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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 5, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 34
Buffalo Sabres 1 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:58 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Tyler Ennis (1) 0 - 1
15:01 PIT Harry Zolnierczyk (1) Craig Adams (1), Sidney Crosby (1) 1 - 1
2nd Period
02:08 PIT Sidney Crosby (1) PP Matt Niskanen (1) 2 - 1
17:48 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) Unassisted 3 - 1
3rd Period
05:22 PIT Brian Gibbons (1) Brandon Sutter (1) 4 - 1
12:12 PIT James Neal (1) Evgeni Malkin (1), Brooks Orpik (1) 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:14 BUF Alexander Sulzer Tripping 2
12:17 BUF John Scott Fighting 5
12:17 PIT Deryk Engelland Fighting 5
17:38 PIT Matt Niskanen High sticking 2
2nd Period
01:41 BUF Jamie McBain Tripping 2
04:08 BUF Mike Weber Holding the stick 2
19:24 BUF John Scott Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
19:24 PIT Tanner Glass Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd Period
19:13 BUF Matt Ellis Boarding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 60 46 34 5 2.8 49.0
Buffalo Sabres 52 35 25 1 1.9 51.0

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.8 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 15:01 of 1st, a 13% chancePIT goal, 2:08 of 2nd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 17:48 of 2nd, a 16% chancePIT goal, 5:22 of 3rd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 12:12 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 5:58 of 1st, a 20% chancePIT 2.8BUF 1.9

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
Jussi Jokinen · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal10:0466.775.22-0
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Brian Gibbons5:3753.855.30-0
Tanner Glass · Brandon Sutter · Jayson Megna3:5850.068.50-0
Chris Kunitz · Tanner Glass · Sidney Crosby3:5140.076.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Olli Maatta13:2255.675.41-0
Brooks Orpik · Paul Martin12:5164.061.63-0
Rob Scuderi · Robert Bortuzzo8:4023.132.60-0

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

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
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 18:48 0.44 17-11 0.79-0.41
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 20:21 0.40 16-16 0.51-0.37
26 Harry Zolnierczyk L 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:05 0.13 6-12 0.26-0.48
29 Brian Gibbons C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:37 0.05 15-12 0.57-0.18
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 17:27 0.51 15-9 0.77-0.31
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 22:21 0.12 26-19 1.06-0.44
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:05 0.44 13-18 0.58-0.66
27 Craig Adams R 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 13:33 0.04 7-10 0.22-0.58
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 2 0 4 5 20:11 0.12 19-15 0.84-0.78
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:23 0.05 23-20 0.91-0.52
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 11:10 0.04 6-8 0.14-0.32
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:46 0.01 5-15 0.15-0.48
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 22:51 0.06 18-15 0.75-0.72
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:39 0.18 12-12 0.28-0.39
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 13:45 0.03 9-15 0.37-0.55
20 Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:24 0.08 14-20 0.66-0.68
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14:58 0.11 14-7 0.68-0.23
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:36 5-16 0.15-0.50
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 25 24 1 60:00 1.92 +0.92

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Stafford · Linus Omark · Tyler Ennis11:2555.652.71-1
Steve Ott · Matt D'Agostini · Cody Hodgson10:4966.775.90-1
Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn · Zemgus Girgensons10:4333.328.00-1
Matt Ellis · John Scott · Phil Varone8:2458.381.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer16:5861.870.70-2
Henrik Tallinder · Chad Ruhwedel16:1246.938.71-0
Mike Weber · Jamie McBain12:4338.114.90-2

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
18 Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:11 0.50 16-18 0.59-0.85
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:52 0.09 20-19 0.65-0.83
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:25 0.07 17-19 0.65-0.84
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 4 17:47 0.03 10-15 0.25-0.71
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:45 0.12 15-12 0.59-0.47
17 Linus Omark L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:27 16-16 0.59-0.68
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:41 0.02 9-14 0.22-0.60
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:58 0.02 15-18 0.52-0.89
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 15:43 0.03 11-13 0.26-0.70
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 10:05 0.11 10-7 0.30-0.14
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:59 0.18 14-9 0.50-0.48
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:08 0.11 6-13 0.20-0.58
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:30 0.15 7-18 0.22-0.72
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 11:58 0.11 13-6 0.41-0.06
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:51 0.02 9-6 0.28-0.08
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 19:38 0.04 22-13 0.81-0.33
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 23:59 0.08 25-16 0.94-0.40
92 Steve Ott C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 16:49 0.23 15-8 0.61-0.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 34 29 5 60:00 2.82 -2.18