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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 8, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:47 BUF Rob Niedermayer (1) Tyler Myers (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
01:25 PIT James Neal (1) Deryk Engelland (1), Jordan Staal (1) 1 - 1
04:42 PIT Zbynek Michalek (1) James Neal (1), Mark Letestu (1) 1 - 2
3rd Period
13:06 PIT Mark Letestu (1) Zbynek Michalek (1) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:17 PIT Deryk Engelland High sticking 2
08:47 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
09:23 BUF Steve Montador Boarding 2
15:00 BUF Luke Adam Elbowing 2
2nd Period
05:54 BUF Cody McCormick Tripping 2
10:13 PIT Chris Kunitz Interference goalkeeper 2
14:20 BUF Mark Mancari Roughing 2
14:20 BUF Paul Gaustad Roughing 2
14:20 PIT Ben Lovejoy Roughing 2
17:47 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2
3rd Period
05:24 BUF Paul Gaustad High sticking 2
07:27 BUF Chris Butler Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 56 42 30 1 2.7 58.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 57 41 31 3 3.2 41.9

How the game went

64202468Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.2 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:47 of 1st, a 20% chancePIT goal, 1:25 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 4:42 of 2nd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 13:06 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT 3.2BUF 2.7

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
Tim Connolly · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis7:1845.533.60-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mark Parrish · Cody McCormick5:5469.298.41-0
Paul Gaustad · Mark Mancari · Nathan Gerbe4:4062.578.10-0
Brad Boyes · Jason Pominville · Luke Adam3:4357.156.60-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steve Montador · Andrej Sekera15:3254.247.30-1
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers11:5573.973.71-1
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber7:4138.936.50-1

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
20 Rob Niedermayer C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:42 0.22 11-8 0.48-0.16
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 22:53 0.07 21-6 0.83-0.24
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 18:43 0.02 15-12 0.38-0.45
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:40 0.11 15-12 0.38-0.47
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:53 0.03 7-12 0.26-0.46
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 08:41 0.16 10-4 0.46-0.01
10 Mark Parrish R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:35 0.03 15-7 0.52-0.25
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:36 0.01 7-8 0.17-0.42
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:36 0.77 11-7 0.31-0.35
24 Mark Mancari R 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 09:41 0.19 7-5 0.31-0.09
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:27 0.19 15-10 0.43-0.47
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:35 0.03 21-8 0.75-0.33
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 07:22 0.02 7-6 0.25-0.32
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:56 0.18 18-11 0.51-0.50
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 14:54 0.09 6-7 0.31-0.25
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 19:33 0.24 11-11 0.34-0.55
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:17 0.01 8-13 0.38-0.52
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:27 0.32 10-8 0.33-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 31 28 3 58:33 2.71 -0.29

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal8:1533.329.90-0
Alex Kovalev · James Neal · Mark Letestu6:2958.346.12-0
Matt Cooke · Pascal Dupuis · Dustin Jeffrey5:0050.045.20-1
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Max Talbot2:420.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Kris Letang15:3736.043.00-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek7:5045.526.42-1
Deryk Engelland · Ben Lovejoy7:4758.380.91-0

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
4 Zbynek Michalek D 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 18:26 0.04 9-15 0.40-0.81
22 Mark Letestu C 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 15:31 0.08 10-8 0.30-0.23
81 James Neal L 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 16:13 0.36 12-8 0.46-0.19
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 10:18 8-11 0.40-0.33
11 Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 27:05 0.23 12-13 0.44-0.37
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 23:31 0.12 10-8 0.32-0.55
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:38 0.13 9-14 0.49-0.68
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 15:56 0.80 8-12 0.29-0.46
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:01 0.08 12-23 0.43-0.58
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 11:19 0.08 13-10 0.59-0.24
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:19 0.14 7-16 0.41-0.69
25 Max Talbot C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:19 0.07 7-12 0.23-0.32
27 Alex Kovalev R 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17:28 8-11 0.24-0.27
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:59 0.01 1-7 0.01-0.13
27 Mike Rupp L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:28 6-9 0.17-0.28
37 Dustin Jeffrey L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:02 0.22 8-8 0.44-0.54
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:19 0.20 6-10 0.25-0.28
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 29:16 0.16 9-19 0.34-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 30 29 1 59:52 2.70 +1.70