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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 11, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 27
Buffalo Sabres 2 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:27 PIT Evgeni Malkin (7) Kasperi Kapanen (11) 1 - 0
06:54 BUF Tage Thompson (1) Kyle Okposo (1), Cody Eakin (3) 1 - 1
2nd Period
03:24 PIT Brandon Tanev (6) Teddy Blueger (10) 2 - 1
08:46 BUF Victor Olofsson (8) Riley Sheahan (2), Eric Staal (7) 2 - 2
11:36 PIT Jake Guentzel (9) PP Sidney Crosby (16), Evgeni Malkin (14) 3 - 2
3rd Period
02:43 PIT Anthony Angello (1) Colton Sceviour (1) 4 - 2
18:45 PIT Bryan Rust (9) Tristan Jarry (3) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:41 BUF Matt Irwin Interference 2
15:33 PIT Mike Matheson Tripping 2
2nd Period
10:32 BUF Jacob Bryson Hooking 2
3rd Period
02:27 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese Fighting 5
02:27 BUF Colin Miller Fighting 5
10:28 PIT Marcus Pettersson Hooking 2
18:45 BUF Taylor Hall Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 46 37 27 5 2.5 56.2
Buffalo Sabres 43 35 23 2 1.9 43.8

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.5 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 6:27 of 1st, a 14% chancePIT goal, 3:24 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 11:36 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 2:43 of 3rd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 18:45 of 3rd, a 66% chanceBUF goal, 6:54 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 8:46 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT 2.5BUF 1.9

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 · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel13:5650.039.30-2
Evgeni Malkin · Kasperi Kapanen · Evan Rodrigues13:1558.844.31-0
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese8:4136.443.61-0
Colton Sceviour · Mark Jankowski · Anthony Angello7:06100.0100.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci16:2070.665.31-0
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin14:3150.035.01-2
Chad Ruhwedel · Marcus Pettersson10:1176.985.21-0

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
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 18:58 0.25 12-9 0.41-0.42
13 Brandon Tanev L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:51 0.20 7-8 0.30-0.27
17 Bryan Rust R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 18:08 0.11 14-13 0.24-0.37
57 Anthony Angello C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 09:52 0.15 8-0 0.19-0.00
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 17:44 0.10 15-15 0.24-0.43
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:40 0.09 12-11 0.41-0.48
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:36 7-0 0.29-0.00
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:56 0.01 8-10 0.31-0.33
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 17:28 0.11 14-13 0.24-0.37
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:50 0.03 14-13 0.42-0.60
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:01 0.03 15-9 0.46-0.32
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:35 0.01 11-5 0.36-0.07
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 20:44 0.02 13-9 0.46-0.27
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16:38 0.03 11-9 0.28-0.42
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:42 14-10 0.28-0.25
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 12:39 0.10 6-7 0.25-0.27
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:26 0.10 15-18 0.33-0.73
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:12 0.03 9-1 0.28-0.00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 23 21 2 60:00 1.92 -0.08

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Staal · Riley Sheahan · Victor Olofsson11:0353.362.61-0
Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart · Dylan Cozens10:0050.048.10-1
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt7:2345.553.80-1
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tage Thompson6:3337.530.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Irwin · Rasmus Ristolainen15:5721.130.70-1
Brandon Montour · Jacob Bryson15:4452.056.32-1
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin9:2066.789.90-0

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
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:57 0.20 4-11 0.08-0.30
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:52 0.31 8-10 0.21-0.25
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:24 6-7 0.08-0.21
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:18 0.02 8-8 0.21-0.15
12 Eric Staal C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:42 0.02 10-8 0.28-0.22
20 Cody Eakin C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:07 7-7 0.15-0.21
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 15:43 0.03 13-5 0.43-0.06
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:40 0.10 9-10 0.51-0.26
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 19:33 9-13 0.43-0.41
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:24 9-14 0.29-0.33
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:17 0.19 7-8 0.30-0.33
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:36 9-9 0.50-0.35
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 19:05 5-18 0.16-0.56
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:33 0.26 10-15 0.40-0.39
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 5 23:01 0.37 4-19 0.16-0.49
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 21:12 0.09 16-17 0.55-0.44
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -3 10 2 0 18:20 0.19 9-12 0.43-0.40
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 20:40 0.12 17-14 0.44-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jonas Johansson L 26 22 4 58:32 1.37 -2.63