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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 17, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 19
Pittsburgh Penguins 8 26

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:17 PIT Jason Williams (1) Alexandre Picard (1), Craig Adams (1) 0 - 1
06:07 PIT Simon Despres (1) PP Tyler Kennedy (1), Jason Williams (1) 0 - 2
09:43 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) Chris Kunitz (1), Brooks Orpik (1) 0 - 3
12:55 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Robyn Regehr (1), Jason Pominville (1) 1 - 3
17:30 PIT Evgeni Malkin (2) Carl Sneep (1), Alexandre Picard (2) 1 - 4
2nd Period
00:53 PIT James Neal (1) PP Evgeni Malkin (1), Matt Niskanen (1) 1 - 5
17:54 PIT Deryk Engelland (1) Arron Asham (1), Pascal Dupuis (1) 1 - 6
3rd Period
08:49 BUF Luke Adam (1) Unassisted 2 - 6
10:13 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Drew Stafford (1), Andrej Sekera (1) 3 - 6
11:43 PIT Evgeni Malkin (3) PP James Neal (1), Matt Niskanen (2) 3 - 7
13:39 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) Evgeni Malkin (2), Deryk Engelland (1) 3 - 8

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:26 BUF Mike Weber Tripping 2
18:55 BUF Paul Szczechura High sticking 2
2nd Period
02:10 PIT Arron Asham Hooking 2
3rd Period
00:43 PIT Matt Niskanen Interference 2
06:02 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani Hooking 2
11:01 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani Hooking 2
13:52 BUF Robyn Regehr Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 32 24 19 3 1.1 39.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 64 42 26 8 2.8 61.0

How the game went

5051015202530Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 1.1 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 8 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 12:55 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 8:49 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 10:13 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 2:17 of 1st, a 3% chancePIT goal, 6:07 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 9:43 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 17:30 of 1st, a 5% chancePIT goal, 0:53 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 17:54 of 2nd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 11:43 of 3rd, a 31% chancePIT goal, 13:39 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT 2.8BUF 1.1

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 · Tyler Ennis7:4245.040.50-0
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Paul Szczechura7:1337.511.90-1
Paul Gaustad · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian5:5122.215.50-0
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek3:4914.34.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Christian Ehrhoff14:2933.321.70-2
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera13:4946.249.62-0
Marc-Andre Gragnani · Mike Weber10:0636.822.10-1

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
25 Luke Adam C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:50 0.05 9-11 0.16-0.39
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:14 0.07 9-14 0.25-0.66
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 3 0 2 3 19:07 0.17 13-11 0.41-0.47
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 24:42 0.02 14-17 0.47-0.66
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:04 0.07 14-12 0.57-0.61
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 21:09 0.17 6-14 0.05-0.68
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 20:58 12-14 0.44-0.45
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:47 0.01 8-15 0.16-0.72
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 20:43 0.21 10-22 0.41-1.23
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:14 4-10 0.05-0.43
15 Colin Stuart L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 03:12 1-5 0.00-0.20
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 22:29 0.08 9-15 0.18-0.71
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 12:29 0.02 5-14 0.11-0.55
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 14:58 9-16 0.22-0.81
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:56 5-10 0.13-0.38
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:35 0.05 8-17 0.22-0.85
58 Paul Szczechura C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:44 5-7 0.01-0.13
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:28 0.14 9-11 0.39-0.57
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 11 8 3 30:17 1.47 -1.53
30 Ryan Miller 15 10 5 29:43 1.30 -3.70

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal9:3965.075.43-2
Steve Sullivan · Arron Asham · Joe Vitale4:2628.633.70-1
Matt Cooke · Pascal Dupuis · Tyler Kennedy2:5785.787.20-0
Craig Adams · Jason Williams · Eric Tangradi2:5462.574.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Deryk Engelland · Simon Despres14:4362.175.72-0
Alexandre Picard · Carl Sneep13:0775.081.02-1
Brooks Orpik · Matt Niskanen11:2460.056.31-1

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
71 Evgeni Malkin C 3 2 5 1 0 4 0 18:43 0.48 17-9 0.97-0.36
5 Deryk Engelland D 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 20:16 0.20 20-14 1.30-0.44
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 1 2 2 0 1 4 18:47 0.15 20-7 1.06-0.28
19 Jason Williams C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 13:25 0.04 8-10 0.20-0.18
81 James Neal L 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 19:27 0.66 17-8 0.96-0.28
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 21:20 0.11 9-8 0.24-0.26
54 Alexandre Picard D 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 18:39 0.16 15-7 0.49-0.19
6 Simon Despres D 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 20:07 0.21 19-14 1.25-0.45
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14:44 0.45 16-5 0.74-0.23
27 Craig Adams R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 06:14 0.07 7-5 0.25-0.10
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 19:08 13-10 0.36-0.23
45 Arron Asham R 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14:39 12-10 0.42-0.21
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:43 0.08 12-7 0.43-0.14
59 Carl Sneep D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:19 18-7 0.56-0.14
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:51 0.10 5-7 0.14-0.12
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:14 0.06 9-7 0.36-0.26
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:02 0.02 7-10 0.23-0.27
34 Eric Tangradi L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:22 11-5 0.53-0.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 19 16 3 60:00 1.06 -1.94