San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresJan 6, 2022

FinalThursday, Jan 6, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	3	0	0	3		SJS	11	5	5	21
BUF	0	1	1	2		BUF	8	9	22	39

: SJS 37BUF 70
: SJS 1.77BUF 2.46
PP goals: SJS 0BUF 0
Hits: SJS 16BUF 10
Blocks: SJS 21BUF 7
PIM: SJS 11BUF 7
: SJS 40%BUF 60%

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. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Hinostroza–Asplund–Cozens skated 13:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:40.Hertl
New line
New look for BUF: Hinostroza–Asplund–Cozens skated 13:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hinostroza Asplund Cozens
Goalie
Adin Hill (SJS) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +13 against a season average of 25.9; the win.Hill
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Hayden–MacInnis skated 7:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Hayden MacInnis
New line
New look for BUF: Jankowski–Girgensons–Murray skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Girgensons Murray
New line
New look for SJS: Dahlen–Gregor–Weatherby skated 8:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dahlen Gregor Weatherby
New line
New look for SJS: Viel–Gadjovich–Reedy skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Viel Gadjovich Reedy
Usage
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 28:47, +4:50 up on his 23:57 season average over 79 games.Dahlin

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 107 of 107 attempts · BUF 70 · SJS 37

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 18% of the game, BUF 43%.

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
	42	67
	2.11	2.06
	2.07	2.03
	8	1
	4	4
	7	7
	−0.102	+0.102
	18%	43%

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

L1Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
13:5247% CF
L2Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
12:3620% CF
L3Dahlen – Gregor – Weatherby
8:2062% CF
L4Viel – Gadjovich – Reedy
4:4980% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
19:0829% CF
D2Vlasic – Simek
16:4154% CF
D3Megna – Merkley
12:4430% CF

PP1Burns – Bonino – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
0:570% CF
PP2Burns – Dahlen – Gregor – Reedy – Weatherby
0:46
PK1FNieto – Hertl
1:01
PK2FCogliano – Bonino
0:55
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:27
PK2DMegna – Simek
0:46

Current SJS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Hinostroza – Asplund – Cozens
13:0064% CF
L2Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
11:4867% CF
L3Jankowski – Girgensons – Murray
9:3250% CF
L4Eakin – Hayden – MacInnis
7:1550% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
19:1670% CF
D2Pysyk – Butcher
14:5357% CF
D3Miller – Prow
8:3038% CF

PP1Skinner – Girgensons – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin
2:30100% CF
PP2Miller – Butcher – Asplund – Murray – Cozens
1:15
PK1FJankowski – Girgensons
0:36
PK2FHayden – Asplund
0:35
PK1DPysyk – Jokiharju
1:17
PK2DProw – Dahlin
0:35

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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	0	2	0	20:40	—	—	45	59
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.64	0	2	0	20:07	—	—	50	68
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	44	55
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	21:11	—	—	19	27
Matt Nieto L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	23	48
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:23	—	—	17	22
Jasper Weatherby C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	44	47
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	13:38	—	—	39	47
Jonathan Dahlen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	53	64
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	5	7:49	—	—	44	41
Scott Reedy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:41	—	—	57	56
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	7:22	—	—	50	46
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	26:34	—	—	31	43
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	3	2	0	24:32	—	—	33	39
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	2	18:50	—	—	50	65
Radim Simek D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6	1	0	18:20	—	—	56	78
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	4	2	16:24	—	—	33	41
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:46	—	—	33	48

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	2.46	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	67	73
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	58	51
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	68	70
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.32	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	67	50
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.19	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	70	53
Jeff Skinner L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.27	0	0	2	17:59	—	—	68	53
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	56	31
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	13:59	—	—	60	35
Brett Murray L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	60	36
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	5	10:47	—	—	64	51
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	33	25
Ryan MacInnis C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	10:00	—	—	39	28
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.18	1	0	0	28:47	—	—	69	61
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.08	2	1	0	22:50	—	—	67	48
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	20:44	—	—	59	60
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	2	0	19:04	—	—	55	47
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	0	0	14:23	—	—	55	42
Ethan Prow D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:56	—	—	47	25

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	1.77	57:54

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 SabresJan 6, 2022

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