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Sat, Oct 19, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Buffalo Sabres 4, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 58% of the time.

SJS winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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.

Sobotka–Johansson–SkinnerReinhart–Olofsson–EichelOkposo–Larsson–GirgensonsVesey–Sheary–MittelstadtSkinner–Reinhart–EichelSobotka–Larsson–VeseyMcCabe–RistolainenMiller–DahlinScandella–Jokiharju
Marleau–Couture–Meier0:440.00–0.076:160.05–0.221:170.00–0.054:520.04–0.201:160.00–0.002:200.00–0.12
Kane–Hertl–Labanc4:390.10–0.231:010.41–0.002:010.09–0.111:580.23–0.002:250.02–0.15
Thornton–Sorensen–Goodrow1:040.06–0.003:440.08–0.292:030.08–0.132:070.23–0.001:280.06–0.15
Karlsson–Gregor–Gambrell1:060.00–0.002:300.00–0.080:410.23–0.000:390.00–0.001:110.00–0.051:540.00–0.03
Thornton–Goodrow–Labanc1:010.00–0.001:140.00–0.000:420.00–0.000:580.00–0.000:550.00–0.001:010.00–0.00
Kane–Hertl–Gregor1:280.15–0.550:310.00–0.001:490.06–0.00
Sorensen–Karlsson–Gambrell0:480.20–0.000:560.00–0.001:000.00–0.00
Thornton–Marleau–Meier
Karlsson–Dillon6:280.36–0.891:380.06–0.031:400.40–0.032:100.30–0.004:480.15–0.714:080.40–0.033:020.06–0.18
Burns–Vlasic3:070.26–0.036:590.00–0.224:510.00–0.164:030.26–0.052:310.00–0.15
Heed–Ferraro2:480.02–0.082:460.02–0.160:410.00–0.132:070.02–0.082:140.02–0.03
Burns–Karlsson0:300.06–0.000:390.04–0.001:230.00–0.00
Burns–Ferraro1:250.20–0.150:510.12–0.000:410.00–0.00
Dillon–Ferraro0:440.00–0.260:560.00–0.001:180.00–0.00
Vlasic–Karlsson0:540.06–0.001:140.06–0.14
Burns–Dillon0:310.00–0.020:330.00–0.000:350.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndMarleau FMeier FCouture FHertl FKane FLabanc FThornton FSorensen FGoodrow FGambrell FKarlsson FGregor FVlasic DBurns DDillon DKarlsson DFerraro DHeed DJones GEichel FReinhart FOlofsson FSkinner FJohansson FSobotka FMittelstadt FSheary FVesey FOkposo FLarsson FGirgensons FMcCabe DRistolainen DScandella DJokiharju DDahlin DMiller DUllmark G
SJSBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Brent BurnsSJS3028:400:572:4835
Erik KarlssonSJS2928:360:592:3537
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2625:290:592:5344
Tomas HertlSJS2523:420:572:2535
Evander KaneSJS2423:200:582:1825
Jake McCabeBUF2322:480:591:5835
Brenden DillonSJS2420:460:522:2307
Jack EichelBUF2120:360:592:0041
Logan CoutureSJS2419:550:502:1844
Marc-Edouard VlasicSJS2519:070:461:2515
Sam ReinhartBUF1819:051:042:0050
Jeff SkinnerBUF1919:051:001:3780
Rasmus DahlinBUF1918:470:591:4361
Kevin LabancSJS2218:120:501:4224
Vladimir SobotkaBUF2317:490:461:3243
Marcus JohanssonBUF2017:200:521:3252
Colin MillerBUF1917:110:541:3331
Timo MeierSJS2117:080:491:1814
Marco ScandellaBUF2215:480:431:2833
Henri JokiharjuBUF2315:100:401:0823
Victor OlofssonBUF1815:040:501:2840
Patrick MarleauSJS1813:370:451:1512
Joe ThorntonSJS1913:320:431:0432
Johan LarssonBUF1813:200:441:0214
Barclay GoodrowSJS1812:470:431:0514
Jimmy VeseyBUF1912:290:391:0614
Casey MittelstadtBUF1612:140:461:1512
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF1812:060:400:5514
Mario FerraroSJS1411:470:511:2210
Conor ShearyBUF1511:090:451:1812
Marcus SorensenSJS1610:550:411:0210
Melker KarlssonSJS179:510:350:5625
Dylan GambrellSJS138:260:391:0231
Noah GregorSJS117:310:410:5722
Kyle OkposoBUF117:280:411:0511
Tim HeedSJS76:160:541:2210