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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 30, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 34
Buffalo Sabres 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:50 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) PP Steve Sullivan (1), Sidney Crosby (1) 1 - 0
06:35 BUF Jordan Leopold (1) Jason Pominville (1), Ville Leino (1) 1 - 1
12:52 PIT Sidney Crosby (1) Steve Sullivan (2), Pascal Dupuis (1) 2 - 1
15:45 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Alexander Sulzer (1), Mike Weber (1) 2 - 2
2nd Period
11:43 PIT James Neal (1) PP Sidney Crosby (2), Evgeni Malkin (1) 3 - 2
15:06 PIT Steve Sullivan (1) Pascal Dupuis (2), Sidney Crosby (3) 4 - 2
16:59 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Unassisted 4 - 3
3rd Period
19:54 PIT Jordan Staal (1) Brooks Orpik (1) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:10 BUF Drew Stafford Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:14 PIT Matt Cooke Boarding 2
07:58 BUF Derek Roy Hooking 2
11:09 BUF Marcus Foligno Tripping 2
3rd Period
17:39 PIT Evgeni Malkin Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 54 46 34 5 3.4 51.1
Buffalo Sabres 49 41 28 3 2.4 48.9

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.4 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 3:50 of 1st, a 46% chancePIT goal, 12:52 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 11:43 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 15:06 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 19:54 of 3rd, a 38% chanceBUF goal, 6:35 of 1st, a 30% chanceBUF goal, 15:45 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 16:59 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT 3.4BUF 2.4

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
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal11:0354.550.70-1
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal10:1358.833.40-0
Steve Sullivan · Pascal Dupuis · Sidney Crosby9:2156.349.62-0
Arron Asham · Craig Adams · Jordan Staal2:490.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Zbynek Michalek20:5952.260.01-1
Paul Martin · Matt Niskanen17:4962.964.60-1
Deryk Engelland · Brian Strait10:1932.025.71-1

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

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 17:40 0.33 16-9 0.84-0.56
15 Steve Sullivan L 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 14:43 0.24 12-10 0.58-0.50
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 0 2 7 0 17:47 0.83 15-14 0.63-0.65
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 17:29 0.34 13-10 0.68-0.48
11 Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 19:39 0.35 17-11 0.71-0.75
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 5 17:32 0.50 15-14 0.68-0.76
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 25:40 14-11 0.60-0.37
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:37 0.02 13-11 0.62-0.37
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:57 0.01 9-17 0.37-1.06
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:28 23-13 1.19-0.62
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:34 0.08 13-13 0.58-0.67
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:04 2-13 0.16-0.32
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:13 0.06 23-16 1.14-0.73
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 14:15 0.06 14-9 0.56-0.62
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:58 0.06 3-11 0.23-0.30
45 Arron Asham R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:06 7-9 0.50-0.18
47 Brian Strait D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:21 10-20 0.42-1.17
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:00 0.12 11-9 0.36-0.69
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Brent Johnson W 28 25 3 59:57 2.43 -0.57

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno14:3261.967.81-0
Thomas Vanek · Corey Tropp · Cody Hodgson13:4036.831.31-1
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino11:1560.975.51-0
Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta6:4464.345.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers13:5550.044.81-1
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera10:4957.155.21-0
Alexander Sulzer · Mike Weber7:5450.079.30-0

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
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:45 0.25 8-13 0.36-0.65
33 Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 26:42 0.35 24-22 1.33-1.06
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:46 0.07 14-15 0.74-0.66
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:40 7-10 0.23-0.24
23 Ville Leino L 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 13:21 0.10 14-13 0.95-0.63
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:28 0.15 14-15 0.95-0.52
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:33 0.01 10-15 0.44-0.78
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 18:34 0.21 17-10 1.03-0.42
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 14:52 0.42 14-10 0.95-0.37
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:42 0.07 9-7 0.21-0.38
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:51 0.05 7-14 0.27-0.76
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 17:50 0.22 13-12 0.65-0.42
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 18:04 0.44 14-13 0.74-0.75
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:03 0.02 9-7 0.21-0.38
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 08:18 0.10 9-5 0.21-0.25
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:10 7-14 0.27-0.74
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:41 13-14 0.70-0.77
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:12 0.02 17-21 0.61-1.07
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 33 29 4 59:14 2.97 -1.03