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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 22, 2020 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 26
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 43

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:14 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (11) Kyle Okposo (8) 1 - 0
06:48 BUF Sam Reinhart (22) Unassisted 2 - 0
10:51 BUF Jack Eichel (34) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (25), Sam Reinhart (28) 3 - 0
2nd Period
11:10 PIT Evgeni Malkin (19) Unassisted 3 - 1
3rd Period
05:39 BUF Jeff Skinner (12) Marcus Johansson (18), Michael Frolik (7) 4 - 1
12:17 BUF Jack Eichel (35) PP Rasmus Dahlin (33), Rasmus Ristolainen (26) 5 - 1
17:57 PIT Evgeni Malkin (20) Patric Hornqvist (14) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:44 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
15:52 BUF Colin Miller Roughing 2
2nd Period
08:24 PIT Justin Schultz Tripping 2
3rd Period
06:05 BUF Brandon Montour Tripping 2
08:03 PIT Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
08:03 BUF Curtis Lazar Roughing 2
11:26 PIT Brandon Tanev Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 51 40 26 5 2.8 45.9
Pittsburgh Penguins 67 54 43 2 4.2 54.1

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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, 5 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.2 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:14 of 1st, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 6:48 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 10:51 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 5:39 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 12:17 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 11:10 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 17:57 of 3rd, a 25% chancePIT 4.2BUF 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
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel12:1434.640.71-0
Marcus Johansson · Jimmy Vesey · Conor Sheary11:0440.752.30-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons10:2280.080.51-0
Michael Frolik · Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar9:2233.314.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brandon Montour17:3437.543.02-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin14:2761.362.20-1
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju13:5950.026.51-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 18:30 0.28 12-21 0.46-0.73
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 18:04 0.21 12-19 0.46-0.67
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 23:13 0.20 14-21 0.79-0.86
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 13:50 0.17 13-4 0.62-0.25
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 13:45 0.21 11-11 0.33-0.85
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 13:09 0.21 13-5 0.60-0.21
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 4 19:26 0.00 19-16 1.12-0.77
67 Michael Frolik R 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 14:35 8-10 0.32-0.85
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 15:08 0.14 16-19 1.19-0.94
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:54 0.05 21-16 1.27-0.72
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 13:14 0.09 4-9 0.15-0.93
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:50 0.05 13-16 0.56-1.17
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:05 0.15 13-5 0.60-0.27
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:02 11-13 0.41-1.17
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:23 0.49 12-18 1.05-1.05
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:19 0.39 12-17 1.02-0.94
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 21:46 0.05 12-25 0.63-0.92
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:47 0.06 9-20 0.39-0.66
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 43 41 2 60:00 4.20 +2.20

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jason Zucker · Dominik Simon11:1152.640.00-1
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Bryan Rust10:0737.545.31-1
Teddy Blueger · Jared McCann · Brandon Tanev6:4246.721.40-0
Jason Zucker · Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev5:2383.353.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · Kris Letang18:3840.030.20-2
Justin Schultz · Marcus Pettersson17:3465.675.21-1
Zach Trotman · Chad Ruhwedel12:0260.043.70-0

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 2 0 2 1 4 3 3 18:11 0.86 8-15 0.70-0.68
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 1 1 1 0 5 4 18:24 1.10 13-15 1.35-0.68
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 22:12 0.14 16-25 0.43-1.12
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 20:27 0.02 22-11 1.69-0.52
5 Zach Trotman D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 13:48 0.07 15-9 0.77-0.76
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:38 0.02 12-9 0.59-0.89
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 16:44 0.22 19-14 0.49-0.96
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:58 0.15 24-15 1.17-0.75
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 18:15 0.22 12-14 0.73-0.68
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 11:42 0.49 14-9 0.86-0.72
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:30 4-6 0.03-0.24
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:21 0.05 22-12 1.60-0.52
36 Andrew Agozzino L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:31 0.13 9-5 0.19-0.21
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 15:31 0.20 14-11 0.83-0.54
57 Anthony Angello C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 06:56 0.07 5-6 0.08-0.21
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 25:09 0.05 19-24 0.52-0.99
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:36 0.20 20-13 0.50-1.00
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:09 0.19 17-12 1.46-0.51
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry 26 21 5 60:00 2.77 -2.23