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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Oct 15, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:24 BUF Nathan Gerbe (1) Luke Adam (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1) 1 - 0
14:05 BUF Luke Adam (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1) 2 - 0
2nd Period
02:11 PIT James Neal (1) Richard Park (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
08:06 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Christian Ehrhoff (2) 3 - 1
15:09 PIT Jordan Staal (1) Tyler Kennedy (1), Paul Martin (1) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:52 BUF Paul Gaustad Interference 2
2nd Period
16:09 PIT Pascal Dupuis Tripping 2
3rd Period
19:38 BUF Derek Roy Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 39 28 3 2.9 45.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 60 50 31 2 2.7 54.5

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.7 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 9:24 of 1st, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 14:05 of 1st, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 8:06 of 3rd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 2:11 of 2nd, a 1% chancePIT goal, 15:09 of 3rd, a 22% chanceBUF 2.9PIT 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
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe12:2336.030.31-0
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Luke Adam11:0728.649.51-1
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta9:4753.363.10-0
Brad Boyes · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis9:2166.739.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Christian Ehrhoff18:4055.950.01-0
Robyn Regehr · Tyler Myers18:2032.352.22-1
Andrej Sekera · Marc-Andre Gragnani12:0444.451.00-0

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
24 Nathan Gerbe C 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 16:41 0.36 16-20 0.74-0.95
25 Luke Adam C 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 13:09 0.90 9-15 0.70-0.43
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 24:10 0.14 20-19 0.62-0.93
18 Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 16:01 0.02 13-16 0.56-0.65
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14:19 0.25 6-16 0.42-0.43
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:44 0.23 7-17 0.46-0.51
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:23 0.41 15-19 0.69-0.94
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:45 0.15 11-17 0.32-0.70
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:37 0.18 11-11 0.62-0.45
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:00 17-11 0.34-0.54
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:51 0.11 14-9 0.33-0.32
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:36 0.05 9-12 0.60-0.47
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:25 0.02 21-15 0.63-0.60
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:46 0.02 12-13 0.61-0.67
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:02 0.01 13-15 0.64-0.61
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 21:55 0.09 11-21 0.66-0.60
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 22:05 12-21 0.70-0.60
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:09 0.02 13-8 0.18-0.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 31 29 2 60:00 2.67 +0.67

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Jordan Staal10:1568.865.30-0
Richard Park · Steve Sullivan · James Neal9:3857.944.31-0
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Mark Letestu8:2936.840.40-0
Arron Asham · Craig Adams · Joe Vitale4:2280.089.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek12:0947.869.60-0
Matt Niskanen · Ben Lovejoy9:0850.061.20-0
Deryk Engelland · Kris Letang8:3760.951.71-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
11 Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 20:19 0.32 23-13 1.08-0.46
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 19:59 0.62 19-18 0.61-1.01
7 Paul Martin D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 26:12 0.14 19-12 0.66-0.15
12 Richard Park R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:49 12-10 0.39-0.42
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 13:52 0.06 16-15 0.84-0.50
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:20 0.10 16-20 0.57-0.86
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:36 0.02 20-16 0.68-0.99
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:54 14-12 0.44-0.41
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 19:05 0.47 23-8 1.08-0.27
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:58 0.06 7-6 0.24-0.20
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:35 0.12 15-14 0.41-0.98
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:00 0.10 17-12 0.73-0.45
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:44 0.09 16-15 0.77-0.54
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:04 0.25 12-16 0.45-0.70
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:20 0.05 11-17 0.40-0.50
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:36 0.08 7-4 0.27-0.22
45 Arron Asham R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 08:46 0.15 6-5 0.27-0.23
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:20 0.05 22-17 0.89-0.94
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 28 25 3 58:31 2.93 -0.07