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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 11, 2010 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 24
Buffalo Sabres 2 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:43 PIT Dustin Jeffrey (1) Ben Lovejoy (1), Craig Adams (1) 1 - 0
09:31 PIT Arron Asham (1) Max Talbot (1) 2 - 0
15:49 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) PP Derek Roy (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
12:09 PIT Alex Goligoski (1) Pascal Dupuis (1), Sidney Crosby (1) 3 - 1
13:00 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Tyler Myers (1), Andrej Sekera (1) 3 - 2
16:43 PIT Mike Rupp (1) Dustin Jeffrey (1) 4 - 2
19:17 PIT Matt Cooke (1) Craig Adams (2) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:12 BUF Andrej Sekera Tripping 2
10:53 PIT Ben Lovejoy Hooking 2
14:45 PIT Craig Adams Tripping 2
15:23 PIT Pascal Dupuis Hooking 2
15:49 PIT Matt Cooke Fighting 5
15:49 BUF Paul Gaustad Roughing 2
15:49 PIT Brooks Orpik Roughing 2
15:49 BUF Jason Pominville Fighting 5
2nd Period
06:14 PIT Marc-Andre Fleury High sticking 2
09:34 BUF Steve Montador Slashing 2
11:47 BUF Mike Weber Roughing 2
11:47 BUF Mike Weber Roughing 2
11:47 PIT Sidney Crosby Roughing 2
3rd Period
00:24 PIT Brooks Orpik Interference 2
06:51 BUF Thomas Vanek High sticking 2
11:03 BUF Nathan Gerbe Slashing 2
11:03 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 42 31 24 5 2.5 47.9
Buffalo Sabres 54 44 36 2 2.9 52.1

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadPittsburgh Penguins ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.5 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 6:43 of 1st, a 13% chancePIT goal, 9:31 of 1st, a 2% chancePIT goal, 12:09 of 3rd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 16:43 of 3rd, a 22% chancePIT goal, 19:17 of 3rd, a 44% chanceBUF goal, 15:49 of 1st, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 13:00 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF 2.9PIT 2.5

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby10:0429.423.80-0
Tyler Kennedy · Chris Conner · Mark Letestu6:3658.345.50-0
Arron Asham · Matt Cooke · Max Talbot6:3554.559.41-0
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Dustin Jeffrey4:4444.470.42-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang9:1953.334.61-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek9:1655.663.80-0
Alex Goligoski · Ben Lovejoy6:4746.249.21-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
37 Dustin Jeffrey L 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 10:00 0.24 8-5 0.49-0.16
27 Craig Adams R 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 13:00 0.07 6-6 0.47-0.17
24 Matt Cooke L 1 0 1 2 5 1 2 13:22 7-5 0.34-0.15
27 Mike Rupp L 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 08:55 0.22 7-7 0.37-0.25
33 Alex Goligoski D 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 19:38 0.05 8-13 0.52-0.55
45 Arron Asham R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 09:36 0.08 11-8 0.45-0.23
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 20:27 8-13 0.24-0.61
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 12:46 0.02 11-14 0.35-0.55
25 Max Talbot C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:31 0.14 8-8 0.22-0.40
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 21:00 0.42 8-18 0.34-0.68
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:17 13-14 0.62-0.33
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:53 11-8 0.70-0.27
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:28 0.16 8-17 0.24-0.81
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:27 0.24 8-6 0.33-0.25
23 Chris Conner R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:37 0.05 10-8 0.35-0.27
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 20:13 0.01 14-15 0.41-0.65
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:36 0.19 13-10 0.38-0.47
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 24:10 0.19 11-10 0.22-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 36 34 2 60:00 2.90 +0.90

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Nathan Gerbe5:4362.581.40-1
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick5:3681.871.90-0
Jochen Hecht · Patrick Kaleta · Tyler Ennis4:5844.458.90-0
Jason Pominville · Mark Mancari · Luke Adam2:1333.326.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador13:4443.351.80-2
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers11:1773.358.90-0
Chris Butler · Mike Weber8:4550.057.30-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 -2 5 4 1 17:01 0.34 4-10 0.09-0.55
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 16:44 0.63 14-13 0.51-0.48
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 20:55 0.02 14-5 0.55-0.33
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 -3 0 4 0 24:03 0.32 12-13 0.57-0.34
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 -3 2 1 0 21:58 0.30 11-13 0.53-0.47
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 25:10 0.03 12-7 0.37-0.51
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 20:56 0.07 13-19 0.51-0.81
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 12:23 11-10 0.49-0.43
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 07:42 0.04 11-6 0.35-0.32
24 Mark Mancari R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:05 0.06 5-6 0.28-0.30
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 11:28 0.13 8-6 0.33-0.22
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:29 0.29 13-6 0.39-0.26
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:49 0.11 9-9 0.41-0.27
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:20 0.24 5-6 0.25-0.27
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:37 0.02 12-4 0.40-0.14
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 22:40 0.14 15-17 0.63-0.48
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:16 0.10 9-10 0.48-0.42
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:22 0.08 7-10 0.27-0.47
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 23 19 4 59:02 2.07 -1.93