San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresJan 15, 2024

FinalMonday, Jan 15, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	8	12	8	28
BUF	0	2	1	3		BUF	7	12	16	35

: SJS 63BUF 63
: SJS 2.85BUF 4.05
PP goals: SJS 0BUF 1
Hits: SJS 33BUF 18
Blocks: SJS 14BUF 17
PIM: SJS 6BUF 6
: SJS 52%BUF 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 3–0

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 3–0 at home. Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:09 together.

Points
Casey Mittelstadt had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:51.Mittelstadt
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:09 together.Tuch Thompson Mittelstadt Dahlin Quinn
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Benson skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Benson
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 2.86 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Sabourin–Carpenter–Labanc skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sabourin Carpenter Labanc
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 11:25, −5:53 down on his 17:18 season average over 78 games.Cozens
Usage
Kyle Burroughs (SJS) played 14:54, −4:18 down on his 19:12 season average over 72 games.Burroughs
Usage
Jan Rutta (SJS) played 16:22, −3:24 down on his 19:46 season average over 68 games.Rutta

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 126 of 126 attempts · BUF 63 · SJS 63

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 39% of the game, BUF 31%.

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
	64	67
	2.76	3.42
	2.62	3.20
	13	12
	5	5
	11	5
	+0.025	−0.024
	39%	31%

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

L1Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund
11:3480% CF
L2Hertl – Zadina – Eklund
8:0238% CF
L3Bailey – Kunin – Barabanov
7:2271% CF
L4Sabourin – Carpenter – Labanc
6:0627% CF
D1Vlasic – Ferraro
14:2366% CF
D2Rutta – Thrun
14:0923% CF
D3Burroughs – Okhotiuk
12:1852% CF

PP1Granlund – Hertl – Zetterlund – Barabanov – Eklund
1:49100% CF
PP2Duclair – Labanc – Kunin – Ferraro – Zadina
1:38100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Eklund
1:17
PK2FHertl – Zetterlund
1:03
PK1DVlasic – Ferraro
2:06
PK2DRutta – Thrun
0:52

Current SJS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Benson
9:0136% CF
L2Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
6:1233% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
5:2736% CF
L4Greenway – Mittelstadt – Robinson
3:5040% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
14:4463% CF
D2Clifton – Johnson
13:2453% CF
D3Johnson – Power
13:1734% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Quinn
2:09100% CF
PP2Okposo – Cozens – Peterka – Power – Benson
0:51
PK1FTuch – Quinn
2:09
PK2FGreenway – Cozens
1:45
PK1DJohnson – Dahlin
1:45
PK2DClifton – Jokiharju
1:14

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:34
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Kyle Okposo, Ryan Johnson)wrist0.02 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Granlund, Duclair, Ferraro, EklundBUF: Okposo, Greenway, Mittelstadt, Johnson, Power
SJS 0 – 1 BUF
14:37
BUFAlex TuchPP (Jack Quinn, Casey Mittelstadt)snap0.14 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Kunin, FerraroBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Quinn
SJS 0 – 2 BUF

3rd period

16:34
BUFJordan GreenwayEN (Casey Mittelstadt, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.66 xG
SJS: Granlund, Hertl, Duclair, Zetterlund, Barabanov, EklundBUF: Okposo, Greenway, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Power
SJS 0 – 3 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

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	-1	2	0.32	2	0	2	20:48	—	—	59	53
Mikael Granlund C	L1	-2	1	0.04	3	2	0	18:37	—	—	72	88
Anthony Duclair L	L1	-2	3	0.30	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	58	45
Tomas Hertl C	L2	-1	2	0.55	1	3	0	19:59	—	—	49	66
William Eklund L	L2	-2	3	0.25	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	53	75
Filip Zadina R	L2	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	41	58
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	-1	4	0.55	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	58	60
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	1	0.21	3	1	0	15:07	—	—	45	24
Justin Bailey R	L3	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	11:26	—	—	50	28
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	10:07	—	—	42	24
Scott Sabourin R	L4	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	10:02	—	—	26	10
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	22	10
Mario Ferraro D	D1	-1	2	0.18	2	1	0	24:13	—	—	62	52
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	-1	3	0.03	1	1	0	18:10	—	—	61	43
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:50	—	—	34	43
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	16:22	—	—	26	52
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D3	0	1	0.01	6	0	2	16:43	—	—	41	34
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	14:54	—	—	50	31

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	3.38	59:32

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	41	43
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.95	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	50	44
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	58	56
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	63	75
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	14:29	—	—	52	62
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	1	0	0	13:34	—	—	39	46
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:27	—	—	35	30
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	13:01	—	—	65	67
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	39	35
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	1	2	3	+2	4	0.27	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	41	62
Jordan Greenway L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.81	2	2	0	15:18	—	—	48	66
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	11:15	—	—	70	72
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	24:55	—	—	66	82
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	7	0.17	2	1	0	19:43	—	—	55	71
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	4	0	18:27	—	—	51	64
Ryan Johnson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	2	16:34	—	—	57	68
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.20	1	2	2	20:30	—	—	40	22
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	3	0	17:10	—	—	35	20

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.85	59:50

Goal anatomy

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

Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) 2nd 11:34 · assists Kyle Okposo, Ryan Johnson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 35.1 mph shot · 3.7 s from entry to goal.

Casey Mittelstadt · 2nd 11:34 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 14:37 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.0 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jordan Greenway · 3rd 16:34 · BUF EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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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.