Fri, Feb 26, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Buffalo Sabres 3, San Jose Sharks 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 56% of the time.
45%
11%
12%
31%
SJS winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
SJS forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Gionta–Foligno–Larsson | McGinn–Kane–Eichel | McGinn–Girgensons–Eichel | Legwand–Moulson–Deslauriers | Kane–Bailey–Reinhart | Girgensons–Bailey–Reinhart | Kane–Girgensons–Reinhart | McGinn–Bailey–Eichel | Legwand–Moulson–Kane | Kane–Deslauriers–Reinhart | Gionta–Deslauriers–Reinhart | Gorges–Ristolainen | Bogosian–McCabe | Colaiacovo–Pysyk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton–Pavelski–Hertl | 3:470.06–0.07 | 1:490.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.02 | 2:210.08–0.17 | 1:070.00–0.01 | 0:310.02–0.00 | 1:020.57–0.00 | 7:150.79–0.03 | 5:080.02–0.18 | 2:210.02–0.05 | ||||
| Marleau–Couture–Donskoi | 1:470.09–0.00 | 3:320.11–0.00 | 2:360.03–0.03 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 1:090.00–0.08 | 0:540.00–0.00 | 0:360.20–0.00 | 6:140.29–0.03 | 5:550.14–0.12 | 2:270.06–0.00 | ||||
| Ward–Spaling–Nieto | 3:490.00–0.27 | 1:480.03–0.00 | 1:180.06–0.00 | 0:550.19–0.00 | 1:380.02–0.00 | 5:330.23–0.18 | 3:490.08–0.09 | |||||||
| Zubrus–Tierney–Karlsson | 1:360.06–0.00 | 1:150.00–0.03 | 1:450.20–0.02 | 0:400.00–0.03 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:570.04–0.04 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 4:090.06–0.03 | 3:070.20–0.06 | 3:070.04–0.04 | |||
| Martin–Burns | 3:390.04–0.09 | 0:590.00–0.00 | 3:410.04–0.07 | 1:330.00–0.02 | 0:380.00–0.12 | 1:040.00–0.01 | 0:470.04–0.04 | 1:310.19–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 5:310.10–0.00 | 7:020.23–0.19 | 4:390.09–0.16 | ||
| Polak–Dillon | 4:530.00–0.25 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 1:190.00–0.03 | 1:400.00–0.01 | 1:080.00–0.00 | 1:310.00–0.00 | 1:020.57–0.00 | 6:480.57–0.07 | 6:160.02–0.29 | 3:320.00–0.00 | ||||
| Vlasic–Braun | 1:000.02–0.00 | 3:560.07–0.00 | 1:240.20–0.04 | 3:350.14–0.05 | 0:360.20–0.00 | 0:560.06–0.00 | 6:020.32–0.02 | 3:390.28–0.00 | 4:050.13–0.11 | |||||
| Burns–Vlasic | 0:550.02–0.00 | 1:200.07–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.09 | 1:250.04–0.00 | 2:270.09–0.09 | |||||||||
| Martin–Braun | 0:570.13–0.00 | 0:570.13–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Polak–Vlasic | 0:520.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
SJSBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Brent BurnsSJS | 23 | 24:34 | 1:04 | 2:06 | 5 | 1 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 32 | 23:37 | 0:44 | 1:19 | 3 | 6 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 29 | 23:11 | 0:48 | 2:24 | 4 | 2 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 33 | 22:24 | 0:41 | 1:14 | 3 | 6 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 29 | 22:13 | 0:46 | 2:24 | 5 | 2 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 24 | 20:57 | 0:52 | 1:34 | 3 | 2 |
 Marc-Edouard VlasicSJS | 24 | 20:30 | 0:51 | 2:52 | 0 | 2 |
 Paul MartinSJS | 21 | 20:04 | 0:57 | 1:51 | 2 | 1 |
 Roman PolakSJS | 21 | 18:52 | 0:54 | 1:43 | 1 | 3 |
 Joe PavelskiSJS | 22 | 18:43 | 0:51 | 1:32 | 4 | 1 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 22 | 18:08 | 0:49 | 1:34 | 5 | 0 |
 Brenden DillonSJS | 20 | 17:42 | 0:53 | 1:48 | 2 | 3 |
 Joe ThorntonSJS | 22 | 17:23 | 0:47 | 1:32 | 4 | 1 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 23 | 17:15 | 0:45 | 1:30 | 0 | 5 |
 Justin BraunSJS | 23 | 17:12 | 0:45 | 1:35 | 0 | 1 |
 Jamie McGinnBUF | 22 | 17:11 | 0:47 | 1:40 | 4 | 1 |
 Patrick MarleauSJS | 22 | 17:07 | 0:47 | 1:13 | 2 | 1 |
 Logan CoutureSJS | 22 | 17:03 | 0:47 | 1:07 | 2 | 1 |
 Tomas HertlSJS | 21 | 16:42 | 0:48 | 1:32 | 3 | 1 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 21 | 16:35 | 0:47 | 1:22 | 1 | 2 |
 Joonas DonskoiSJS | 22 | 16:22 | 0:45 | 1:07 | 1 | 1 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 22 | 16:16 | 0:44 | 1:18 | 0 | 5 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 22 | 15:53 | 0:43 | 1:23 | 1 | 5 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 20 | 14:32 | 0:44 | 1:16 | 2 | 1 |
 Joel WardSJS | 20 | 14:27 | 0:43 | 1:23 | 3 | 2 |
 Carlo ColaiacovoBUF | 20 | 14:25 | 0:43 | 1:48 | 1 | 0 |
 Nick SpalingSJS | 20 | 14:11 | 0:43 | 1:23 | 3 | 2 |
 Mark PysykBUF | 20 | 14:10 | 0:43 | 1:48 | 1 | 0 |
 Justin BaileyBUF | 16 | 14:04 | 0:53 | 1:36 | 2 | 1 |
 Matt NietoSJS | 20 | 13:06 | 0:39 | 1:13 | 3 | 2 |
 Dainius ZubrusSJS | 17 | 12:55 | 0:46 | 1:26 | 0 | 0 |
 Chris TierneySJS | 18 | 12:39 | 0:42 | 1:10 | 0 | 1 |
 Melker KarlssonSJS | 18 | 11:34 | 0:39 | 1:05 | 0 | 1 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersBUF | 20 | 11:27 | 0:34 | 1:11 | 2 | 0 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 14 | 8:54 | 0:38 | 1:02 | 1 | 1 |
 David LegwandBUF | 15 | 8:48 | 0:35 | 1:02 | 1 | 0 |