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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 14, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 28
Buffalo Sabres 0 26

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
06:40 PIT Phil Kessel (24) PP Sidney Crosby (58), Jake Guentzel (32) 1 - 0
15:07 PIT Brian Dumoulin (3) Evgeni Malkin (50), Teddy Blueger (3) 2 - 0
17:08 PIT Patric Hornqvist (17) PP Phil Kessel (48), Sidney Crosby (59) 3 - 0
3rd Period
10:07 PIT Nick Bjugstad (11) Unassisted 4 - 0
18:02 PIT Jake Guentzel (36) PP Zach Trotman (1), Nick Bjugstad (11) 5 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:47 PIT Marcus Pettersson Cross checking 2
2nd Period
04:55 BUF Casey Nelson Interference 2
08:45 PIT Teddy Blueger Interference 2
16:25 BUF Marco Scandella Hooking 2
3rd Period
11:57 BUF Johan Larsson Roughing 2
11:57 PIT Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
13:41 BUF Jeff Skinner Hooking 2
16:37 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 54 36 28 5 2.5 50.6
Buffalo Sabres 50 35 26 0 1.7 49.4

How the game went

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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: 2.5 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 0 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 6:40 of 2nd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 15:07 of 2nd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 17:08 of 2nd, a 28% chancePIT goal, 10:07 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 18:02 of 3rd, a 12% chancePIT 2.5BUF 1.7

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
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Jared McCann13:2454.564.90-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Teddy Blueger10:2260.093.61-0
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bjugstad · Dominik Simon7:3360.095.31-0
Matt Cullen · Garrett Wilson · Joseph Blandisi6:0950.034.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Gudbranson · Marcus Pettersson16:3540.038.60-0
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz13:1359.158.21-0
Brian Dumoulin · Zach Trotman10:3052.487.31-0

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
8 Phil Kessel R 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:39 0.41 14-11 0.57-0.08
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 19:54 0.14 13-12 0.49-0.26
72 Nick Bjugstad C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:22 0.25 9-11 0.46-0.16
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 22:21 0.12 13-12 0.49-0.43
2 Brian Dumoulin D 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 18:01 0.05 12-13 0.74-0.25
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:09 0.37 6-8 0.35-0.08
5 Zach Trotman D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:47 0.01 12-12 0.76-0.09
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 16:43 0.17 14-12 0.57-0.06
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 14:09 0.12 16-12 0.63-0.11
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:35 0.09 16-12 0.47-0.30
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 20:23 0.21 16-10 0.60-0.36
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:44 0.06 8-9 0.28-0.50
10 Garrett Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:41 0.17 7-11 0.24-0.67
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:20 0.23 12-12 0.49-0.26
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 23:35 0.03 14-19 0.49-0.65
36 Joseph Blandisi C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:31 7-11 0.24-0.67
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:07 0.01 16-18 0.45-0.55
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:07 0.12 10-5 0.46-0.02
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith 26 26 0 59:52 1.70 +1.70

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Conor Sheary · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues11:3660.966.50-0
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Jeff Skinner11:1150.033.00-1
Tage Thompson · Alex Nylander · Casey Mittelstadt10:2246.716.30-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson7:1133.311.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin17:1759.454.80-1
Matt Hunwick · Rasmus Ristolainen15:1550.039.00-1
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson10:5937.517.40-0

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
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:17 0.02 6-11 0.09-0.47
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:38 0.23 5-11 0.19-0.29
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:29 7-15 0.10-0.64
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:04 0.12 7-13 0.07-0.61
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:49 0.08 19-12 0.70-0.61
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:37 13-12 0.14-0.54
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:45 0.24 14-9 0.69-0.35
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:13 5-9 0.03-0.25
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:58 8-9 0.20-0.25
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 21:45 0.08 20-15 0.64-0.61
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:07 0.01 10-10 0.14-0.31
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 15:29 0.55 17-9 0.87-0.35
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:11 14-18 0.36-0.70
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 17:33 0.24 12-14 0.14-0.72
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 24:19 0.05 17-14 0.38-0.56
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 23:11 0.08 20-13 0.63-0.52
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:22 0.01 8-11 0.07-0.43
92 Alex Nylander L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:20 8-10 0.07-0.54
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 28 23 5 60:00 2.52 -2.48