San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres

Thu, Dec 9, 2010 · HSBC Arena · 2010–11 Regular Season

San Jose Sharks

3 – 6

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 6–3 on Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at HSBC Arena. Paul Gaustad scored twice; Thomas Vanek scored twice. Ryan Miller made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	0	2	1	3	29
BUF	1	2	3	6	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:18	BUF	EV	Paul Gaustad (1) · wrist	Cody McCormick (1)	0–1
2nd	06:48	BUF	EV	Thomas Vanek (1) · slap	Derek Roy (1), Nathan Gerbe (1)	0–2
2nd	13:26	BUF	SH	Jason Pominville (1) · wrist	Unassisted	0–3
2nd	15:50	SJS	PP	Logan Couture (1) · slap	Dan Boyle (1), Ryane Clowe (1)	1–3
2nd	19:15	SJS	EV	Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1) · wrist	Logan Couture (1), Ryane Clowe (2)	2–3
3rd	00:31	BUF	EV	Cody McCormick (1) · wrist	Paul Gaustad (1)	2–4
3rd	09:26	SJS	EV	Douglas Murray (1) · slap	Torrey Mitchell (1)	3–4
3rd	19:33	BUF	SH EN	Paul Gaustad (2) · wrist	Cody McCormick (2), Andrej Sekera (1)	3–5
3rd	19:51	BUF	EV	Thomas Vanek (2) · snap	Derek Roy (2), Nathan Gerbe (2)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:32	BUF	Mike Weber	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	02:25	SJS	Joe Thornton	holding	2
2nd	12:13	BUF	Luke Adam	high sticking	2
2nd	15:14	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: SJS 2.36 · BUF 2.93 · xG% SJS 44.6

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
39	Logan Couture	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	61.5	18:17	23
29	Ryane Clowe	L	0	2	2	-1	0	3	1	0		17:25	23
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	0		27:39	30
3	Douglas Murray	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1		20:45	27
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	5		17:52	25
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	15:02	22
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0		21:04	28
60	Jason Demers	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		20:54	28
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0	0	42.9	20:34	29
15	Dany Heatley	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	1		20:04	28
8	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	53.3	17:09	24
78	Benn Ferriero	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:34	21
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	1		15:24	24
7	Niclas Wallin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:53	22
43	John McCarthy	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1		14:43	21
64	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		7:59	12
10	Jamal Mayers	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		6:53	10
21	Scott Nichol	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	100.0	5:38	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Antti Niemi	L	36	31	5	.861	59:11

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Paul Gaustad	C	2	1	3	+3	0	4	2	1	66.7	16:26	25
8	Cody McCormick	C	1	2	3	+3	0	3	3	3	63.6	14:12	21
9	Derek Roy	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	62.5	17:28	23
26	Thomas Vanek	L	2	0	2	+2	0	3	0	0		16:34	22
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	2	2	+2	0	5	1	0		14:07	20
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	1	1	+4	0	0	1	0		19:13	29
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1		16:57	20
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		22:27	29
4	Steve Montador	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		22:18	28
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	+5	0	2	0	1		21:04	29
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	61.5	17:43	23
25	Mike Grier	R	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0	0		16:59	24
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3		16:58	23
34	Chris Butler	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		16:13	23
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	6	2		14:33	20
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		12:11	17
12	Mark Mancari	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50.0	10:22	13
72	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	20.0	9:39	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00