Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose SharksNov 23, 2024

FinalSaturday, Nov 23, 2024· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	3	4		BUF	11	11	9	31
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	16	12	5	33

: BUF 58SJS 69
: BUF 2.24SJS 4.58
PP goals: BUF 0SJS 0
Hits: BUF 20SJS 45
Blocks: BUF 16SJS 13
PIM: BUF 14SJS 10
: BUF 66%SJS 34%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at SJS. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Cozens–Rosen–Benson skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:58.Dahlin
Points
Bowen Byram had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:18.Byram
New line
New look for BUF: Cozens–Rosen–Benson skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cozens Rosen Benson
Luck
SJS scored 2 goals on 4.58 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
BUF scored 4 goals on 2.24 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 26:50, +5:36 up on his 21:14 season average over 78 games.Power
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 17:01, −4:27 down on his 21:28 season average over 77 games.Ferraro
Usage
Isak Rosen (BUF) played 6:29, −3:36 down on his 10:05 season average over 7 games.Rosen

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 127 of 127 attempts · SJS 69 · BUF 58

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 26% of the game, SJS 46%.

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
	58	55
	1.64	3.48
	1.61	3.31
	4	10
	5	5
	22	36
	+0.145	−0.145
	26%	46%

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

L1Quinn – Peterka – Kulich
7:4132% CF
L2Cozens – Rosen – Benson
6:1636% CF
L3Zucker – Tuch – McLeod
5:2631% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs
2:4943% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
14:0559% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
12:1864% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
9:1414% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
2:10100% CF
PP2Byram – Quinn – Power – Kulich – Benson
0:43100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
4:54
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
2:35
PK1DClifton – Power
3:07
PK2DJokiharju – Byram
1:34

Current BUF line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Granlund – Zetterlund – Eklund
10:2137% CF
L2Toffoli – Wennberg – Kunin
9:0450% CF
L3Goodrow – Smith – Celebrini
8:0763% CF
L4Grundstrom – Kostin – Dellandrea
7:3279% CF
D1Ceci – Walman
14:1159% CF
D2Ferraro – Liljegren
12:0134% CF
D3Rutta – Thompson
10:1960% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Wennberg – Liljegren – Celebrini
6:0590% CF
PP2Goodrow – Walman – Zetterlund – Eklund – Smith
2:41100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Eklund
2:07
PK2FGoodrow – Kunin
1:07
PK1DCeci – Walman
2:06
PK2DFerraro – Rutta
0:43

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
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	42	42
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	43	32
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	1	2	0	14:45	—	—	45	36
Dylan Cozens C	L2	1	0	1	+1	8	0.52	3	0	0	18:47	—	—	61	33
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	2	16:40	—	—	69	35
Isak Rosen R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:29	—	—	42	19
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.10	1	2	0	20:43	—	—	41	43
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	0	1	0	16:51	—	—	35	14
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	2	0	0	14:03	—	—	54	30
Peyton Krebs C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.10	1	1	2	13:41	—	—	64	36
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:40	—	—	50	29
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	6:14	—	—	50	19
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	+3	5	0.59	2	3	2	24:58	—	—	57	43
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.07	1	2	0	23:18	—	—	60	45
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.08	1	3	0	26:50	—	—	65	43
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	18:48	—	—	55	29
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	4	14:04	—	—	19	16
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	16	14

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	4.58	59:57

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	2	2	0	21:42	—	—	38	40
William Eklund L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	1	2	0	20:08	—	—	38	42
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.43	4	0	0	18:21	—	—	35	40
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	44	83
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	1.18	4	1	0	18:32	—	—	46	88
Luke Kunin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	4	0	4	13:04	—	—	42	81
Macklin Celebrini C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.58	0	2	0	20:14	—	—	50	77
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.33	4	0	0	14:19	—	—	63	85
Will Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	58	78
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	2	0	0	9:00	—	—	73	67
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:45	—	—	73	68
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	3	0	2	8:40	—	—	80	70
Jake Walman D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.06	0	2	0	22:49	—	—	57	69
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:17	—	—	55	66
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.12	6	2	2	20:43	—	—	34	63
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	6	0	0	17:01	—	—	41	69
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	2	0	14:06	—	—	54	65
Jack Thompson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	2	12:56	—	—	57	76

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	1.83	59:10

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Fabian Zetterlund (SJS) 1st 9:59 · assists Jake Walman, William Eklund · Forecheck turnover · 32.8 mph shot.

Fabian Zetterlund · 1st 9:59 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 32.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Peyton Krebs · 1st 11:03 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Luke Kunin · 2nd 4:07 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 30.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Dylan Cozens · 3rd 2:07 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 48 ft

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 5:27 · BUF SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Rasmus Dahlin · 3rd 19:59 · BUF EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Type: deflection

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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 23, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

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

Goal anatomy

Fabian Zetterlund · 1st 9:59 · SJS

Peyton Krebs · 1st 11:03 · BUF

Luke Kunin · 2nd 4:07 · SJS

Dylan Cozens · 3rd 2:07 · BUF

Alex Tuch · 3rd 5:27 · BUF SH

Rasmus Dahlin · 3rd 19:59 · BUF EN