Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose SharksOct 19, 2019

FinalSaturday, Oct 19, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	2	4		BUF	10	11	14	35
SJS	1	0	2	3		SJS	8	11	13	32

: BUF 51SJS 59
: BUF 3.03SJS 3.53
PP goals: BUF 0SJS 2
Hits: BUF 19SJS 22
Blocks: BUF 15SJS 9
PIM: BUF 6SJS 8
: BUF 45%SJS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 at SJS. Marcus Johansson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:55 together.

Points
Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:20.Johansson
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 28:36.Karlsson
Points
Henri Jokiharju had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:10.Jokiharju
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:55 together.Couture Karlsson Kane Hertl Labanc
Usage
Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 7:28, −5:29 down on his 12:57 season average over 51 games.Okposo
Usage
Tomas Hertl (SJS) played 23:42, +5:22 up on his 18:20 season average over 47 games.Hertl
Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +7 against a season average of 27.8; the loss.Jones
New line
New look for SJS: Karlsson–Gregor–Gambrell skated 4:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Gregor Gambrell

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 110 of 110 attempts · SJS 59 · BUF 51

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 35% of the game, SJS 39%.

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
	46	46
	2.30	2.57
	2.22	2.28
	12	10
	2	2
	12	14
	−0.058	+0.058
	35%	39%

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

L1Sobotka – Johansson – Skinner
10:3750% CF
L2Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
10:3356% CF
L3Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
6:4360% CF
L4Vesey – Sheary – Mittelstadt
6:3336% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
13:4264% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
12:1236% CF
D3Scandella – Jokiharju
11:5656% CF

PP1Johansson – Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
4:47100% CF
PP2Johansson – Miller – Ristolainen – Sheary – Mittelstadt
2:31
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
2:42
PK2FSobotka – Vesey
2:12
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
5:42
PK2DScandella – Jokiharju
1:16

Current BUF line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Marleau – Couture – Meier
9:1617% CF
L2Kane – Hertl – Labanc
7:2167% CF
L3Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow
5:5069% CF
L4Karlsson – Gregor – Gambrell
4:2533% CF
D1Karlsson – Dillon
13:4058% CF
D2Burns – Vlasic
11:5540% CF
D3Heed – Ferraro
5:4636% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
5:55100% CF
PP2Thornton – Marleau – Burns – Meier – Gambrell
0:42
PK1FKane – Hertl
3:20
PK2FGoodrow – Karlsson
2:22
PK1DBurns – Vlasic
4:23
PK2DKarlsson – Dillon
2:14

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
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	+2	9	0.81	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	47	50
Vladimir Sobotka C	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.17	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	48	48
Marcus Johansson L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.57	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	50	55
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	20:36	—	—	58	44
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	19:05	—	—	58	42
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	56	47
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	2	3	2	13:20	—	—	60	57
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	60	57
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	2	0	2	7:28	—	—	56	57
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	40	32
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	31	28
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	11:09	—	—	33	38
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	7	4	0	25:29	—	—	62	67
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	3	0	22:48	—	—	65	72
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	0	0	2	18:47	—	—	31	13
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	35	14
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:48	—	—	44	41
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.05	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	64	87

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.53	59:59

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	17	10
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	17:08	—	—	35	34
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:37	—	—	22	7
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.96	0	0	0	23:42	—	—	65	60
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-2	7	0.69	5	0	0	23:20	—	—	59	55
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	0	0	2	18:12	—	—	68	76
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	58	55
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	3	0	0	12:47	—	—	58	58
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.32	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	57	57
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	0	9:51	—	—	33	52
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	8:26	—	—	42	55
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	7:31	—	—	44	45
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	-3	1	0.04	1	2	0	28:36	—	—	60	61
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	3	0	2	20:46	—	—	54	58
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	0	5	0.28	2	2	0	28:40	—	—	50	58
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:07	—	—	41	47
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	11:47	—	—	41	27
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:16	—	—	36	6

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.03	57:52

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 19, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

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