San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo SabresMar 4, 2025

FinalTuesday, Mar 4, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	2	4	6		SJS	10	11	7	28
BUF	0	1	1	2		BUF	5	11	6	22

: SJS 64BUF 55
: SJS 3.55BUF 1.83
PP goals: SJS 0BUF 1
Hits: SJS 24BUF 29
Blocks: SJS 21BUF 14
PIM: SJS 6BUF 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 rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2

San Jose Sharks beat Buffalo Sabres 6–2 at BUF. Timothy Liljegren (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:33 together.

Points
JJ Peterka had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:41.Peterka
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Timothy Liljegren had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:21.Liljegren
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Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:20.Toffoli
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Will Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:13.Smith
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William Eklund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:24.Eklund
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Jake Walman had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:56.Walman
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Shakir Mukhamadullin had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:34.Mukhamadullin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:33 together.Tuch Thompson Dahlin Quinn Peterka

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 119 of 119 attempts · BUF 55 · SJS 64

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 35% of the game, BUF 32%.

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
	58	51
	2.45	1.91
	2.40	1.86
	7	10
	10	2
	23	20
	−0.033	+0.034
	35%	32%

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

L1Zetterlund – Smith – Celebrini
10:1768% CF
L2Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund
9:4065% CF
L3Goodrow – Kunin – Sturm
7:1239% CF
L4Kostin – Dellandrea – Graf
4:5214% CF
D1Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
16:5646% CF
D2Walman – Liljegren
10:3648% CF
D3Vlasic – Thompson
10:0956% CF

PP1Toffoli – Walman – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
2:07100% CF
PP2Wennberg – Kostin – Liljegren – Zetterlund – Graf
1:50100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Kunin
0:47
PK2FDellandrea – Graf
0:40
PK1DWalman – Ferraro
2:20
PK2DVlasic – Mukhamadullin
0:40

Current SJS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Peterka – Kulich
10:2055% CF
L2Tuch – Greenway – Cozens
8:0853% CF
L3McLeod – Quinn – Benson
6:3136% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs
6:0025% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
12:3848% CF
D2Clifton – Bryson
8:2250% CF
D3Byram – Power
7:3433% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka
2:3350% CF
PP2Byram – Cozens – Power – Kulich – Benson
0:40100% CF
PK1FGreenway – McLeod
1:57
PK2FTuch – Malenstyn
0:52
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
2:21
PK2DDahlin – Byram
0:49

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:01
SJSTimothy Liljegren (William Eklund, Jake Walman)wrist0.14 xG
SJS: Toffoli, Wennberg, Walman, Liljegren, EklundBUF: Byram, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, Power
SJS 1 – 0 BUF
5:13
BUFJJ PeterkaPP (Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinn)slap0.05 xG
SJS: Walman, Kunin, Ferraro, DellandreaBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn, Peterka
SJS 1 – 1 BUF
18:22
SJSNico Sturm (Collin Graf, Klim Kostin)wrist0.19 xG
SJS: Walman, Kostin, Sturm, Thompson, GrafBUF: Greenway, Byram, Cozens, Quinn, Power
SJS 2 – 1 BUF

3rd period

2:19
SJSWilliam Eklund (Tyler Toffoli, Shakir Mukhamadullin)wrist0.01 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Toffoli, Wennberg, Mukhamadullin, EklundBUF: Clifton, Bryson, McLeod, Quinn, Benson
SJS 3 – 1 BUF
6:55
BUFTage Thompson (JJ Peterka, Connor Clifton)slap0.06 xG
SJS: Walman, Kunin, Zetterlund, Dellandrea, ThompsonBUF: Clifton, Thompson, Bryson, Peterka, Kulich
SJS 3 – 2 BUF
7:58
SJSMacklin Celebrini (Shakir Mukhamadullin, Will Smith)wrist0.09 xG
SJS: Ferraro, Mukhamadullin, Eklund, Smith, CelebriniBUF: Tuch, Greenway, Byram, Power, Kulich
SJS 4 – 2 BUF
12:49
SJSWill Smith (Fabian Zetterlund)wrist0.15 xG
SJS: Walman, Liljegren, Zetterlund, Smith, CelebriniBUF: Clifton, Bryson, McLeod, Quinn, Benson
SJS 5 – 2 BUF
18:01
SJSTyler ToffoliEN (Jake Walman, Timothy Liljegren)wrist0.41 xG
SJS: Toffoli, Wennberg, Walman, Liljegren, EklundBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Byram, Peterka, Kulich
SJS 6 – 2 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	16:19	—	—	65	73
Will Smith C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	78	87
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.89	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	70	71
William Eklund L	L2	1	1	2	+4	3	0.44	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	73	68
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.03	0	2	0	17:07	—	—	59	49
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.52	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	62	34
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	2	0	2	14:59	—	—	27	33
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	2	14:18	—	—	36	56
Nico Sturm C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	2	1	0	13:27	—	—	46	74
Collin Graf R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	18	41
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	0	0	12:16	—	—	15	25
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.39	2	1	0	10:59	—	—	20	41
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	5	4	0	26:05	—	—	56	71
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	22:34	—	—	49	46
Jake Walman D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.10	0	4	0	22:56	—	—	47	50
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.25	1	1	0	17:21	—	—	56	61
Jack Thompson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	2	13:33	—	—	53	55
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:28	—	—	59	53

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.83	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	3	0	0	20:11	—	—	54	31
JJ Peterka R	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	58	28
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	2	0	16:43	—	—	50	27
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	0	0	2	19:03	—	—	50	48
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	6	0	0	16:17	—	—	47	50
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.49	2	1	2	14:51	—	—	57	50
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	1	-4	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:33	—	—	41	32
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	37	40
Zach Benson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	2	0	12:18	—	—	42	47
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:30	—	—	36	57
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	11:25	—	—	39	57
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	29	44
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	1	1	2	26:43	—	—	51	49
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	2	0	21:09	—	—	50	60
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.32	4	1	0	17:04	—	—	55	55
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	50	54
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:51	—	—	41	29
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.02	0	1	0	17:53	—	—	38	23

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	3.14	57:25

Goal anatomy

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

Timothy Liljegren (SJS) 2nd 1:01 · assists William Eklund, Jake Walman · Forecheck turnover · 5.2 mph shot.

Timothy Liljegren · 2nd 1:01 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 5.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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JJ Peterka · 2nd 5:13 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 63.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nico Sturm · 2nd 18:22 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.4 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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William Eklund · 3rd 2:19 · SJS

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.7 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 6:55 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 57.4 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Type: one-timer

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Macklin Celebrini · 3rd 7:58 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Will Smith · 3rd 12:49 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Tyler Toffoli · 3rd 18:01 · SJS EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 5-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 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.