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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Oct 5, 2013 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 21
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:39 PIT Sidney Crosby (1) Pascal Dupuis (1), Matt Niskanen (1) 0 - 1
13:43 PIT Chuck Kobasew (1) Brandon Sutter (1), Matt Niskanen (2) 0 - 2
3rd Period
10:09 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) Unassisted 0 - 3
15:06 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Cody Hodgson (1) 1 - 3
18:15 PIT Craig Adams (1) Paul Martin (1) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:03 BUF Tyler Myers Interference 2
2nd Period
08:57 PIT Brandon Sutter Delaying game puck over glass 2
18:01 PIT Sidney Crosby Tripping 2
3rd Period
06:19 BUF Thomas Vanek Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 39 23 21 1 1.3 36.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 67 49 35 4 4.7 63.2

How the game went

051015202530Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 1.3 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.7 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 15:06 of 3rd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 3:39 of 1st, a 39% chancePIT goal, 13:43 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 10:09 of 3rd, a 24% chancePIT goal, 18:15 of 3rd, a 48% chancePIT 4.7BUF 1.3

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 Hodgson13:2346.242.31-0
Kevin Porter · Brian Flynn · Zemgus Girgensons11:5821.77.10-2
Steve Ott · Tyler Ennis · Mikhail Grigorenko7:1936.420.10-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Johan Larsson4:0566.754.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Mark Pysyk17:2254.544.81-0
Jamie McBain · Tyler Myers15:4417.42.30-1
Mike Weber · Rasmus Ristolainen14:0341.929.70-1

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 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 17:59 0.48 12-17 0.36-0.71
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:46 0.08 12-15 0.36-0.52
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 17:01 0.02 14-18 0.41-0.98
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:31 4-5 0.06-0.14
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 18:37 0.08 9-22 0.20-1.57
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:37 0.03 13-11 0.26-0.34
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:18 0.16 12-17 0.36-0.71
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:36 4-23 0.03-1.65
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:09 0.05 8-6 0.14-0.35
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:30 0.07 5-9 0.08-0.24
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:58 7-22 0.14-1.74
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:36 0.03 10-23 0.20-1.73
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:45 4-2 0.08-0.06
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:06 0.04 14-12 0.28-0.40
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:06 0.02 14-23 0.42-1.27
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20:37 0.04 5-23 0.04-1.55
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:52 0.12 7-13 0.10-0.74
92 Steve Ott C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:59 0.04 6-14 0.09-0.79
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth L 34 31 3 59:57 4.22 +1.22

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby13:4068.287.91-1
Chuck Kobasew · Brandon Sutter · Dustin Jeffrey8:0166.789.01-0
Jussi Jokinen · Evgeni Malkin · Beau Bennett6:3976.982.60-0
Craig Adams · Tanner Glass · Joe Vitale5:15100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Paul Martin18:3862.158.60-1
Rob Scuderi · Matt Niskanen16:1981.396.02-0
Robert Bortuzzo · Olli Maatta12:3447.465.60-0

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
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 20:37 0.28 28-9 2.24-0.18
12 Chuck Kobasew R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 10:32 0.33 12-9 0.70-0.22
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 18:41 0.50 19-9 1.39-0.27
27 Craig Adams R 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 12:56 0.01 6-4 0.21-0.00
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 20:51 0.71 22-9 1.60-0.27
7 Paul Martin D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 25:07 0.05 18-11 0.51-0.36
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 18:43 0.54 21-9 1.53-0.19
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 12:59 0.10 14-8 0.80-0.24
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:39 0.05 10-13 0.41-0.28
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:10 26-8 2.11-0.09
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11:57 0.01 4-6 0.07-0.03
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:51 0.15 8-8 0.36-0.10
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:56 0.36 16-7 0.67-0.12
37 Dustin Jeffrey L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 11:48 0.47 11-6 0.65-0.09
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:13 0.17 9-10 0.35-0.19
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:03 0.01 19-13 0.58-0.36
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:26 0.41 16-13 0.68-0.32
78 Beau Bennett R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:31 0.06 16-8 0.65-0.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 21 20 1 60:00 1.25 +0.25