Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 21, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	34
Buffalo Sabres	1	30

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
19:51	PIT	Sidney Crosby (41) PP	Justin Schultz (36), Conor Sheary (28)	1 - 0
3rd Period
02:09	BUF	Sam Reinhart (17)	Hudson Fasching (1), Marcus Foligno (10)	1 - 1
14:31	PIT	Nick Bonino (15)	Ian Cole (18), Tom Kuhnhackl (9)	2 - 1
16:29	PIT	Conor Sheary (21)	Unassisted	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:46	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	Misconduct	10
08:46	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	Interference	5
19:12	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	Hooking	2
3rd Period
07:05	BUF	Casey Nelson	Tripping	2
09:44	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	Hooking	2
18:35	BUF	Evander Kane	High sticking double minor	4

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	54	43	35	3	2.6	46.9
Buffalo Sabres	55	43	30	1	2.0	53.1

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: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 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 · Sidney Crosby · Conor Sheary	9:51	60.0	63.8	0-0
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bonino · Tom Kuhnhackl	9:08	64.7	80.6	1-0
Matt Cullen · Phil Kessel · Scott Wilson	9:04	23.5	12.5	0-1
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Conor Sheary	3:09	33.3	26.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Justin Schultz · Brian Dumoulin	14:03	48.0	35.3	0-0
Ian Cole · Chad Ruhwedel	12:55	50.0	60.6	0-0
Mark Streit · Frank Corrado	6:01	60.0	42.8	0-1

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
43	Conor Sheary	L	1	1	2	1	0	4	0	19:39	0.37	18-14	0.80-0.49
12	Nick Bonino	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	20:24	0.22	18-15	1.05-0.49
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	22:31	0.30	17-18	0.63-0.69
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	25:56	0.05	19-21	0.84-0.78
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	15:02	0.25	14-10	0.82-0.42
28	Ian Cole	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	18:22		13-20	0.74-0.70
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	21:47	0.06	15-18	0.45-0.77
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	22:52	0.01	15-18	0.82-0.65
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:29	0.08	9-17	0.18-0.56
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:13	0.01	7-17	0.13-0.57
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:27	0.15	17-15	0.68-0.56
18	Frank Corrado	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	09:11		10-9	0.19-0.32
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	13:00	0.45	5-17	0.13-0.59
32	Mark Streit	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:20	0.07	18-17	0.74-0.53
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	06:16	0.04	6-5	0.08-0.33
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03:20		4-6	0.16-0.19
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	20:22	0.53	15-13	0.91-0.38
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	05:49		5-5	0.08-0.33

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Matt Murray	W	30	29	1	60:00	1.94	+0.94

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tyler Ennis · Ryan O'Reilly · Jack Eichel	13:02	43.8	36.5	0-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons	7:42	46.2	35.7	0-0
Matt Moulson · Justin Bailey · Sam Reinhart	6:20	62.5	53.6	0-0
Marcus Foligno · Hudson Fasching · Evan Rodrigues	5:43	61.5	68.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Brady Austin	13:44	51.9	38.2	0-0
Jake McCabe · Casey Nelson	11:03	65.2	65.0	1-0
Josh Gorges · Zach Bogosian	7:43	50.0	44.9	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	13:39	0.36	11-6	0.67-0.17
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	11:30		13-9	0.42-0.16
20	Hudson Fasching	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	11:48	0.06	15-7	0.45-0.16
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	22:05	0.02	15-19	0.56-0.67
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	16:21		17-11	0.65-0.30
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	20:52	0.45	19-20	0.69-0.90
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	15:06	0.12	8-9	0.29-0.54
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	13:13	0.16	12-9	0.34-0.13
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	24:01	0.01	22-17	0.73-0.57
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33:29	0.04	27-25	1.00-1.38
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	10:01	0.22	8-6	0.30-0.26
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	12:03	0.20	10-11	0.37-0.68
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	03:04	0.03	4-3	0.16-0.07
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:00	0.08	19-18	0.72-0.79
67	Brady Austin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	19:00	0.01	17-15	0.64-0.77
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:35	0.08	15-19	0.59-0.90
90	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	10:04	0.07	11-9	0.31-0.28
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	17:37	0.07	12-12	0.46-0.67

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	L	34	31	3	59:28	2.58	-0.42