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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Apr 23, 2013 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 33
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 42

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:49 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Cody Hodgson (1), Drew Stafford (1) 1 - 0
13:09 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) Brandon Sutter (1), Matt Cooke (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
06:11 BUF Jochen Hecht (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Mark Pysyk (1) 2 - 1
11:02 PIT Jarome Iginla (1) PP Kris Letang (1), Evgeni Malkin (1) 2 - 2
17:26 BUF Steve Ott (1) Mark Pysyk (2) 3 - 2
19:27 BUF Thomas Vanek (2) Cody Hodgson (2), Drew Stafford (2) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
06:25 BUF Thomas Vanek Interference goalkeeper 2
06:25 PIT Jussi Jokinen Holding 2
17:44 BUF Mike Weber Holding 2
17:44 BUF Steve Ott Misconduct 10
19:49 BUF Adam Pardy Cross checking 2
3rd Period
10:30 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 54 40 33 4 2.4 44.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 75 53 42 2 2.8 55.5

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.4 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 12:49 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 6:11 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 17:26 of 3rd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 19:27 of 3rd, a 55% chancePIT goal, 13:09 of 1st, a 2% chancePIT goal, 11:02 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT 2.8BUF 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

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
Thomas Vanek · Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson16:0955.946.71-1
Kevin Porter · Tyler Ennis · Brian Flynn12:3640.737.30-0
Jochen Hecht · Steve Ott · Mikhail Grigorenko10:0350.058.81-0
Nathan Gerbe · John Scott · Marcus Foligno5:4544.445.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Andrej Sekera20:5733.340.70-0
Adam Pardy · Mark Pysyk14:3969.667.72-0
Mike Weber · Chad Ruhwedel13:4048.333.51-1

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
26 Thomas Vanek L 2 1 3 2 2 5 1 18:25 0.33 21-19 0.64-0.70
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 19:04 0.18 19-20 0.58-0.76
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 18:21 0.14 17-10 0.56-0.43
18 Drew Stafford R 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 21:32 0.05 22-21 0.64-0.91
55 Jochen Hecht C 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 16:02 0.06 11-13 0.63-0.47
92 Steve Ott C 1 0 1 1 10 2 0 13:31 0.30 8-15 0.54-0.66
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26:21 17-36 0.66-0.99
5 Adam Pardy D 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17:46 16-11 0.55-0.37
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:33 0.05 15-15 0.38-0.68
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:53 0.07 14-18 0.34-0.84
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:31 0.11 14-21 0.28-0.58
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:52 6-12 0.15-0.38
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:13 5-6 0.12-0.18
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:04 0.11 4-10 0.12-0.31
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 11:40 0.17 11-8 0.63-0.38
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:37 0.17 12-17 0.22-0.41
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 26:22 0.02 19-34 0.71-0.96
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:41 0.07 14-19 0.28-0.48
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 42 40 2 60:00 2.84 +0.84

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jarome Iginla · Pascal Dupuis · Evgeni Malkin11:4570.881.20-0
Matt Cooke · Chris Kunitz · Brandon Sutter11:1050.031.21-2
Brenden Morrow · Jussi Jokinen · Beau Bennett8:0145.538.00-1
Craig Adams · Tanner Glass · Dustin Jeffrey7:1458.344.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Eaton · Deryk Engelland9:3646.730.30-0
Matt Niskanen · Kris Letang7:0375.073.90-0
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang6:4453.344.71-0

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
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 0 1 -1 0 6 2 20:01 0.39 18-17 0.56-0.71
88 Jarome Iginla R 1 0 1 -1 0 8 0 18:42 0.47 21-9 0.89-0.19
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:08 0.01 16-19 0.36-0.79
24 Matt Cooke L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 13:26 0.13 13-15 0.34-0.69
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 28:16 0.48 28-18 1.15-0.38
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 21:18 0.28 25-11 1.22-0.18
4 Mark Eaton D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:20 20-19 0.69-0.87
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:51 0.01 20-21 0.68-0.46
6 Douglas Murray D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 16:41 0.04 19-22 0.65-0.97
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 19:04 0.51 28-9 1.05-0.37
10 Brenden Morrow L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:46 0.07 11-12 0.31-0.36
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:07 0.03 11-7 0.39-0.17
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 22:25 0.07 25-11 0.79-0.35
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:18 0.05 11-14 0.46-0.20
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:40 0.04 10-12 0.33-0.48
37 Dustin Jeffrey L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:25 0.02 10-10 0.19-0.20
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:44 8-7 0.16-0.19
78 Beau Bennett R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:44 0.19 11-12 0.29-0.49
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 32 29 3 59:04 1.86 -1.14