Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 1, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	4	25
Buffalo Sabres	0	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:23	PIT	Tom Kuhnhackl (1)	Unassisted	1 - 0
06:38	PIT	Sidney Crosby (11)	Unassisted	2 - 0
18:05	PIT	Jake Guentzel (12)	Evgeni Malkin (15)	3 - 0
2nd Period
19:20	PIT	Patric Hornqvist (9)	Conor Sheary (4), Sidney Crosby (16)	4 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
01:22	PIT	Bryan Rust	Holding	2
07:09	PIT	Matt Hunwick	Delaying game puck over glass	2
09:40	BUF	Marco Scandella	Slashing	2
15:46	PIT	Carl Hagelin	Tripping	2
3rd Period
12:13	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	Holding	2
15:22	BUF	Evander Kane	Roughing	2
15:22	PIT	Bryan Rust	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	47	37	25	4	1.9	45.3
Buffalo Sabres	57	43	34	0	1.9	54.7

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: 1.9 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 0 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
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Jake Guentzel	12:44	38.5	49.9	1-0
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Conor Sheary	11:32	54.5	34.3	1-0
Carl Hagelin · Riley Sheahan · Bryan Rust	8:59	54.5	74.7	0-0
Ryan Reaves · Tom Kuhnhackl · Carter Rowney	5:32	50.0	52.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	14:58	52.4	60.4	0-0
Matt Hunwick · Olli Maatta	12:51	44.0	67.6	1-0
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz	11:34	40.0	17.4	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

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	1	2	2	0	3	0	16:17	0.16	13-13	0.45-0.73
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	11:11	0.52	10-11	0.40-0.31
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	16:50	0.17	10-17	0.51-0.54
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	14:10	0.23	13-12	0.37-0.72
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	15:12	0.04	13-14	0.39-0.74
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15:26	0.30	10-17	0.51-0.54
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	22:03	0.01	14-15	0.48-0.39
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	19:05	0.05	14-15	0.69-0.32
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:19		10-18	0.09-0.93
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	18:06	0.05	10-19	0.51-0.57
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:19	0.07	7-6	0.13-0.04
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	13:17	0.06	7-5	0.13-0.03
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	18:20	0.04	13-14	0.26-0.42
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12:29	0.06	9-11	0.30-0.31
48	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	17:40		12-17	0.76-0.37
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25:50	0.03	15-18	0.48-0.88
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	14:02	0.07	6-5	0.08-0.03
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	07:24	0.02	9-8	0.38-0.24

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	34	34	0	60:00	1.96	+1.96

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	12:55	43.5	54.8	0-0
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Criscuolo	8:32	57.1	68.0	0-1
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Jordan Nolan	8:03	58.3	26.4	0-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	4:42	25.0	0.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	14:05	43.5	60.1	0-1
Zach Bogosian · Nathan Beaulieu	13:45	66.7	86.5	0-0
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin	12:21	55.6	26.3	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

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Marco Scandella	D	-1	2	2	3	19:54	0.05	15-17	0.54-0.56
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	1	1	15:43	0.05	10-8	0.13-0.22
9	Jack Eichel	C	-1	0	1	0	20:28	0.25	12-17	0.78-0.77
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	2	0	18:42	0.40	11-14	0.77-0.60
22	Johan Larsson	L	-1	0	2	3	13:17	0.05	8-5	0.16-0.19
22	Jake McCabe	D	-2	0	2	2	16:27	0.03	11-13	0.17-0.69
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	4	2	20:48	0.12	23-11	0.96-0.16
26	Matt Moulson	L	-1	0	2	1	07:57	0.08	9-5	0.16-0.13
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	-1	0	1	0	21:20	0.12	19-12	0.80-0.56
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	-2	0	2	1	10:30	0.08	6-5	0.14-0.27
29	Jason Pominville	R	-1	0	3	0	14:01	0.14	18-9	0.56-0.20
41	Kyle Criscuolo	C	-1	0	1	2	12:20	0.12	16-10	0.55-0.20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	-2	0	1	4	22:35	0.06	14-17	0.52-0.38
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	-1	0	5	2	14:52	0.19	15-10	0.47-0.20
71	Jordan Nolan	C	-1	0	1	6	15:12	0.04	10-9	0.14-0.41
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	3	0	16:32	0.05	11-10	0.18-0.26
91	Evander Kane	L	0	2	1	2	19:56	0.08	15-15	0.84-0.69
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	0	15:26	0.02	12-8	0.26-0.42

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	25	21	4	60:00	1.92	-2.08