Tue, Nov 2, 2021·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Buffalo Sabres 3, San Jose Sharks 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.
49%
11%
10%
30%
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.
| Skinner–Asplund–Thompson | Okposo–Eakin–Girgensons | Hinostroza–Caggiula–Cozens | Hayden–Bjork–Ruotsalainen | Butcher–Dahlin | Pysyk–Hagg | Miller–Bryson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertl–Balcers–Barabanov | 6:140.22–0.28 | 1:110.00–0.02 | 2:140.03–0.02 | 2:030.12–0.00 | 7:020.23–0.30 | 3:240.32–0.00 | 2:060.00–0.03 |
| Cogliano–Bonino–Pederson | 1:560.05–0.18 | 5:360.01–0.09 | 1:410.01–0.00 | 1:400.05–0.00 | 2:230.05–0.20 | 3:460.06–0.07 | 4:560.01–0.03 |
| Couture–Dahlen–Eklund | 4:150.00–0.01 | 2:050.34–0.00 | 3:320.04–0.06 | 3:500.02–0.00 | 5:110.01–0.07 | 2:050.46–0.03 | |
| Merkley–Weatherby–Leonard | 0:390.00–0.03 | 1:110.10–0.02 | 2:110.08–0.10 | 3:130.19–0.17 | 4:140.02–0.18 | 0:390.19–0.02 | 2:550.10–0.13 |
| Burns–Ferraro | 7:300.04–0.32 | 5:070.45–0.00 | 2:470.01–0.10 | 1:470.15–0.16 | 9:060.14–0.51 | 3:570.06–0.06 | 5:390.46–0.05 |
| Megna–Merkley | 1:170.00–0.18 | 1:460.00–0.04 | 5:130.13–0.04 | 2:370.01–0.05 | 3:280.03–0.18 | 3:420.19–0.00 | 4:020.04–0.16 |
| Meloche–Hatakka | 2:370.05–0.01 | 1:030.00–0.00 | 1:290.00–0.02 | 1:350.00–0.00 | 2:300.00–0.02 | 2:410.05–0.01 | 1:280.00–0.00 |
| Megna–Meloche | 2:460.01–0.09 | 1:040.02–0.02 | 1:260.02–0.00 | 1:550.00–0.09 | 1:230.01–0.00 | ||
| Meloche–Ferraro | 0:470.00–0.01 | 0:510.00–0.01 | |||||
| Megna–Ferraro | 0:450.06–0.00 | 0:590.13–0.00 | |||||
| Burns–Megna | 0:460.06–0.00 | 0:590.20–0.00 |
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
 Mario FerraroSJS | 35 | 28:48 | 0:49 | 1:36 | 2 | 6 |
 Brent BurnsSJS | 32 | 26:59 | 0:51 | 1:35 | 2 | 5 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 27 | 25:12 | 0:56 | 2:01 | 7 | 0 |
 Will ButcherBUF | 28 | 24:45 | 0:53 | 2:01 | 7 | 0 |
 Jaycob MegnaSJS | 27 | 23:58 | 0:53 | 2:56 | 2 | 1 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 23 | 22:07 | 0:58 | 1:37 | 6 | 1 |
 Rasmus AsplundBUF | 23 | 21:35 | 0:56 | 1:37 | 6 | 1 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 22 | 20:11 | 0:55 | 1:57 | 6 | 1 |
 Nicolas MelocheSJS | 30 | 19:14 | 0:38 | 1:40 | 3 | 1 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 26 | 18:26 | 0:43 | 1:38 | 2 | 4 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 25 | 18:22 | 0:44 | 1:32 | 3 | 4 |
 Logan CoutureSJS | 23 | 17:53 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 4 | 3 |
 Rudolfs BalcersSJS | 23 | 17:37 | 0:46 | 1:17 | 0 | 2 |
 Mark PysykBUF | 21 | 16:58 | 0:48 | 2:02 | 2 | 4 |
 Nick BoninoSJS | 20 | 16:40 | 0:50 | 1:26 | 2 | 1 |
 Alexander BarabanovSJS | 21 | 16:27 | 0:47 | 1:15 | 1 | 1 |
 Tomas HertlSJS | 23 | 16:22 | 0:43 | 1:17 | 1 | 3 |
 Robert HaggBUF | 20 | 16:17 | 0:49 | 1:35 | 2 | 4 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 20 | 15:54 | 0:48 | 1:35 | 4 | 4 |
 Vinnie HinostrozaBUF | 20 | 15:45 | 0:47 | 1:27 | 2 | 1 |
 Andrew CoglianoSJS | 21 | 15:43 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 3 | 1 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 21 | 15:43 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 4 | 4 |
 Jonathan DahlenSJS | 19 | 14:55 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 5 | 1 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 14:18 | 0:43 | 1:27 | 2 | 3 |
 Lane PedersonSJS | 15 | 14:11 | 0:57 | 1:26 | 2 | 1 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 17 | 13:40 | 0:48 | 1:16 | 3 | 3 |
 Ryan MerkleySJS | 19 | 13:38 | 0:43 | 1:15 | 5 | 1 |
 Drake CaggiulaBUF | 19 | 13:29 | 0:43 | 1:21 | 2 | 2 |
 William EklundSJS | 18 | 13:06 | 0:44 | 1:10 | 3 | 1 |
 Nick MerkleySJS | 15 | 10:30 | 0:42 | 1:28 | 0 | 2 |
 Jasper WeatherbySJS | 17 | 10:21 | 0:37 | 1:28 | 0 | 2 |
 John LeonardSJS | 15 | 9:54 | 0:40 | 1:28 | 0 | 2 |
 Anders BjorkBUF | 13 | 9:18 | 0:43 | 1:24 | 1 | 0 |
 John HaydenBUF | 12 | 8:17 | 0:41 | 1:06 | 1 | 0 |
 Arttu RuotsalainenBUF | 11 | 8:13 | 0:45 | 1:06 | 1 | 0 |
 Santeri HatakkaSJS | 13 | 7:41 | 0:35 | 1:10 | 1 | 0 |