skated 4:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (9.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Elie Thompson
Usage
Erik Karlsson (SJS) played 20:59, −3:34 down on his 24:33 season average over 52 games.Karlsson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · SJS 80 · BUF 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 24% of the game, SJS 53%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	SJS
	41	65
	2.82	2.89
	2.78	2.74
	8	14
	5	5
	10	7
	+0.031	−0.031
	24%	53%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Sheary – Reinhart – Eichel
6:3447% CF
L2Okposo – Skinner – Mittelstadt
6:0113% CF
L3Pominville – Girgensons – Rodrigues
4:2455% CF
L4Sobotka – Elie – Thompson
4:249% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
9:5935% CF
D2McCabe – Dahlin
8:4553% CF
D3Bogosian – Beaulieu
7:4532% CF

PP1Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Eichel
5:2289% CF
PP2Skinner – Rodrigues – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:1250% CF
PK1FSobotka – Girgensons
4:29
PK2FElie – Rodrigues
2:29
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
4:46
PK2DBogosian – McCabe
3:07

Current BUF line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Donskoi – Sorensen – Suomela
9:0857% CF
L2Couture – Hertl – Meier
8:1867% CF
L3Goodrow – Karlsson – Chartier
8:0767% CF
L4Pavelski – Kane – Labanc
7:4072% CF
D1Burns – Ryan
10:2570% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
9:5670% CF
D3Braun – Dillon
6:5643% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl – Labanc
5:1378% CF
PP2Burns – Vlasic – Kane – Donskoi – Meier
4:58100% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
2:58
PK2FSorensen – Karlsson
1:28
PK1DVlasic – Braun
5:16
PK2DBurns – Dillon
2:20

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.48	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	42	42
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:14	—	—	42	42
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.54	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	48	62
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	2	0	17:39	—	—	32	13
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.63	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	42	78
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.94	0	0	6	13:53	—	—	50	82
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	45	13
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:59	—	—	52	69
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	1.15	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	52	67
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	3	1	0	17:11	—	—	25	40
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:06	—	—	6	8
Remi Elie L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	11:00	—	—	13	13
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	5	2	0	24:29	—	—	31	15
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	3	0	4	18:54	—	—	35	50
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	48	52
Jake McCabe D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.00	1	5	4	16:44	—	—	43	56
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	8	7	18:20	—	—	31	68
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:00	—	—	46	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	4.51	58:26

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.40	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	52	23
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	1	0	12:32	—	—	50	25
Antti Suomela C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	9:40	—	—	52	25
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	61	42
Logan Couture C	L2	3	0	3	+2	6	1.41	1	2	0	19:06	—	—	62	52
Timo Meier R	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.93	1	1	0	18:08	—	—	69	86
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	2	11:43	—	—	53	69
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:01	—	—	62	90
Rourke Chartier C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	3	0	0	9:48	—	—	67	94
Evander Kane L	L4	0	2	2	+1	5	0.66	3	0	0	17:10	—	—	74	74
Joe Pavelski C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	1	1	0	16:14	—	—	67	67
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.42	1	1	4	13:35	—	—	68	68
Brent Burns D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	25:06	—	—	62	43
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	5	12:12	—	—	71	95
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	2	0	25:03	—	—	64	59
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	2	20:59	—	—	67	68
Justin Braun D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	4	0	17:26	—	—	46	36
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:37	—	—	50	36

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	4.51	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose SharksOct 18, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

San Jose Sharks