San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresDec 4, 2022
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | SJS | 13 | 6 | 10 | 29 | |
| BUF | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | BUF | 15 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
- SJS 44BUF 62
- SJS 2.34BUF 5.11
- PP goals
- SJS 1BUF 2
- Hits
- SJS 19BUF 9
- Blocks
- SJS 14BUF 10
- PIM
- SJS 8BUF 4
- SJS 57%BUF 43%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 6–3
Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 6–3 at home. Dylan Cozens (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:44 together.
- PointsDylan Cozens had 3 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:03.Cozens
- PointsJack Quinn had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:25.Quinn
- PointsJeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:21.Skinner
- PointsTage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:26.Thompson
- PointsRasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:47.Dahlin
- PP1
- New lineNew look for SJS: Bonino–Svechnikov–Kunin skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BoninoSvechnikovKunin
- GoalieAaron Dell (SJS) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +11 against a season average of 25.8; the loss.Dell
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.
Shot map, SJS at BUF: 106 attempts, 67 on goal, 9 goals, 7.45 expected goals; best chance Alex Tuch at 0.80 xG.
- BUF
- SJS
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 106 of 106 attempts · BUF 62 · SJS 44
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, SJS at BUF: expected goals 5.11 to 2.34 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 62 to 44, 9 goals.
- BUF
- SJS
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 11% of the game, BUF 45%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, SJS at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (59:48) for BUF and Aaron Dell (58:57) for SJS, 9 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | SJS | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 58 | |
| 2.35 | 4.10 | |
| 2.32 | 3.71 | |
| 11 | 16 | |
| 1 | 12 | |
| 6 | 7 | |
| +0.086 | −0.086 | |
| 11% | 45% |
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
- 9:2753% CF
- L2Bonino – Svechnikov – Kunin9:0940% CF
- 8:4943% CF
- 6:2644% CF
- 17:5738% CF
- 13:3243% CF
- 13:0446% CF
- 1:1367% CF
- 0:16100% CF
- 4:22
- 1:44
- 3:42
- 1:13
Buffalo Sabres
- 12:3975% CF
- 11:5858% CF
- L3Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs8:0270% CF
- L4Olofsson – Jost – Mittelstadt4:1014% CF
- 18:3561% CF
- D2Samuelsson – Dahlin13:5759% CF
- D3Fitzgerald – Bryson12:4743% CF
- 3:44100% CF
- PP2Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Quinn – Peterka – Power1:35100% CF
- PK1FGirgensons – Jost0:33
- 0:33
- PK1DJokiharju – Samuelsson0:33
- PK2DFitzgerald – Power0:33
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 9:19SJS 0 – 1 BUF
- 13:40SJS: Bonino, Karlsson, Megna, Svechnikov, KuninBUF: Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, Dahlin, KrebsSJS 1 – 1 BUF
- 16:19SJS: Bonino, Nieto, Benning, Labanc, KuninBUF: Okposo, Girgensons, Samuelsson, DahlinSJS 2 – 1 BUF
2nd period
- 0:16SJS 2 – 2 BUF
- 4:21SJS: Bonino, Svechnikov, Kunin, Simek, CicekBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, PowerSJS 2 – 3 BUF
- 13:45SJS 2 – 4 BUF
3rd period
- 11:23SJS 2 – 5 BUF
- 11:52SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Benning, Lindblom, GadjovichBUF: Olofsson, Jost, Fitzgerald, Mittelstadt, BrysonSJS 3 – 5 BUF
- 16:37SJS 3 – 6 BUF
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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Couture C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:20 | — | — | 56 | 39 |
| Alexander Barabanov L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 | — | — | 64 | 46 |
| Matt Nieto L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 | — | — | 57 | 37 |
| Evgeny Svechnikov L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:26 | — | — | 28 | 28 |
| Luke Kunin C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.08 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:13 | — | — | 31 | 25 |
| Nick Bonino C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 | — | — | 33 | 24 |
| Timo Meier R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 | — | — | 35 | 33 |
| Tomas Hertl C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | — | — | 43 | 48 |
| Kevin Labanc R | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:49 | — | — | 37 | 40 |
| Steven Lorentz C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 | — | — | 50 | 37 |
| Oskar Lindblom L | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 | — | — | 56 | 44 |
| Jonah Gadjovich L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7:19 | — | — | 62 | 40 |
| Erik Karlsson D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:03 | — | — | 42 | 42 |
| Jaycob Megna D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21:04 | — | — | 37 | 36 |
| Nick Cicek D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:13 | — | — | 42 | 27 |
| Radim Simek D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:40 | — | — | 50 | 28 |
| Matt Benning D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21:30 | — | — | 50 | 34 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18:01 | — | — | 48 | 44 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Dell(start) | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 4.31 | 58:57 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Peterka R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 | — | — | 69 | 74 |
| Dylan Cozens C | L1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:03 | — | — | 75 | 80 |
| Jack Quinn R | L1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0.47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 | — | — | 70 | 73 |
| Alex Tuch R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 1.26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:52 | — | — | 59 | 77 |
| Tage Thompson C | L2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 0.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:26 | — | — | 61 | 77 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 0.91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:21 | — | — | 61 | 77 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:51 | — | — | 53 | 45 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 | — | — | 47 | 38 |
| Peyton Krebs C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 | — | — | 60 | 31 |
| Victor Olofsson L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 | — | — | 17 | 11 |
| Tyson Jost C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 | — | — | 8 | 5 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:29 | — | — | 21 | 9 |
| Owen Power D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:45 | — | — | 65 | 63 |
| Henri Jokiharju D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:09 | — | — | 59 | 58 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 | — | — | 64 | 68 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:20 | — | — | 56 | 63 |
| Casey Fitzgerald D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:12 | — | — | 44 | 64 |
| Jacob Bryson D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13:43 | — | — | 47 | 66 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start) | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 2.34 | 59:48 |