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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 8, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 39
Buffalo Sabres 1 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:21 PIT Kris Letang (2) Sidney Crosby (13), Patric Hornqvist (9) 1 - 0
03:31 PIT Patric Hornqvist (8) PP Kris Letang (8), Sidney Crosby (14) 2 - 0
15:04 PIT Kris Letang (3) Paul Martin (3), Sidney Crosby (15) 3 - 0
2nd Period
04:56 PIT Patric Hornqvist (9) PP Chris Kunitz (7), Sidney Crosby (16) 4 - 0
14:01 PIT Robert Bortuzzo (1) Sidney Crosby (17), Chris Kunitz (8) 5 - 0
16:52 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (3) Josh Gorges (1), Brian Gionta (3) 5 - 1
19:15 PIT Evgeni Malkin (6) Blake Comeau (5), Kris Letang (9) 6 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:04 BUF Drew Stafford High sticking 2
11:17 BUF Tyler Myers Slashing 2
19:27 PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
2nd Period
04:27 BUF Drew Stafford Slashing 2
07:15 BUF Tyson Strachan Roughing 2
07:15 PIT Patric Hornqvist Roughing 2
12:35 BUF Mike Weber Fighting 5
12:35 PIT Steve Downie Fighting 5
14:43 PIT Simon Despres Tripping 2
3rd Period
00:42 BUF Nikita Zadorov Interference goalkeeper 2
02:00 BUF Mike Weber Hooking 2
06:45 PIT Blake Comeau Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 54 51 39 6 3.9 56.8
Buffalo Sabres 40 30 21 1 1.7 43.2

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 1:21 of 1st, a 14% chancePIT goal, 3:31 of 1st, a 12% chancePIT goal, 15:04 of 1st, a 3% chancePIT goal, 4:56 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 14:01 of 2nd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 19:15 of 2nd, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 16:52 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT 3.9BUF 1.7

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 · Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau9:1746.250.20-0
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist8:1668.873.63-0
Steve Downie · Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling5:5580.079.70-0
Craig Adams · Marcel Goc · Zach Sill2:0450.061.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rob Scuderi · Simon Despres15:4344.455.90-0
Paul Martin · Kris Letang12:3264.379.53-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Robert Bortuzzo12:2570.079.41-0

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 5 5 3 0 2 0 15:52 0.35 11-6 0.73-0.26
58 Kris Letang D 2 2 4 3 0 5 0 23:44 0.44 10-5 0.86-0.18
70 Patric Hornqvist R 2 1 3 3 2 4 2 15:39 0.55 14-7 0.74-0.32
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 16:17 0.06 11-10 0.73-0.44
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 15:15 0.17 15-9 0.86-0.32
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 20:15 1.07 14-11 0.83-0.51
7 Paul Martin D 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 20:43 11-7 0.71-0.28
15 Blake Comeau L 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 17:11 0.06 11-15 0.85-0.55
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:03 13-18 0.71-0.66
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:56 0.05 16-17 0.76-0.69
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:55 7-8 0.38-0.38
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:50 0.05 14-8 0.71-0.20
17 Steve Downie R 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 08:17 0.02 6-3 0.16-0.05
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:14 0.18 8-7 0.54-0.08
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 08:24 0.47 11-5 0.69-0.12
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:54 0.25 8-6 0.35-0.28
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:03 0.11 19-9 1.06-0.37
57 Marcel Goc C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:28 0.08 11-9 0.75-0.35
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 21 20 1 60:00 1.70 +0.70

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Torrey Mitchell · Chris Stewart · Tyler Ennis10:2715.811.40-2
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Zemgus Girgensons9:1657.155.50-1
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers7:1125.011.00-0
Cody McCormick · Johan Larsson · Brian Flynn6:2057.177.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyson Strachan · Mike Weber15:2231.815.40-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov14:3154.541.40-0
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers10:5245.837.91-3

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
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:17 0.30 12-9 0.47-0.45
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 21:02 0.05 11-16 0.62-1.31
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 14:04 0.23 13-6 0.57-0.22
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 7 0 8 18:27 7-16 0.13-0.75
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:46 0.11 7-3 0.23-0.06
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:22 0.10 4-11 0.20-0.99
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 14:00 0.04 4-11 0.20-0.99
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:43 4-3 0.21-0.06
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:39 0.30 9-10 0.43-0.59
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 20:36 0.02 8-16 0.23-0.80
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:20 0.11 8-5 0.39-0.28
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:42 13-20 0.42-1.00
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:58 0.07 10-13 0.19-0.98
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 20:51 0.25 12-13 0.30-0.67
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 19:45 0.02 12-13 0.67-1.02
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:44 0.01 8-19 0.15-0.99
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:40 0.08 4-16 0.17-0.86
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:11 0.04 14-10 0.45-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth L 39 33 6 60:00 3.89 -2.11