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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 2, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 33
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:44 PIT Evgeni Malkin (8) Jake Guentzel (7), Olli Maatta (10) 0 - 1
2nd Period
05:36 PIT Carl Hagelin (2) Bryan Rust (11), Riley Sheahan (6) 0 - 2
19:00 PIT Patric Hornqvist (10) PP Sidney Crosby (17), Kris Letang (18) 0 - 3
3rd Period
11:18 BUF Jason Pominville (7) Jack Eichel (13), Evander Kane (12) 1 - 3
13:14 PIT Phil Kessel (12) Evgeni Malkin (16) 1 - 4
18:58 PIT Sidney Crosby (12) Patric Hornqvist (8), Kris Letang (19) 1 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:09 BUF Sam Reinhart High sticking 2
07:45 BUF Hudson Fasching Interference goalkeeper 2
10:06 BUF Zach Bogosian Fighting 5
10:06 PIT Ryan Reaves Fighting 5
12:24 BUF Johan Larsson Cross checking 2
15:27 PIT Ryan Reaves Hooking 2
2nd Period
07:09 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2
15:15 PIT Brian Dumoulin Interference 2
17:37 PIT Evgeni Malkin High sticking 2
17:37 BUF Benoit Pouliot High sticking 2
18:11 BUF Kyle Criscuolo Holding 2
19:17 BUF Marco Scandella Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd Period
02:42 PIT Olli Maatta Hooking 2
07:09 BUF Jordan Nolan Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 63 47 33 1 2.8 52.7
Pittsburgh Penguins 54 40 29 5 3.4 47.3

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.4 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 11:18 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 18:44 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 5:36 of 2nd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 19:00 of 2nd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 13:14 of 3rd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 18:58 of 3rd, a 44% chancePIT 3.4BUF 2.8

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
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel10:1057.947.51-0
Benoit Pouliot · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart9:1540.038.50-1
Kyle Okposo · Jordan Nolan · Kyle Criscuolo5:2681.881.70-1
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Hudson Fasching5:0544.433.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen12:1063.056.10-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe7:4835.747.60-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu6:0433.332.10-1

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
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:01 0.19 13-8 0.41-0.41
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 21:34 0.31 15-11 0.63-0.63
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 21:35 0.23 13-12 0.48-0.67
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:16 0.04 8-11 0.25-0.38
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 26:52 0.16 21-17 0.76-0.78
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 12:49 0.34 12-6 0.51-0.12
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:54 0.03 6-10 0.11-0.21
20 Hudson Fasching R 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 10:57 0.22 8-6 0.29-0.21
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 12:28 7-12 0.11-0.43
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:37 0.07 11-12 0.27-0.32
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 17:34 0.06 11-12 0.47-0.29
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:46 0.01 3-7 0.09-0.25
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 12:38 0.27 8-9 0.25-0.35
41 Kyle Criscuolo C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 09:22 0.28 10-5 0.47-0.10
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 28:11 0.42 23-12 0.91-0.73
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:13 0.01 9-10 0.12-0.22
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 07:51 9-4 0.46-0.22
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:30 0.13 8-11 0.15-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson L 28 24 4 59:03 2.98 -1.02

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Jake Guentzel10:0161.171.52-1
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Conor Sheary8:4366.771.30-0
Carl Hagelin · Riley Sheahan · Bryan Rust6:3153.346.31-0
Ryan Reaves · Tom Kuhnhackl · Carter Rowney4:5316.70.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin10:4745.045.50-0
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz8:4536.447.62-1
Matt Hunwick · Olli Maatta7:4261.957.60-0

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 1 2 1 0 3 1 18:24 0.30 12-8 0.52-0.39
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 1 2 8 0 17:14 0.94 12-9 0.67-0.34
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 21:00 0.10 12-9 0.47-0.42
58 Kris Letang D 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 26:02 0.28 13-14 0.57-0.54
8 Phil Kessel R 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:58 0.60 12-9 0.67-0.34
62 Carl Hagelin L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:56 0.07 9-13 0.17-0.33
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 17:21 0.04 18-13 0.48-0.38
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15:40 0.02 9-12 0.22-0.26
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:26 0.11 10-11 0.22-0.30
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:53 0.06 13-8 0.61-0.30
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:40 10-11 0.31-0.37
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 16:15 0.10 7-13 0.38-0.54
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:28 1-10 0.00-0.40
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 19:13 8-12 0.41-0.36
37 Carter Rowney C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:19 0.04 2-11 0.04-0.39
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:01 0.24 12-8 0.42-0.35
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:00 0.01 13-14 0.30-0.37
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 06:21 2-10 0.04-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 33 32 1 59:49 2.83 +1.83