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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 1, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 44
Buffalo Sabres 4 30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:09 BUF Jack Eichel (23) Sam Reinhart (40) 0 - 1
04:05 PIT Nick Bjugstad (8) Juuso Riikola (3), Dominik Simon (17) 1 - 1
12:53 BUF Conor Sheary (10) PP Kyle Okposo (13), Brandon Montour (21) 1 - 2
2nd Period
17:18 PIT Patric Hornqvist (16) PP Justin Schultz (8), Sidney Crosby (51) 2 - 2
18:21 PIT Sidney Crosby (28) PP Evgeni Malkin (45), Justin Schultz (9) 3 - 2
3rd Period
17:28 BUF Brandon Montour (6) Evan Rodrigues (16), Conor Sheary (18) 3 - 3
Overtime
04:11 BUF Conor Sheary (11) Unassisted 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:02 PIT Garrett Wilson Roughing 2
17:02 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
17:02 BUF Brandon Montour Slashing 2
19:59 BUF Matt Hunwick Hooking 2
2nd Period
13:37 BUF Matt Hunwick Interference 2
16:25 BUF Scott Wilson High sticking double minor 4
3rd Period
11:47 PIT Patric Hornqvist High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 71 54 44 3 4.1 57.6
Buffalo Sabres 50 35 30 4 3.0 42.4

How the game went

302520151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadPittsburgh Penguins 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.1 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 4:05 of 1st, a 8% chancePIT goal, 17:18 of 2nd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 18:21 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 3:09 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 12:53 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 17:28 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 4:11 of overtime, a 10% chancePIT 4.1BUF 3.0

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Zachary Aston-Reese12:5882.476.00-0
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Jake Guentzel12:5455.245.70-1
Nick Bjugstad · Jared McCann · Dominik Simon10:4665.080.51-0
Matt Cullen · Garrett Wilson · Teddy Blueger5:367.16.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz18:1442.152.10-0
Erik Gudbranson · Marcus Pettersson17:0476.974.00-1
Zach Trotman · Juuso Riikola9:1657.944.01-0

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 -1 0 3 1 22:13 0.37 20-13 0.74-0.62
4 Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 25:54 0.03 18-23 0.82-0.75
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 -1 2 5 1 17:21 0.33 20-13 0.68-0.62
72 Nick Bjugstad C 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 15:43 0.13 14-7 0.64-0.16
50 Juuso Riikola D 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 12:31 0.07 12-8 0.45-0.57
51 Dominik Simon C 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 13:42 0.40 15-7 0.65-0.16
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -2 2 4 1 22:47 0.62 16-6 1.09-0.56
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 24:38 0.09 20-24 0.95-0.94
5 Zach Trotman D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:02 0.02 13-8 0.49-0.57
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:28 0.10 5-15 0.16-0.81
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 21:20 1.18 17-4 1.24-0.36
10 Garrett Wilson L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:42 1-13 0.04-0.61
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:12 0.18 14-8 0.65-0.19
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 24:38 0.03 23-8 1.32-0.56
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:24 0.15 14-5 1.03-0.52
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 20:19 0.20 20-7 1.19-0.49
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:46 0.18 21-13 0.86-0.62
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:25 2-13 0.04-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray OTL 30 26 4 63:48 2.94 -1.06

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel14:4256.764.31-0
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues10:3647.154.61-0
Scott Wilson · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt9:4035.337.70-0
Jason Pominville · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons4:2420.035.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen12:4032.141.50-1
Matt Hunwick · Brandon Montour9:0031.640.60-0
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin8:3246.244.51-0

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
43 Conor Sheary L 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 14:44 0.32 11-9 0.29-0.23
62 Brandon Montour D 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 19:45 0.14 15-15 0.82-0.60
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 25:16 0.43 18-19 0.83-0.77
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:09 0.07 9-10 0.32-0.23
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 24:45 0.23 17-21 0.83-0.91
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:09 0.24 13-14 0.33-0.51
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:59 6-11 0.61-1.00
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 12:03 0.53 7-12 0.64-1.08
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:55 3-15 0.17-0.54
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:01 9-20 0.55-0.89
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21:24 0.02 13-15 0.71-1.02
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 22:04 0.10 14-13 0.48-0.49
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:23 0.17 3-13 0.17-0.60
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:15 2-8 0.17-0.31
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 14:19 11-21 0.45-1.31
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 20:16 0.71 18-15 0.83-0.60
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 26:22 0.01 16-23 0.89-0.92
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:48 10-11 0.62-1.00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark W 44 41 3 64:11 4.04 +1.04