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Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (10:30 PM ET)
SAP Center at San Jose | ESPN
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
2 – 0
Final
San Jose Sharks
 SJS
62% xGF%
38% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 4.11 goals SJS was expected to score 2.51 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG BUF SJS Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres San Jose Sharks
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 4:13 0.70 0 4:50 0.45 0
Even Strength 50:57 3.22 1 50:57 2.07 0
Penalty Kill 4:50 0.18 0 4:13 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 38:15 2.49 0 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 20:50 1.62 1 20:50 1.13 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 38:15 1.38 0
  • ► Olen Zellweger scores at 0:50 in the 2nd period 0.04 xG (1-0)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 19:05 in the 3rd period (2-0)
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BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.84 0 0 0 17 12:04 6 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.63 1 0 1 22 17:52 5 +2 2 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.62 0 0 0 21 13:19 4 +1 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.41 0 1 1 20 17:10 6 0 0 0
SJS Macklin Celebrini (C) 0.39 0 0 0 22 24:59 4 -1 0 0
SJS Adam Gaudette (R) 0.37 0 0 0 13 10:21 1 -1 2 0
SJS Mason Marchment (L) 0.32 0 0 0 20 15:37 0 -2 2 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.29 0 0 0 19 19:28 3 +1 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.29 0 0 0 24 16:02 2 0 0 0
SJS Kiefer Sherwood (L) 0.25 0 0 0 20 16:02 3 -1 0 0
SJS Will Smith (C) 0.24 0 0 0 17 16:20 2 -1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.23 0 0 0 19 13:19 3 0 0 0
SJS Collin Graf (R) 0.23 0 0 0 19 15:55 1 0 0 0
SJS Ty Dellandrea (C) 0.15 0 0 0 19 13:24 0 0 2 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.12 0 0 0 19 18:55 1 +1 0 0
SJS Michael Misa (C) 0.07 0 0 0 17 12:17 1 -1 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.07 0 0 0 19 15:49 1 0 0 0
SJS Tyler Toffoli (C) 0.02 0 0 0 15 12:50 1 0 0 0
SJS Ivar Stenberg (L) 0.01 0 0 0 21 20:22 0 -1 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.01 0 1 1 16 11:44 0 +1 0 0
SJS Zack Ostapchuk (C) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:40 0 0 0 0
SJS Barclay Goodrow (C) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:28 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 16 10:04 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 11:14 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.35 0 0 0 29 24:05 3 +1 0 0
SJS Michael Kesselring (D) 0.32 0 0 0 21 16:25 3 0 0 0
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.12 1 0 1 27 22:01 2 +1 0 0
SJS Darnell Nurse (D) 0.09 0 0 0 24 23:54 3 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.06 0 2 2 26 24:49 1 +2 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.03 0 0 0 26 26:19 1 0 0 0
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.02 0 0 0 15 09:11 1 0 4 0
SJS Luca Cagnoni (D) 0.02 0 0 0 19 14:05 1 -1 0 0
SJS Dmitry Orlov (D) 0.02 0 0 0 24 18:23 1 -2 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.02 0 0 0 15 10:37 1 0 0 0
SJS Jacob Trouba (D) 0.01 0 0 0 27 24:39 1 0 0 0
SJS Sam Dickinson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 21 17:58 1 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +10.93% 1.000 2.5 0 23 59:58 23 W 1
SJS Yaroslav Askarov (G) +7.97% 0.974 3.1 1 38 59:21 39 L 0