San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresOct 22, 2019

Final / OTTuesday, Oct 22, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SJS	2	0	1	0	3		SJS	10	5	13	0	28
BUF	0	2	1	1	4		BUF	14	10	4	1	29

: SJS 47BUF 43
: SJS 2.63BUF 4.01
PP goals: SJS 0BUF 1
Hits: SJS 12BUF 21
Blocks: SJS 6BUF 11
PIM: SJS 8BUF 4
: SJS 45%BUF 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 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 in overtime at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:10 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 21:55.Eichel
Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:32.Karlsson
Points
Patrick Marleau had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:37.Marleau
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:08.Ristolainen
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:10 together.Skinner Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Usage
Jeff Skinner (BUF) played 20:23, +3:58 up on his 16:25 season average over 58 games.Skinner
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Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 24:09, +3:55 up on his 20:14 season average over 69 games.Vlasic
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Marcus Sorensen (SJS) played 10:28, −3:26 down on his 13:54 season average over 65 games.Sorensen

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 90 of 90 attempts · BUF 43 · SJS 47

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 36% of the game, BUF 44%.

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
	52	35
	2.88	2.73
	2.77	2.58
	14	17
	2	4
	10	7
	−0.027	+0.027
	36%	44%

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

L1Marleau – Couture – Meier
12:0364% CF
L2Kane – Hertl – Gregor
8:5846% CF
L3Thornton – Goodrow – Labanc
7:4463% CF
L4Sorensen – Karlsson – Gambrell
4:24100% CF
D1Burns – Vlasic
16:4555% CF
D2Karlsson – Dillon
15:5875% CF
D3Heed – Ferraro
8:2060% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
2:31100% CF
PP2Thornton – Marleau – Karlsson – Meier – Gambrell
1:130% CF
PK1FKane – Hertl
2:12
PK2FCouture – Meier
1:53
PK1DBurns – Vlasic
3:42
PK2DKarlsson – Dillon
2:29

Current SJS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
12:3537% CF
L2Sobotka – Johansson – Skinner
10:3438% CF
L3Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
8:1345% CF
L4Vesey – Sheary – Mittelstadt
6:5744% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
15:5436% CF
D2Scandella – Jokiharju
12:3539% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
12:0113% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
5:10100% CF
PP2Johansson – Miller – Ristolainen – Sheary – Mittelstadt
1:42
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
2:30
PK2FSobotka – Vesey
1:24
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:31
PK2DScandella – Miller
0:50

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
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	1	0	0	20:53	—	—	52	52
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	61	66
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.14	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	60	62
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.21	2	1	0	21:09	—	—	58	47
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.27	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	55	50
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	9:22	—	—	50	48
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	71	51
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	64	45
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	11:48	—	—	39	8
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	2	2	0	10:52	—	—	80	81
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:28	—	—	65	53
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	62	46
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	2	0	26:06	—	—	55	65
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	24:09	—	—	53	54
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.18	1	1	0	27:32	—	—	63	46
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.05	2	0	0	21:46	—	—	76	66
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	4	10:33	—	—	53	46
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:52	—	—	60	37

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	O	29	25	4	.862	4.01	63:13

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	2	2	4	+2	6	1.36	0	0	2	21:55	—	—	50	65
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.44	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	46	60
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	35	44
Jeff Skinner L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.81	0	0	0	20:23	—	—	39	49
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	41	31
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:51	—	—	33	37
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	28	34
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:45	—	—	39	43
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	36	42
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	2	0	0	14:23	—	—	44	51
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	2	0	0	13:21	—	—	46	44
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	2	1	0	11:36	—	—	44	59
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.03	4	1	0	26:08	—	—	45	48
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	2	2	0	19:40	—	—	40	33
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	2	16:46	—	—	46	68
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	52	72
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	25	41
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	18:11	—	—	27	36

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.63	63:01

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 22, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge San Jose Sharks 4–3 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Buffalo Sabres