Thu, Jan 6, 2022·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
San Jose Sharks 3, Buffalo Sabres 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 59% of the time.
47%
12%
10%
31%
BUF winsSJS wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against SJS'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.
| Hertl–Meier–Barabanov | Cogliano–Bonino–Nieto | Dahlen–Gregor–Weatherby | Viel–Gadjovich–Reedy | Bonino–Nieto–Gregor | Bonino–Meier–Barabanov | Cogliano–Gadjovich–Reedy | Burns–Ferraro | Vlasic–Simek | Megna–Merkley | Vlasic–Megna | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinostroza–Asplund–Cozens | 1:490.01–0.08 | 5:000.27–0.04 | 4:030.09–0.17 | 3:080.16–0.01 | 5:460.07–0.28 | 3:380.19–0.04 | |||||
| Skinner–Olofsson–Thompson | 6:240.34–0.33 | 2:590.07–0.09 | 7:050.30–0.25 | 1:000.01–0.00 | 2:190.13–0.02 | 0:370.01–0.00 | |||||
| Jankowski–Girgensons–Murray | 2:520.05–0.00 | 1:530.00–0.09 | 2:060.00–0.24 | 0:360.02–0.00 | 2:510.06–0.00 | 4:310.00–0.33 | 2:080.02–0.00 | ||||
| Eakin–Hayden–MacInnis | 2:330.05–0.13 | 1:100.04–0.00 | 1:280.00–0.00 | 2:430.04–0.12 | 1:580.04–0.11 | 2:210.05–0.00 | |||||
| Eakin–Hinostroza–MacInnis | 1:000.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Jokiharju–Dahlin | 8:040.23–0.30 | 3:570.17–0.00 | 2:120.06–0.12 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.09 | 9:550.42–0.27 | 5:080.02–0.27 | 3:130.10–0.02 | |||
| Pysyk–Butcher | 3:140.05–0.17 | 5:090.23–0.04 | 2:320.07–0.04 | 1:150.00–0.00 | 3:500.09–0.02 | 4:030.05–0.10 | 6:090.20–0.04 | ||||
| Miller–Prow | 1:180.06–0.06 | 1:360.00–0.09 | 1:430.00–0.09 | 1:420.00–0.24 | 0:480.05–0.00 | 2:450.06–0.09 | 3:140.00–0.33 | 1:590.05–0.00 | |||
| Miller–Dahlin | 1:140.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.02 | 1:440.05–0.02 | ||||||||
| Miller–Butcher | 1:070.03–0.00 | 1:280.03–0.00 | |||||||||
| Butcher–Dahlin | 0:440.00–0.08 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFSJSFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 30 | 28:47 | 0:58 | 2:20 | 9 | 0 |
 Brent BurnsSJS | 27 | 26:34 | 0:59 | 2:09 | 3 | 5 |
 Mario FerraroSJS | 27 | 24:32 | 0:55 | 2:09 | 3 | 5 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 28 | 22:50 | 0:49 | 1:29 | 5 | 1 |
 Nick BoninoSJS | 28 | 21:11 | 0:45 | 1:34 | 4 | 6 |
 Will ButcherBUF | 27 | 20:44 | 0:46 | 1:34 | 7 | 3 |
 Tomas HertlSJS | 30 | 20:40 | 0:41 | 1:17 | 4 | 11 |
 Timo MeierSJS | 23 | 20:07 | 0:52 | 1:49 | 2 | 7 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 22 | 19:04 | 0:52 | 1:56 | 7 | 1 |
 Mark PysykBUF | 25 | 19:04 | 0:46 | 1:11 | 4 | 2 |
 Marc-Edouard VlasicSJS | 23 | 18:50 | 0:49 | 1:39 | 2 | 2 |
 Alexander BarabanovSJS | 23 | 18:49 | 0:49 | 1:32 | 4 | 5 |
 Vinnie HinostrozaBUF | 24 | 18:43 | 0:47 | 1:33 | 8 | 1 |
 Rasmus AsplundBUF | 25 | 18:41 | 0:45 | 1:27 | 7 | 1 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 24 | 18:27 | 0:46 | 1:32 | 9 | 1 |
 Matt NietoSJS | 25 | 18:20 | 0:44 | 1:29 | 3 | 5 |
 Radim SimekSJS | 23 | 18:20 | 0:48 | 1:39 | 2 | 3 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 23 | 18:04 | 0:47 | 1:20 | 9 | 1 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 24 | 17:59 | 0:45 | 1:13 | 8 | 1 |
 Jaycob MegnaSJS | 22 | 16:24 | 0:45 | 1:21 | 3 | 5 |
 Andrew CoglianoSJS | 24 | 16:23 | 0:41 | 1:21 | 3 | 3 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 20 | 14:33 | 0:44 | 1:35 | 6 | 3 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 18 | 14:23 | 0:48 | 1:34 | 1 | 4 |
 Mark JankowskiBUF | 20 | 13:59 | 0:42 | 1:13 | 5 | 4 |
 Jasper WeatherbySJS | 19 | 13:52 | 0:44 | 1:09 | 1 | 2 |
 Ryan MerkleySJS | 19 | 13:46 | 0:43 | 1:17 | 2 | 5 |
 Brett MurrayBUF | 17 | 13:39 | 0:48 | 1:32 | 3 | 4 |
 Noah GregorSJS | 22 | 13:38 | 0:37 | 1:11 | 1 | 3 |
 Jonathan DahlenSJS | 18 | 11:18 | 0:38 | 1:10 | 2 | 2 |
 John HaydenBUF | 15 | 10:47 | 0:43 | 1:11 | 1 | 1 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 14 | 10:26 | 0:45 | 1:23 | 1 | 3 |
 Ryan MacInnisBUF | 12 | 10:00 | 0:50 | 1:14 | 1 | 1 |
 Ethan ProwBUF | 13 | 9:56 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 0 | 4 |
 Jonah GadjovichSJS | 11 | 7:49 | 0:43 | 1:07 | 2 | 0 |
 Scott ReedySJS | 13 | 7:41 | 0:35 | 1:07 | 3 | 0 |
 Jeffrey VielSJS | 12 | 7:22 | 0:37 | 1:23 | 3 | 0 |