Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks

Thu, Oct 12, 2017 · SAP Center at San Jose · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 3

Final

San Jose Sharks

The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at SAP Center at San Jose. Jason Pominville scored twice. Martin Jones made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	2	25
SJS	2	1	0	3	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:15	SJS	PP	Tomas Hertl (1) · tip-in	Kevin Labanc (1), Mikkel Boedker (1)	0–1
1st	12:26	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (3) · wrist	Jack Eichel (3), Zemgus Girgensons (1)	1–1
1st	15:11	SJS	EV	Chris Tierney (1) · wrist	Joonas Donskoi (1), Timo Meier (1)	1–2
2nd	06:50	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (4) · tip-in	Jack Eichel (4), Zemgus Girgensons (2)	2–2
2nd	14:30	SJS	EV	Timo Meier (1) · wrist	Joonas Donskoi (2), Chris Tierney (1)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:36	BUF	Marco Scandella	slashing	2
1st	18:02	SJS	Tim Heed	slashing	2
2nd	03:33	BUF	Evander Kane	elbowing	2
2nd	09:05	SJS	Justin Braun	tripping	2
2nd	10:18	SJS	Brent Burns	tripping	2
3rd	07:35	BUF	Marco Scandella	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 1.57 · SJS 4.17 · xG% BUF 27.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0	25.0	19:37	26
29	Jason Pominville	R	2	0	2	+1	0	3	1	0	50.0	17:17	26
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	5	2		14:09	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	2	0		26:56	31
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	2		21:17	27
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0		20:35	27
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1		19:32	27
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		19:31	24
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	64.3	19:14	27
5	Matt Tennyson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0		16:31	23
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	3		16:04	22
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5		15:06	22
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	36.4	13:23	21
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	40.0	13:08	21
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2		12:05	21
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60.0	11:29	17
25	Seth Griffith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		10:07	14
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		9:54	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	26	23	3	.885	58:26

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Joonas Donskoi	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0		12:18	20
50	Chris Tierney	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	2	53.8	12:05	22
28	Timo Meier	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	100.0	10:21	16
48	Tomas Hertl	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	5	1	50.0	19:15	28
89	Mikkel Boedker	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		15:15	22
62	Kevin Labanc	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	33.3	14:48	21
88	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1		25:47	31
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		23:02	30
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1		21:50	26
47	Joakim Ryan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		21:24	25
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	30.8	20:16	27
8	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		17:27	23
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	71.4	16:30	23
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	57.1	13:11	20
72	Tim Heed	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3		13:10	20
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		12:57	20
36	Jannik Hansen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	12:14	20
68	Melker Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1		12:10	21

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Martin Jones	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00