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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 5, 2020 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 32
Buffalo Sabres 2 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:56 PIT Patric Hornqvist (16) Nick Bjugstad (1), Jared McCann (20) 1 - 0
09:01 BUF Jake McCabe (3) SH Unassisted 1 - 1
12:26 PIT Marcus Pettersson (2) Bryan Rust (27), Evgeni Malkin (47) 2 - 1
2nd Period
13:32 PIT Patric Hornqvist (17) PP Evgeni Malkin (48), Justin Schultz (8) 3 - 1
3rd Period
01:57 BUF Marcus Johansson (9) Dominik Kahun (19), Rasmus Dahlin (34) 3 - 2
06:02 PIT Sidney Crosby (15) Jason Zucker (20) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:56 BUF Team Delaying game unsuccessful challenge 2
18:29 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2
2nd Period
12:31 BUF Johan Larsson Interference goalkeeper 2
15:23 BUF Lawrence Pilut Slashing 2
15:56 PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross checking 2
3rd Period
07:31 PIT Teddy Blueger High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 50 43 32 4 3.4 54.9
Buffalo Sabres 51 41 30 2 2.7 45.1

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.4 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 7:56 of 1st, a 17% chancePIT goal, 12:26 of 1st, a 2% chancePIT goal, 13:32 of 2nd, a 15% chancePIT goal, 6:02 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 9:01 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 1:57 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT 3.4BUF 2.7

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 · Jason Zucker · Conor Sheary12:3557.965.11-0
Patrick Marleau · Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust10:5561.954.61-0
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bjugstad · Jared McCann9:1342.978.41-0
Teddy Blueger · Evan Rodrigues · Brandon Tanev7:5050.051.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin17:0145.558.41-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino12:3788.977.81-0
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz12:2445.539.60-0

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

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
70 Patric Hornqvist R 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 13:01 0.44 10-11 0.80-0.23
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 16:56 0.30 17-14 0.91-0.82
26 Marcus Pettersson D 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 16:23 0.04 19-4 1.01-0.28
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 19:23 0.38 17-12 0.94-0.59
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:54 0.03 10-9 0.57-0.45
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:41 0.22 20-12 1.07-0.59
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:21 15-12 0.68-0.81
19 Jared McCann L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:37 0.10 9-9 0.61-0.18
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:02 0.22 8-9 0.62-0.22
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 24:16 17-20 1.24-0.84
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:02 0.02 5-9 0.13-0.32
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:58 0.01 17-8 0.73-0.44
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:26 0.29 14-10 0.66-0.56
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:41 0.16 3-6 0.22-0.37
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:14 0.09 7-3 0.33-0.21
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:31 0.17 11-8 0.62-0.33
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 24:04 0.03 19-22 1.26-0.86
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:30 0.08 6-5 0.33-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 30 28 2 60:00 2.66 +0.66

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Wayne Simmonds · Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar8:1155.637.70-2
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel7:2341.230.10-0
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel6:4725.038.40-1
Marcus Johansson · Jimmy Vesey · Dominik Kahun6:1637.541.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin14:3139.324.60-1
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju12:4544.430.10-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Lawrence Pilut12:0946.279.00-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
22 Jake McCabe D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:50 0.13 12-14 0.51-0.91
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:39 0.07 7-11 0.36-0.93
21 Dominik Kahun C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 07:16 0.08 3-6 0.21-0.34
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 23:32 15-19 0.63-1.37
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 19:03 0.24 10-13 0.67-0.68
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:33 0.26 16-21 0.68-1.18
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:55 0.21 14-14 0.37-0.70
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 10:48 7-7 0.32-0.31
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:29 0.04 9-15 0.33-0.81
20 Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:50 0.03 12-9 0.67-0.21
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:51 0.19 7-7 0.35-0.21
24 Wayne Simmonds R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 12:40 0.13 8-8 0.31-0.73
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 08:06 0.21 3-5 0.21-0.30
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:25 0.28 8-16 0.57-0.60
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 17:07 0.52 11-8 0.31-0.73
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 22:40 0.05 11-12 0.70-0.27
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:26 0.02 15-21 0.57-1.53
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:12 0.19 12-13 0.48-0.65
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jonas Johansson L 32 28 4 57:37 2.60 -1.40