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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 5, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 49
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 45

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:19 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (16) Brian Gionta (17), Evander Kane (12) 1 - 0
14:53 BUF Brian Gionta (14) PP Matt Moulson (13) 2 - 0
18:07 BUF Jack Eichel (16) Marcus Foligno (8), Sam Reinhart (26) 3 - 0
2nd Period
07:45 PIT Justin Schultz (11) Phil Kessel (38), Evgeni Malkin (38) 3 - 1
13:42 PIT Evgeni Malkin (29) PP Justin Schultz (32), Patric Hornqvist (20) 3 - 2
3rd Period
16:14 PIT Jake Guentzel (8) Conor Sheary (19), Nick Bonino (16) 3 - 3
17:04 PIT Conor Sheary (18) Justin Schultz (33), Brian Dumoulin (11) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:12 PIT Tom Kuhnhackl Delaying game puck over glass 2
13:33 PIT Carl Hagelin Slashing 2
18:35 PIT Carl Hagelin Tripping 2
2nd Period
01:42 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
04:41 PIT Scott Wilson Slashing 2
12:57 BUF Justin Falk Interference 2
18:34 BUF Jack Eichel Roughing 2
18:34 PIT Patric Hornqvist Roughing 2
3rd Period
07:39 BUF Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
14:05 BUF Evander Kane Hooking 2
18:09 PIT Justin Schultz Delaying game puck over glass 2
19:55 BUF Evander Kane Broken stick 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 61 55 49 3 4.2 46.9
Pittsburgh Penguins 65 53 45 4 5.0 53.1

How the game went

151050510Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 4.2 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 5.0 expected, 4 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:19 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 14:53 of 1st, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 18:07 of 1st, a 36% chancePIT goal, 7:45 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 13:42 of 2nd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 16:14 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 17:04 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT 5.0BUF 4.2

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 · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane9:0662.571.11-0
Marcus Foligno · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel8:4753.868.61-1
Tyler Ennis · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons5:4011.10.00-0
Matt Moulson · Justin Bailey · Evan Rodrigues4:2722.26.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen15:0743.843.60-1
Justin Falk · Zach Bogosian11:0040.022.00-1
Josh Gorges · Cody Franson10:2756.348.21-0

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

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
12 Brian Gionta R 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 16:51 0.83 12-9 0.90-0.51
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 0 2 10 1 19:20 0.91 10-9 0.65-0.47
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 25:32 0.49 16-12 1.10-1.30
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 18:21 0.17 11-8 0.67-0.39
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 6 16:09 0.04 9-11 0.69-0.64
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 09:58 0.44 8-9 0.42-0.86
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 1 4 11 0 23:16 0.76 23-11 1.40-1.10
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 17:25 12-9 0.70-0.68
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:39 0.03 13-8 0.93-0.63
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:38 0.08 9-13 0.57-1.02
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22:35 0.03 15-20 1.07-1.44
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:48 0.02 12-16 0.61-1.42
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:57 0.12 7-13 0.45-0.89
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 11:54 0.01 9-13 0.39-1.32
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 08:05 1-11 0.00-0.74
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 29:50 0.18 15-20 1.07-1.42
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10:58 4-9 0.11-0.67
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 07:47 0.11 4-14 0.17-1.76
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anders Nilsson 45 41 4 59:07 4.96 +0.96

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin8:0358.382.81-0
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Conor Sheary5:2166.770.31-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin3:4733.363.20-0
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Conor Sheary3:4633.343.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Streit · Ron Hainsey13:3150.064.71-0
Justin Schultz · Brian Dumoulin11:3057.962.02-1
Ian Cole · Chad Ruhwedel8:5753.836.50-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
4 Justin Schultz D 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 21:51 0.17 18-13 1.11-0.78
43 Conor Sheary L 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 14:55 0.20 18-15 1.55-1.24
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 20:37 0.35 9-14 0.59-0.38
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 14:26 1.03 20-14 1.87-1.08
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:53 0.03 12-11 0.70-0.50
8 Phil Kessel R 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 19:38 0.38 15-11 1.32-0.71
12 Nick Bonino C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 08:55 0.10 6-3 0.42-0.44
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 15:28 0.36 8-6 0.53-0.17
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:25 0.01 11-6 0.61-0.53
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:11 0.30 9-5 0.44-0.24
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:54 0.53 9-14 0.78-1.11
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:49 3-3 0.01-0.11
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:01 3-3 0.14-0.11
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:14 0.01 10-10 0.58-0.78
32 Mark Streit D 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 20:29 0.38 19-17 2.10-1.11
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 15:58 10-10 0.71-0.23
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23:22 16-19 1.82-1.07
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 19:59 1.16 19-16 2.00-1.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 28 28 0 39:44 1.87 +1.87
30 Matt Murray 21 18 3 20:00 2.31 -0.69