San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresOct 28, 2017

FinalSaturday, Oct 28, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	1	1	3		SJS	8	16	7	31
BUF	0	2	0	2		BUF	11	11	11	33

: SJS 48BUF 57
: SJS 1.98BUF 2.45
PP goals: SJS 0BUF 1
Hits: SJS 15BUF 16
Blocks: SJS 17BUF 10
PIM: SJS 10BUF 6
: SJS 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at BUF. Joonas Donskoi (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:50 together.

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BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:50 together.Okposo O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: Pouliot–Okposo–O'Reilly skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pouliot Okposo O'Reilly
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Timo Meier (SJS) played 9:50, −5:06 down on his 14:56 season average over 80 games.Meier
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Jason Pominville (BUF) played 19:08, +4:17 up on his 14:51 season average over 81 games.Pominville
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Justin Bailey (BUF) played 5:45, −6:02 down on his 11:47 season average over 11 games.Bailey
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Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 27:11, +4:42 up on his 22:29 season average over 80 games.Vlasic
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Victor Antipin (BUF) played 11:14, −4:08 down on his 15:22 season average over 46 games.Antipin
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Benoit Pouliot (BUF) played 17:09, +3:31 up on his 13:38 season average over 73 games.Pouliot

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

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

BUF
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · BUF 57 · SJS 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 32% of the game, BUF 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

SJS

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	SJS	BUF
	46	37
	1.59	1.51
	1.52	1.49
	11	6
	4	1
	12	14
	−0.063	+0.063
	32%	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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Pavelski – Labanc
11:1471% CF
L2Boedker – Donskoi – Tierney
8:3286% CF
L3Couture – Hertl – Karlsson
7:4530% CF
L4Ward – Carpenter – Meier
4:4520% CF
D1Burns – Ryan
14:4867% CF
D2Vlasic – Braun
13:4232% CF
D3Dillon – Heed
8:0970% CF

PP1Vlasic – Boedker – Donskoi – Hertl – Labanc
3:14100% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Heed
2:2580% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
3:32
PK2FTierney – Karlsson
2:25
PK1DVlasic – Braun
6:22
PK2DBurns – Dillon
2:52

Current SJS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
12:0152% CF
L2Pouliot – Okposo – O'Reilly
10:4050% CF
L3Nolan – Larsson – Griffith
5:0950% CF
L4Girgensons – Bailey – Reinhart
2:4150% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
13:0441% CF
D2Tennyson – McCabe
11:1944% CF
D3Redmond – Antipin
6:2536% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
3:50100% CF
PP2Okposo – Scandella – Kane – Eichel – Antipin
2:06100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
3:02
PK2FPouliot – O'Reilly
1:50
PK1DTennyson – McCabe
3:02
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
2:42

Current BUF 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.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	2	1	0	16:50	—	—	61	56
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	70	58
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.41	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	74	69
Chris Tierney C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	73	90
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	0	4	14:16	—	—	84	99
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	87	100
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:36	—	—	27	44
Logan Couture C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	0	4	2	17:45	—	—	29	48
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	31	19
Joel Ward R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:19	—	—	23	10
Timo Meier R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	2	2	9:50	—	—	44	21
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	9:09	—	—	17	9
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	2	0	0	23:02	—	—	63	49
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	68	46
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	27:11	—	—	33	56
Justin Braun D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	4	0	23:20	—	—	35	44
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	1	1	0	15:15	—	—	71	74
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	64	37

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.45	59:52

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	1	1	0	20:39	—	—	50	74
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.48	2	1	2	19:12	—	—	53	74
Jason Pominville R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	53	61
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.15	3	2	0	21:11	—	—	40	28
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	47	40
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	0	17:09	—	—	56	44
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	15:10	—	—	33	28
Jordan Nolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	0	9:17	—	—	35	24
Seth Griffith C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:04	—	—	46	49
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.54	0	0	2	16:18	—	—	23	17
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	20	58
Justin Bailey R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	5:45	—	—	43	72
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.03	1	0	0	26:25	—	—	42	33
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	2	0	25:08	—	—	40	34
Matt Tennyson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:05	—	—	41	56
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:41	—	—	57	72
Zach Redmond D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	47	37
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	11:14	—	—	39	28

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	1.98	57:31

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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresOct 28, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Buffalo Sabres