Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 19, 2016 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	47
Buffalo Sabres	2	33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
08:16	BUF	William Carrier (1)	Taylor Fedun (2)	0 - 1
3rd Period
05:46	PIT	Sidney Crosby (12) PP	Chris Kunitz (9), Evgeni Malkin (8)	1 - 1
Shootout
	BUF	Cal O'Reilly	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:46	PIT	Trevor Daley	Hooking	2
12:26	BUF	Sam Reinhart	High sticking	2
2nd Period
00:16	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	Holding	2
09:25	PIT	Conor Sheary	Tripping	2
19:28	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	Cross checking	2
3rd Period
05:37	BUF	Cody Franson	Interference	2
14:08	BUF	Jake McCabe	Roughing	2
14:08	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Roughing	2
14:08	BUF	Brian Gionta	Roughing	2
14:08	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	61	47	1	3.2	68.4
Buffalo Sabres	52	39	33	1	2.4	31.6

How the game went

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: 3.2 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 1 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel	14:09	71.0	78.1	0-0
Sidney Crosby · Carl Hagelin · Conor Sheary	13:15	90.5	97.8	0-0
Matt Cullen · Bryan Rust · Scott Wilson	7:39	62.5	76.7	0-1
Eric Fehr · Nick Bonino · Tom Kuhnhackl	5:27	25.0	49.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	16:19	68.8	76.1	0-0
Trevor Daley · Olli Maatta	12:10	40.0	55.3	0-1
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz	11:23	86.4	85.3	0-0

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	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	20:24	0.34	24-7	0.73-0.20
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	17:40	0.23	23-9	0.63-0.18
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	22:07	0.40	26-10	0.79-0.20
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	19:33	0.07	28-11	0.75-0.23
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:10	0.06	11-15	0.67-0.54
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:56	0.02	24-7	1.02-0.16
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:22	0.13	14-11	0.46-0.39
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	21:14	0.14	26-11	0.74-0.21
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:06		4-7	0.62-0.38
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:44	0.01	5-7	0.40-0.47
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	10:37	0.25	13-7	0.44-0.11
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	10:36	0.02	15-7	0.75-0.11
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:01	0.38	5-7	0.41-0.47
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	18:26	0.06	27-4	0.85-0.21
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17:01	0.35	23-6	0.92-0.19
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	30:15	0.33	29-12	0.80-0.31
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	19:37	0.39	23-4	0.65-0.04
83	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	20:11	0.04	15-13	0.95-0.50

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	33	32	1	65:00	2.34	+1.34

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson	12:36	20.0	11.7	0-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Sam Reinhart	8:34	21.1	8.8	0-0
Matt Moulson · Cal O'Reilly · Zemgus Girgensons	4:57	33.3	14.2	0-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	2:30	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	17:53	23.5	18.5	0-0
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe	16:59	35.9	35.3	0-0
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun	8:42	45.5	53.1	1-0

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
28	William Carrier	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	5	05:50	0.06	4-11	0.08-0.73
4	Taylor Fedun	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	15:21	0.14	7-7	0.20-0.20
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21:54		8-31	0.21-1.21
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	21:41	0.20	4-17	0.05-0.41
10	Cole Schneider	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	04:27		8-9	0.44-0.52
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	23:31	0.05	14-30	0.53-1.27
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	20:14	0.20	10-24	0.26-0.74
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	19:59	0.40	4-23	0.04-0.89
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	20:09	0.22	14-29	0.62-1.04
18	Cal O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:38	0.01	3-13	0.01-0.44
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	22:26	0.13	13-23	0.48-0.56
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	24:22	0.05	18-28	0.59-1.10
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:56	0.13	4-9	0.01-0.34
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:10	0.11	7-12	0.12-0.43
38	Derek Grant	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	11:51	0.30	13-13	0.55-0.94
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	09:56	0.02	5-8	0.19-0.21
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	29:56	0.20	10-30	0.25-1.05
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:30	0.14	9-18	0.27-0.50

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anders Nilsson	47	46	1	65:00	3.18	+2.18