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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 29, 2016 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 46

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:26 BUF Matt Moulson (6) PP Johan Larsson (5), Casey Nelson (3) 1 - 0
14:05 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (18) SH Unassisted 2 - 0
18:58 BUF Jake McCabe (4) Ryan O'Reilly (37), Zach Bogosian (15) 3 - 0
2nd Period
01:28 PIT Ben Lovejoy (4) Bryan Rust (7), Tom Kuhnhackl (7) 3 - 1
05:55 PIT Conor Sheary (6) Beau Bennett (6), Sidney Crosby (47) 3 - 2
18:47 PIT Tom Kuhnhackl (4) SH Matt Cullen (13), Kris Letang (44) 3 - 3
19:11 PIT Nick Bonino (7) SH Carl Hagelin (23) 3 - 4
3rd Period
02:13 BUF Zach Bogosian (7) PP Johan Larsson (6), Casey Nelson (4) 4 - 4
Shootout
PIT Kris Letang Shootout winner 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:43 PIT Carl Hagelin Hooking 2
10:01 BUF Hudson Fasching Hooking 2
12:26 BUF Josh Gorges Holding 2
18:52 PIT Chris Kunitz Roughing 2
18:52 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Roughing 2
2nd Period
14:14 BUF Hudson Fasching Hooking 2
17:57 PIT Eric Fehr Tripping 2
3rd Period
00:26 PIT Ben Lovejoy Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 45 34 30 4 2.2 30.3
Pittsburgh Penguins 81 59 46 4 3.8 69.7

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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: 2.2 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.8 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 9:26 of 1st, a 25% chanceBUF goal, 14:05 of 1st, a 32% chanceBUF goal, 18:58 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 2:13 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 1:28 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 5:55 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 18:47 of 2nd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 19:11 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT 3.8BUF 2.2

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
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson10:2437.537.10-0
Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons · Hudson Fasching5:477.73.00-0
Nicolas Deslauriers · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel5:0430.812.10-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel4:5616.729.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen17:5030.636.30-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe14:2829.624.50-0
Mark Pysyk · Casey Nelson10:2637.528.50-1

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
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 24:26 0.21 9-20 0.27-1.12
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 21:37 0.41 6-18 0.18-0.39
8 Casey Nelson D 0 2 2 -2 0 0 2 14:05 0.01 7-10 0.12-0.30
22 Johan Larsson L 0 2 2 -1 0 2 3 19:15 0.10 7-15 0.25-0.43
22 Jake McCabe D 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 19:21 0.13 9-20 0.26-1.12
26 Matt Moulson L 1 0 1 -2 0 2 2 11:03 0.28 5-11 0.15-0.40
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 21:59 0.01 12-25 0.33-0.57
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:52 0.26 11-23 0.23-0.74
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:24 0.17 7-13 0.18-0.33
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:30 0.02 6-17 0.12-0.58
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:33 0.07 9-23 0.27-0.74
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:51 0.18 4-5 0.13-0.62
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:22 0.18 8-13 0.23-0.63
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:59 5-5 0.15-0.30
20 Hudson Fasching R 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 11:47 0.08 6-16 0.11-0.44
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 12:31 5-19 0.11-0.55
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 13:15 7-24 0.14-0.98
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 3 29:10 0.15 12-32 0.33-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson OTL 46 42 4 65:00 3.74 -0.26

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist14:0875.770.60-0
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin9:5461.550.60-0
Matt Cullen · Bryan Rust · Tom Kuhnhackl9:1563.679.21-0
Eric Fehr · Beau Bennett · Conor Sheary4:4683.393.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor Daley · Kris Letang14:0066.774.30-0
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz10:2257.166.51-0
Ben Lovejoy · Derrick Pouliot8:1654.565.21-0

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 Tom Kuhnhackl R 1 1 2 2 0 2 4 14:13 0.32 12-6 0.34-0.14
12 Nick Bonino C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:40 0.53 10-8 0.54-0.25
21 Ben Lovejoy D 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 16:00 0.14 12-9 0.23-0.20
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 05:58 0.11 6-2 0.37-0.03
7 Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:53 0.14 16-7 0.55-0.10
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 11:30 0.11 8-4 0.27-0.07
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 0 8 2 35:14 0.27 43-14 1.43-0.40
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 15:35 0.25 11-6 0.43-0.21
78 Beau Bennett R 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 10:32 0.23 6-6 0.37-0.06
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 23:15 0.25 31-11 0.94-0.35
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:56 0.12 10-6 0.53-0.17
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:55 0.50 10-7 0.55-0.25
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 18:23 0.09 33-11 1.15-0.34
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:10 0.17 10-3 0.48-0.02
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16:02 14-7 0.42-0.22
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:06 0.07 23-7 1.00-0.22
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:26 0.25 33-10 0.88-0.34
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:42 0.25 22-11 0.96-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 30 26 4 65:00 2.21 -1.79