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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 17, 2013 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 35
Buffalo Sabres 3 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:35 PIT Pascal Dupuis (1) Brooks Orpik (1), Chris Kunitz (1) 1 - 0
01:27 PIT Sidney Crosby (1) PP Evgeni Malkin (1), Chris Kunitz (2) 2 - 0
06:32 BUF Cody Hodgson (1) Christian Ehrhoff (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 2 - 1
2nd Period
09:16 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Christian Ehrhoff (2), Tyler Ennis (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
05:17 BUF Steve Ott (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Jochen Hecht (1) 2 - 3
07:06 PIT Pascal Dupuis (2) Kris Letang (1), Sidney Crosby (1) 3 - 3
17:56 PIT Paul Martin (1) Sidney Crosby (2), Pascal Dupuis (1) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:08 BUF Tyler Myers High sticking 2
03:52 BUF Jason Pominville Tripping 2
07:38 BUF Mike Weber Interference 2
07:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
15:47 PIT James Neal Interference 2
20:00 BUF Robyn Regehr Interference 2
2nd Period
07:39 PIT Sidney Crosby Cross checking 2
07:39 PIT Tanner Glass Delaying game face off violation 2
11:50 BUF Jason Pominville Holding 2
3rd Period
02:22 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
02:22 PIT Tanner Glass Fighting 5
13:42 PIT Chris Kunitz Slashing 2
20:00 BUF Steve Ott Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 62 49 35 4 3.9 51.2
Buffalo Sabres 60 42 33 3 4.0 48.8

How the game went

864202468Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.9 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.0 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 0:35 of 1st, a 11% chancePIT goal, 1:27 of 1st, a 37% chancePIT goal, 7:06 of 3rd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 17:56 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 6:32 of 1st, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 9:16 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 5:17 of 3rd, a 19% chanceBUF 4.0PIT 3.9

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
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby7:1763.650.43-0
Tyler Kennedy · Brandon Sutter · Beau Bennett5:5760.059.00-0
Matt Cooke · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal4:2462.523.90-1
Craig Adams · Tanner Glass · Joe Vitale2:3233.391.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Kris Letang10:3256.557.21-0
Brooks Orpik · Paul Martin9:2253.835.12-1
Deryk Engelland · Kris Letang6:0283.3100.00-0

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
9 Pascal Dupuis R 2 1 3 2 0 5 3 15:01 0.26 13-16 0.66-0.94
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 2 3 3 2 4 0 22:35 0.68 20-15 1.01-1.45
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 2 2 3 2 5 3 17:12 0.63 14-6 0.66-0.49
7 Paul Martin D 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 22:11 0.08 10-12 0.45-0.71
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20:58 11-17 0.51-1.10
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 26:27 0.16 20-14 0.96-0.71
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 17:49 0.39 15-7 0.53-0.33
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:10 0.02 16-12 0.70-1.01
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:42 0.03 5-13 0.25-0.58
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 09:11 0.18 5-8 0.25-0.37
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 23:03 0.08 20-19 1.07-0.97
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:20 0.10 13-13 0.67-0.70
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:52 8-11 0.20-1.21
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:13 0.07 4-6 0.26-0.18
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:49 0.02 11-10 0.42-1.05
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 13:20 0.22 11-13 0.49-1.18
78 Beau Bennett R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:29 0.17 8-7 0.50-0.34
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 18:21 0.22 16-11 0.70-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 33 30 3 59:40 4.08 +1.08

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Cody Hodgson11:3859.156.31-1
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno11:1354.278.40-1
Jochen Hecht · Steve Ott · Nathan Gerbe8:3841.779.91-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · John Scott3:0466.78.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer14:5355.962.12-2
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber12:0330.440.40-1
Robyn Regehr · Tyler Myers9:4054.573.30-0

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 1 2 -1 0 3 0 18:29 0.41 14-15 0.79-0.92
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 24:18 0.04 24-17 1.72-0.98
11 Cody Hodgson C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:50 0.25 14-11 0.78-0.73
92 Steve Ott C 1 0 1 1 10 3 5 16:04 0.66 6-12 0.51-0.39
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:21 0.16 6-8 0.51-0.19
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:38 0.15 8-12 0.60-0.38
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 21:04 0.73 18-18 1.38-0.61
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 18:28 8-21 0.45-0.93
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 04:27 0.05 3-2 0.06-0.18
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 14:27 0.46 19-13 1.42-0.45
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:40 0.42 13-17 1.27-0.64
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:47 2-3 0.02-0.30
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 19:47 0.28 18-12 0.88-0.76
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:34 0.01 9-18 0.60-0.69
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:29 0.16 5-7 0.12-0.47
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 16:23 0.01 9-9 0.45-0.38
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:56 0.09 21-18 1.52-1.09
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:42 0.15 13-7 0.80-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 35 31 4 59:17 3.37 -0.63