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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 13, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 34
Buffalo Sabres 0 24

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
16:37 PIT Jake Guentzel (10) PP Evgeni Malkin (15), Kris Letang (13) 1 - 0
3rd Period
19:07 PIT Sidney Crosby (10) Kris Letang (14) 2 - 0
19:44 PIT Mark Jankowski (2) Teddy Blueger (11), Brandon Tanev (7) 3 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:40 PIT Kris Letang Hooking 2
2nd Period
16:24 BUF Colin Miller Hooking 2
3rd Period
10:21 BUF Colin Miller High sticking 2
12:07 PIT Anthony Angello Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 53 43 34 3 4.6 51.2
Buffalo Sabres 45 36 24 0 2.0 48.8

How the game went

8642024Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 4.6 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 0 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 16:37 of 2nd, a 33% chancePIT goal, 19:07 of 3rd, a 50% chancePIT goal, 19:44 of 3rd, a 64% chancePIT 4.6BUF 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

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 Guentzel14:2666.772.10-0
Evgeni Malkin · Kasperi Kapanen · Evan Rodrigues12:5157.164.60-0
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese10:2955.679.70-0
Colton Sceviour · Mark Jankowski · Anthony Angello5:3920.04.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin18:4263.258.80-0
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci16:1837.546.90-0
Chad Ruhwedel · Marcus Pettersson12:4046.760.00-0

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
58 Kris Letang D 0 2 2 1 2 5 0 24:51 0.13 26-15 1.35-0.90
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 1 0 8 0 20:09 0.93 18-13 0.61-0.56
77 Mark Jankowski L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 09:53 0.07 2-6 0.02-0.43
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:04 0.15 17-9 0.59-0.25
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:23 0.17 10-9 0.69-0.18
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:49 0.33 13-15 0.88-0.80
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:38 0.25 11-11 0.70-0.30
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:43 0.20 25-16 1.32-0.98
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:53 0.34 9-19 0.53-0.74
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:52 0.02 7-8 0.25-0.17
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:39 10-15 0.53-0.60
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:16 16-10 0.59-0.31
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:09 0.01 14-14 0.87-0.57
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:17 0.02 9-9 0.41-0.19
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:14 0.16 11-10 0.70-0.25
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:31 0.30 13-16 0.88-0.87
57 Anthony Angello C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:56 3-6 0.04-0.43
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:43 0.02 1-4 0.02-0.41
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith W, SO 24 24 0 60:00 1.99 +1.99

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Riley Sheahan · Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart11:1130.832.60-0
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt9:5850.022.10-0
Eric Staal · Tobias Rieder · Victor Olofsson9:1761.140.70-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tage Thompson9:1455.660.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Jacob Bryson16:4047.839.90-0
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin15:5353.668.80-0
Brandon Davidson · Colin Miller13:0658.338.70-0

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
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 4 18:12 0.06 15-13 0.51-0.71
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:54 0.11 11-10 0.79-0.51
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:20 0.08 5-12 0.23-0.50
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:26 13-8 0.48-0.58
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:29 0.05 14-10 0.34-0.55
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:43 0.15 14-11 0.36-0.59
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:42 0.14 8-11 0.48-0.40
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:09 0.03 11-10 0.78-0.52
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:07 0.07 7-13 0.16-0.80
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:36 0.04 15-13 0.71-0.32
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:40 0.05 9-11 0.23-0.55
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 22:06 0.39 11-13 0.56-0.91
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:17 0.21 16-20 0.80-0.68
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:30 0.08 7-12 0.40-0.46
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:31 0.31 12-11 0.79-0.54
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:58 11-16 0.56-1.10
88 Brandon Davidson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:31 0.01 14-11 0.42-0.67
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:27 0.17 12-10 0.29-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton L 32 31 1 58:09 3.11 +2.11