Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose SharksNov 2, 2021

FinalTuesday, Nov 2, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	7	10	11	28
SJS	2	1	2	5		SJS	9	10	8	27

: BUF 45SJS 45
: BUF 1.54SJS 2.62
PP goals: BUF 0SJS 0
Hits: BUF 19SJS 24
Blocks: BUF 12SJS 11
PIM: BUF 4SJS 6
: BUF 35%SJS 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3

San Jose Sharks beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for BUF: Skinner–Asplund–Thompson skated 14:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tomas Hertl had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:22.Hertl
Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:11.Skinner
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Mario Ferraro had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 28:48.Ferraro
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Rudolfs Balcers had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:37.Balcers
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Vinnie Hinostroza had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:45.Hinostroza
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New look for BUF: Skinner–Asplund–Thompson skated 14:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Asplund Thompson
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New look for BUF: Okposo–Eakin–Girgensons skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Eakin Girgensons
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New look for SJS: Cogliano–Bonino–Pederson skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Bonino Pederson

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 90 of 90 attempts · SJS 45 · BUF 45

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 13% of the game, SJS 41%.

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
	47	47
	1.37	2.62
	1.34	2.52
	5	6
	0	2
	14	13
	−0.137	+0.137
	13%	41%

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

L1Skinner – Asplund – Thompson
14:3448% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
11:0147% CF
L3Hinostroza – Caggiula – Cozens
10:5350% CF
L4Hayden – Bjork – Ruotsalainen
7:2733% CF
D1Butcher – Dahlin
19:2759% CF
D2Pysyk – Hagg
14:3742% CF
D3Miller – Bryson
13:4145% CF

PP1Skinner – Butcher – Asplund – Thompson – Dahlin
1:2733% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Bryson – Cozens
1:09
PK1FOkposo – Girgensons
0:29
PK1DMiller – Bryson
0:29

Current BUF line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov
12:5064% CF
L2Cogliano – Bonino – Pederson
11:5046% CF
L3Couture – Dahlen – Eklund
11:3656% CF
L4Merkley – Weatherby – Leonard
8:4939% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
19:1750% CF
D2Megna – Merkley
11:5750% CF
D3Meloche – Hatakka
7:0220% CF

PP1Burns – Bonino – Couture – Dahlen – Weatherby
0:30100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Couture
0:54
PK2FBonino – Balcers
0:39
PK1DMegna – Meloche
0:59
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
0:24

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
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	22:07	—	—	50	53
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	1	2	0	21:35	—	—	46	52
Jeff Skinner L	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.23	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	58	58
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	15:54	—	—	56	20
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	44	15
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:40	—	—	56	19
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.05	0	0	2	15:45	—	—	60	34
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	14:18	—	—	53	30
Drake Caggiula L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	56	46
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:18	—	—	42	23
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	1	0	8:17	—	—	38	23
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	0	0	8:13	—	—	38	25
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	25:12	—	—	58	54
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	24:45	—	—	59	59
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	1	0	16:58	—	—	44	16
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	2	3	0	16:17	—	—	42	15
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:26	—	—	46	19
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	18:22	—	—	48	22

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.62	57:30

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	2	2	+3	4	0.70	2	0	0	17:37	—	—	64	63
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	63	63
Tomas Hertl C	L1	2	1	3	+3	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	64	63
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	44	42
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	47	41
Lane Pederson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:11	—	—	44	42
Logan Couture C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.25	2	1	0	17:53	—	—	50	88
Jonathan Dahlen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.37	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	50	84
William Eklund L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	48	86
Nick Merkley R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	10:30	—	—	40	66
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	3	1	4	10:21	—	—	40	63
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	39	66
Mario Ferraro D	D1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.09	4	5	0	28:48	—	—	50	64
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.11	0	1	2	26:59	—	—	51	66
Jaycob Megna D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.01	2	0	0	23:58	—	—	54	68
Ryan Merkley D	D2	1	0	1	+3	2	0.03	0	1	0	13:36	—	—	56	61
Nicolas Meloche D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	19:14	—	—	31	58
Santeri Hatakka D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:41	—	—	33	89

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	1.54	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 SharksNov 2, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3

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