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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Nov 14, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 32
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 45

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:45 BUF Evander Kane (10) Jack Eichel (11), Sam Reinhart (4) 1 - 0
16:53 BUF Sam Reinhart (3) PP Marco Scandella (4), Kyle Okposo (5) 2 - 0
19:41 PIT Patric Hornqvist (6) Riley Sheahan (2) 2 - 1
2nd Period
00:16 BUF Jack Eichel (5) Unassisted 3 - 1
04:28 PIT Conor Sheary (7) Patric Hornqvist (4), Olli Maatta (8) 3 - 2
17:15 PIT Sidney Crosby (6) PP Patric Hornqvist (5), Phil Kessel (16) 3 - 3
19:53 BUF Benoit Pouliot (6) PP Sam Reinhart (5) 4 - 3
3rd Period
13:49 PIT Phil Kessel (8) Evgeni Malkin (14), Ian Cole (2) 4 - 4
Overtime
00:16 PIT Conor Sheary (8) Sidney Crosby (9), Kris Letang (13) 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:55 BUF Kyle Okposo Slashing 2
14:19 PIT Ian Cole Roughing 2
14:19 BUF Jack Eichel Roughing 2
14:19 BUF Evander Kane Roughing 2
15:58 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
2nd Period
08:56 BUF Matt Moulson Hooking 2
10:05 BUF Benoit Pouliot Cross checking 2
10:21 BUF Marco Scandella Slashing 2
10:21 PIT Patric Hornqvist Interference 2
13:17 PIT Kris Letang Tripping 2
16:21 BUF Nick Baptiste Slashing 2
18:38 PIT Ryan Reaves Elbowing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 45 41 32 4 3.4 30.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 81 61 45 5 3.8 69.2

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: 3.4 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.8 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 3:45 of 1st, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 16:53 of 1st, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 0:16 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 19:53 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 19:41 of 1st, a 12% chancePIT goal, 4:28 of 2nd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 17:15 of 2nd, a 28% chancePIT goal, 13:49 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 0:16 of overtime, a 9% chancePIT 3.8BUF 3.4

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
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel13:3825.828.12-0
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly10:1443.843.30-1
Jason Pominville · Matt Moulson · Johan Larsson7:1536.448.40-1
Jordan Nolan · Zemgus Girgensons · Nick Baptiste4:5912.517.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Falk · Marco Scandella13:2734.643.22-1
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu11:5645.059.10-1
Taylor Fedun · Jake McCabe8:3621.729.50-1

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 18:36 0.51 9-30 0.34-0.87
9 Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 22:10 0.37 9-26 0.42-0.87
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 -1 2 2 2 16:57 0.36 10-15 0.40-0.56
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 1 2 5 4 20:28 0.73 11-23 0.68-0.84
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 26:34 0.07 10-23 0.49-0.71
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 -1 2 5 1 16:08 0.72 10-10 0.64-0.49
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 22:25 12-16 0.55-0.78
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:22 5-18 0.29-0.69
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 05:38 0.01 2-8 0.05-0.29
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16:03 0.17 8-15 0.38-0.73
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 20:16 9-30 0.39-1.44
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 08:57 4-8 0.17-0.24
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:02 0.10 10-17 0.64-0.59
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:24 0.04 3-15 0.10-0.74
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 12:24 0.22 8-16 0.33-0.72
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:23 10-22 0.34-0.58
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:26 1-10 0.04-0.23
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:41 0.11 9-13 0.51-0.59
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 45 40 5 60:16 3.88 -1.12

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel13:1069.064.30-1
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin9:4256.551.71-1
Patric Hornqvist · Riley Sheahan · Conor Sheary8:3285.784.22-0
Ryan Reaves · Greg McKegg · Tom Kuhnhackl7:2360.033.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin16:5075.876.41-1
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz12:1959.350.21-1
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel12:1273.770.21-0

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
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 2 3 2 2 5 5 16:07 0.62 16-2 0.68-0.10
43 Conor Sheary L 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 14:15 0.45 20-3 0.83-0.20
8 Phil Kessel R 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 18:25 0.21 13-11 0.67-0.65
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 23:34 0.55 22-10 0.66-0.36
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:35 0.03 16-7 0.44-0.29
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15:31 0.17 20-3 0.80-0.20
28 Ian Cole D 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 16:45 0.04 20-12 0.79-0.70
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 25:35 0.07 28-10 1.16-0.39
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 18:11 0.55 14-11 0.76-0.67
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:47 0.11 26-8 1.12-0.35
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:16 0.10 18-14 0.71-0.81
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:31 0.06 18-5 0.56-0.18
14 Greg McKegg C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:12 7-4 0.18-0.13
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:19 0.05 6-4 0.06-0.13
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 18:34 0.21 21-11 0.65-0.47
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:34 0.13 20-11 0.59-0.40
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:38 0.39 22-10 1.06-0.63
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 08:12 0.06 8-4 0.24-0.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray 32 28 4 59:53 3.46 -0.54