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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 21, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 31
Buffalo Sabres 3 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:09 PIT Patric Hornqvist (12) Trevor Daley (14), Sidney Crosby (31) 1 - 0
13:48 BUF Zach Bogosian (2) PP Mark Pysyk (4), Brian Gionta (12) 1 - 1
2nd Period
05:28 PIT Scott Wilson (3) Kris Letang (34), Derrick Pouliot (4) 2 - 1
17:50 PIT Phil Kessel (19) Kris Letang (35) 3 - 1
3rd Period
07:52 PIT Matt Cullen (8) SH Carl Hagelin (15), Kris Letang (36) 4 - 1
08:05 BUF Brian Gionta (8) PP Zach Bogosian (9), Matt Moulson (10) 4 - 2
19:38 BUF Zach Bogosian (3) Rasmus Ristolainen (27) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:21 PIT Patric Hornqvist Slashing 2
17:47 BUF Mark Pysyk Cross checking 2
19:17 BUF David Legwand Tripping 2
2nd Period
04:45 PIT Olli Maatta Interference 2
05:11 BUF Jack Eichel Cross checking 2
3rd Period
07:24 PIT Conor Sheary Tripping 2
16:34 BUF Evander Kane Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 60 39 31 4 3.6 50.0
Buffalo Sabres 50 38 27 3 1.8 50.0

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.6 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 9:09 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 5:28 of 2nd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 17:50 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 7:52 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 13:48 of 1st, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 8:05 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 19:38 of 3rd, a 3% chancePIT 3.6BUF 1.8

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
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist13:2845.542.61-0
Matt Cullen · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin11:1253.869.81-0
Bryan Rust · Tom Kuhnhackl · Oskar Sundqvist10:2840.046.10-0
Kevin Porter · Scott Wilson · Conor Sheary8:2275.094.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Olli Maatta19:4941.247.01-0
Trevor Daley · Brian Dumoulin14:3257.153.01-0
Ian Cole · Derrick Pouliot11:4558.881.70-0

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
58 Kris Letang D 0 3 3 2 0 5 1 28:43 0.13 15-21 0.85-0.99
7 Matt Cullen C 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:11 0.37 8-6 0.33-0.14
8 Phil Kessel R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:23 0.14 10-6 0.35-0.14
20 Scott Wilson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10:15 0.16 10-4 0.37-0.03
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 18:52 0.16 10-14 0.26-0.56
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:28 12-9 0.38-0.15
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:58 0.15 9-6 0.35-0.14
83 Trevor Daley D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:03 0.08 12-9 0.29-0.26
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:23 0.06 10-12 0.26-0.35
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:31 13-10 0.31-0.28
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 25:33 0.39 16-22 0.94-1.04
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:36 0.07 9-3 0.36-0.02
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:35 0.02 10-14 0.26-0.56
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:38 0.34 10-15 0.57-0.67
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:23 0.13 10-15 0.57-0.67
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:48 10-7 0.32-0.07
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:50 0.15 10-4 0.39-0.03
70 Oskar Sundqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:42 0.03 11-18 0.57-0.89
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 27 24 3 60:00 1.74 -1.26

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson12:2750.056.80-1
Evander Kane · Justin Bailey · Sam Reinhart9:2837.549.80-1
Jamie McGinn · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel9:1562.530.50-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Nicolas Deslauriers4:4050.083.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe17:0347.130.40-1
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen16:2453.168.50-1
Mike Weber · Mark Pysyk11:4141.732.20-0

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
24 Zach Bogosian D 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 22:50 0.09 10-9 0.23-0.39
12 Brian Gionta R 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 17:37 0.20 10-12 0.35-0.38
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14:13 12-15 0.39-0.81
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 08:11 0.20 11-7 0.41-0.07
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 3 25:58 0.04 20-15 0.84-0.36
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:46 17-16 0.78-0.37
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:48 0.01 10-14 0.38-0.80
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:11 9-10 0.24-0.77
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:28 0.21 9-10 0.33-0.33
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 08:39 0.09 7-11 0.38-0.31
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:06 0.13 12-10 0.37-0.27
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 15:36 0.23 11-10 0.37-0.27
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 21:37 9-9 0.18-0.39
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:16 0.02 9-5 0.17-0.21
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:24 0.09 7-12 0.43-0.58
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:49 0.29 11-9 0.26-0.77
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 11:55 0.15 8-10 0.38-0.33
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 19:53 0.04 13-11 0.50-0.38
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 31 27 4 58:43 2.48 -1.52