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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 4, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 29
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:17 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Rob Niedermayer (1) 1 - 0
07:03 BUF Mike Grier (1) Rob Niedermayer (2), Paul Gaustad (1) 2 - 0
2nd Period
03:50 PIT Dustin Jeffrey (1) Chris Conner (1), Alex Goligoski (1) 2 - 1
06:24 PIT Tyler Kennedy (1) Zbynek Michalek (1) 2 - 2
07:04 PIT Matt Cooke (1) Jordan Staal (1), Pascal Dupuis (1) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:34 BUF Mike Weber Roughing 2
15:34 PIT Chris Kunitz Roughing 2
19:21 BUF Jochen Hecht High sticking 2
2nd Period
04:10 BUF Tyler Myers Roughing 2
10:19 BUF Jordan Leopold Holding 2
10:19 BUF Steve Montador Roughing 2
10:19 PIT Matt Cooke Misconduct 10
10:19 PIT Matt Cooke Roughing 2
11:10 PIT Kris Letang Interference goalkeeper 2
14:05 BUF Shaone Morrisonn Cross checking 2
3rd Period
11:06 BUF Tyler Ennis High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 45 33 29 2 2.2 46.4
Pittsburgh Penguins 61 52 39 3 2.8 53.6

How the game went

50510152025Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:17 of 1st, a 28% chanceBUF goal, 7:03 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 3:50 of 2nd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 6:24 of 2nd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 7:04 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT 2.8BUF 2.2

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

Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek10:1672.276.70-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad10:0531.355.22-0
Drew Stafford · Paul Byron · Tyler Ennis9:3747.438.30-0
Tim Connolly · Cody McCormick · Nathan Gerbe4:5233.318.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers15:1940.955.50-1
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador14:1048.640.61-1
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber13:5147.660.11-1

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
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 16:39 0.39 7-11 0.48-0.38
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 12:56 6-12 0.48-0.41
25 Mike Grier R 1 0 1 2 0 1 7 16:09 0.09 8-12 0.61-0.44
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 21:04 0.00 20-18 0.70-1.01
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:08 0.09 10-14 0.47-0.45
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 18:13 0.02 11-14 0.70-0.65
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:19 0.03 3-10 0.11-0.62
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:40 0.13 6-12 0.12-0.65
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:28 0.02 12-13 0.32-0.57
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 07:17 0.01 5-11 0.14-0.67
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 15:15 0.61 16-9 0.92-0.33
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 16:38 11-11 0.70-0.47
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:31 0.09 15-10 0.81-0.39
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:54 0.07 17-20 0.69-1.11
41 Paul Byron L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:53 10-12 0.32-0.56
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 18:58 0.17 16-10 0.93-0.43
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 21:49 0.08 10-13 0.45-0.36
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 17:01 0.43 12-13 0.33-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 39 36 3 59:08 2.83 -0.17

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal7:5156.366.50-0
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Max Talbot4:5162.595.80-0
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin3:3844.426.80-2
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Dustin Jeffrey2:3440.024.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek15:4565.486.81-0
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang10:5640.019.40-0
Deryk Engelland · Alex Goligoski9:0142.940.10-2

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
24 Matt Cooke L 1 0 1 1 12 4 7 13:36 0.39 14-11 0.72-0.35
37 Dustin Jeffrey L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:17 0.22 9-6 0.37-0.38
48 Tyler Kennedy C 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 15:13 0.04 12-10 0.60-0.28
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:38 0.02 18-13 0.77-0.36
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 4 15:28 0.08 13-18 0.60-1.21
11 Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 23:32 0.36 15-15 0.68-0.80
23 Chris Conner R 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 13:26 0.07 9-9 0.39-0.37
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 20:03 0.22 13-12 0.75-0.64
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:25 0.05 14-12 0.67-0.56
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23:05 0.02 19-12 0.82-0.12
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 19:17 0.16 14-18 0.61-1.44
25 Max Talbot C 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 16:36 0.37 16-11 0.76-0.08
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:44 0.13 10-6 0.52-0.01
27 Mike Rupp L 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 12:10 0.11 13-5 0.41-0.04
34 Eric Tangradi L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:52 6-3 0.21-0.03
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 18:57 0.02 12-17 0.46-0.99
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 1 2 7 2 23:59 0.37 14-12 0.59-1.06
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 06:03 0.22 4-5 0.22-0.59
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 29 27 2 59:39 2.24 +0.24