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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Oct 3, 2019 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 41
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:23 BUF Conor Sheary (1) Casey Mittelstadt (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
05:50 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) PP Kris Letang (1), Sidney Crosby (1) 1 - 1
14:03 BUF Conor Sheary (2) PP Casey Mittelstadt (2), Colin Miller (1) 2 - 1
19:16 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (1) Sam Reinhart (1), Victor Olofsson (1) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:40 BUF Vladimir Sobotka Closing hand on puck 2
2nd Period
05:24 BUF Casey Mittelstadt Holding 2
09:58 PIT Marcus Pettersson High sticking 2
12:29 PIT Brian Dumoulin Holding 2
3rd Period
05:28 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Interference 2
08:46 BUF Colin Miller Holding 2
17:39 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 66 48 41 3 3.8 57.4
Pittsburgh Penguins 59 40 29 1 2.0 42.6

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.8 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 5:23 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 14:03 of 2nd, a 23% chanceBUF goal, 19:16 of 2nd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 5:50 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF 3.8PIT 2.0

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

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
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel13:5655.274.61-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Marcus Johansson · Jeff Skinner12:0147.451.50-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons8:0068.474.60-0
Jimmy Vesey · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt7:0343.842.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen17:1352.676.20-0
Marco Scandella · Henri Jokiharju13:4366.764.80-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin12:0350.064.22-0

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
43 Conor Sheary L 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 09:19 0.35 9-9 0.27-0.26
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 09:25 0.14 9-9 0.27-0.26
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 15:45 0.26 12-12 0.57-0.32
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 15:01 0.07 12-12 0.57-0.32
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 19:37 0.24 18-14 0.68-0.20
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:11 0.43 17-14 0.76-0.20
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:33 0.03 21-9 0.75-0.35
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:40 0.48 16-6 1.01-0.17
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 21:18 0.33 18-14 0.68-0.27
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 16:14 0.06 11-11 0.26-0.30
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:51 19-10 0.72-0.35
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:01 0.05 14-6 0.67-0.17
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25:11 0.10 23-19 1.01-0.26
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:39 0.13 11-9 0.31-0.26
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 12:56 0.29 13-7 0.50-0.24
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 16:41 0.21 13-10 0.66-0.23
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 23:53 0.11 21-18 0.83-0.26
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:19 13-11 0.60-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton W 29 28 1 60:00 2.04 +1.04

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Jake Guentzel12:5743.514.90-1
Evgeni Malkin · Alex Galchenyuk · Brandon Tanev10:4739.138.40-0
Nick Bjugstad · Jared McCann · Dominik Kahun9:2841.217.40-0
Teddy Blueger · Dominik Simon · Zachary Aston-Reese8:1940.043.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin16:5450.022.10-2
Erik Gudbranson · Marcus Pettersson11:5342.143.90-0
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz11:2330.823.20-0

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
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 20:20 0.51 13-18 0.36-0.71
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 -2 0 4 1 27:45 0.09 19-17 0.26-0.77
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 21:01 0.00 11-14 0.19-0.73
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 19:27 0.04 17-19 0.22-0.77
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:06 0.01 9-18 0.21-0.69
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 20:05 0.15 12-26 0.34-1.04
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 13:31 0.12 10-17 0.32-0.70
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:01 0.16 8-11 0.18-0.43
21 Dominik Kahun C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:49 7-10 0.09-0.42
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 19:19 0.06 14-17 0.50-0.77
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 11:34 0.18 10-13 0.37-0.40
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:03 9-11 0.33-0.42
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:22 0.11 10-14 0.24-0.36
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:47 0.17 9-13 0.35-0.40
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:15 13-16 0.16-1.04
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 19:56 0.27 13-14 0.16-0.70
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:01 0.16 8-10 0.11-0.42
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:19 8-12 0.28-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray L 41 38 3 57:45 3.29 +0.29