Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks — October 27, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres blanked the San Jose Sharks 2-0 on October 27, 2026. BUF had a big edge in high-danger chances, 15-11 over SJS at 5-on-5. Zucker was the most dangerous skater at 5-on-5, racking up 0.79 individual expected goals on 5 shots. The numbers backed up the result — BUF generated 3.35 expected goals to SJS's 2.02 at 5-on-5 (52.8% Corsi). BUF peppered the net with 40 shots to SJS's 23.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks progressed on Oct 27, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BUF2 - 0SJS

Oct 27, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
SJS	P1	25	20	55.6	20	18	52.6	12	17	41.4	19	16	54.3	5	6	45.5	1.04	1.48	41.3	0	0	—
	P2	20	30	40.0	9	22	29.0	4	14	22.2	19	20	48.7	7	8	46.7	0.82	1.66	33.1	0	1	0.0
	P3	19	18	51.4	12	14	46.2	7	10	41.2	12	14	46.2	2	4	33.3	0.72	1.18	37.8	0	1	0.0
	Total	64	68	48.5	41	54	43.2	23	41	35.9	50	50	50.0	14	18	43.8	2.58	4.32	37.4	0	2	0.0
BUF	P1	20	25	44.4	18	20	47.4	17	12	58.6	16	19	45.7	6	5	54.5	1.48	1.04	58.7	0	0	—
	P2	30	20	60.0	22	9	71.0	14	4	77.8	20	19	51.3	8	7	53.3	1.66	0.82	66.9	1	0	100.0
	P3	18	19	48.6	14	12	53.8	10	7	58.8	14	12	53.8	4	2	66.7	1.18	0.72	62.2	1	0	100.0
	Total	68	64	51.5	54	41	56.8	41	23	64.1	50	50	50.0	18	14	56.3	4.32	2.58	62.6	2	0	100.0

Win Probability

SJS Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

SJS

BUF

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

SJS Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BUF ShootSJS Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (SJS) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = SJS players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the SJS player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

SJS ↓ / BUF →	Thompson	Norris	Ostlund	Helenius	McLeod	Kozak	Krebs	Benson	Malenstyn	Zucker	Quinn	Doan	Samuelsson	Dahlin	Power	Zellweger	Metsa	Crevier
Celebrini	73	65	67	56	44	64	45	71	68	38	69	81	76	81	63	52	50	86
Smith	78	64	45	33	38	29	17	70	46	40	33	30	56	58	57	42	29	17
Dellandrea	33	50	0	33	40	44	40	20	40	50	0	20	40	36	0	22	67	57
Goodrow	8	20	0	11	17	—	—	8	—	13	0	—	10	8	20	25	0	0
Ostapchuk	7	20	25	10	17	—	—	7	—	17	29	100	23	19	20	25	0	0
Misa	50	50	50	25	40	17	29	33	27	40	50	33	42	36	27	40	50	50
Toffoli	67	64	50	50	57	80	80	60	67	57	50	40	60	50	0	57	82	83
Stenberg	60	63	64	50	44	64	50	58	68	38	67	80	74	73	61	52	0	83
Marchment	67	64	50	33	38	29	17	57	46	40	36	33	56	44	50	42	33	20
Sherwood	55	58	50	43	50	83	80	45	67	50	43	50	57	44	40	67	82	83
Graf	33	56	56	50	43	80	86	40	86	33	56	80	69	53	62	53	0	100
Gaudette	11	43	50	11	17	100	—	10	86	17	67	100	25	27	50	64	50	0
Nurse	34	45	38	33	36	50	0	34	33	36	38	69	47	36	52	38	25	55
Trouba	28	33	41	28	36	56	17	25	38	36	47	71	41	35	45	33	33	67
Orlov	57	50	50	0	27	50	50	50	60	20	43	33	48	36	55	43	43	50
Dickinson	67	43	57	67	38	57	63	50	63	38	57	57	60	63	36	50	60	33
Kesselring	56	75	57	67	50	67	70	63	70	50	50	54	68	60	58	69	67	67
Cagnoni	25	57	50	0	20	56	60	0	62	20	50	33	31	30	29	45	75	83