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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 24, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 28
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 42

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:36 PIT Evan Rodrigues (3) Sam Lafferty (3), Mark Jankowski (3) 0 - 1
15:44 PIT Kris Letang (6) Sidney Crosby (21), Bryan Rust (13) 0 - 2
17:17 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (2) Brandon Montour (8), Taylor Hall (15) 1 - 2
2nd Period
17:29 PIT John Marino (2) Jared McCann (6), Zachary Aston-Reese (2) 1 - 3
19:36 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese (7) SH Frederick Gaudreau (1) 1 - 4
3rd Period
03:57 PIT Sidney Crosby (13) Jake Guentzel (18), Mike Matheson (3) 1 - 5
14:35 BUF Victor Olofsson (9) Unassisted 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:34 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Cross checking 2
2nd Period
05:41 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference 2
13:55 PIT John Marino Hooking 2
14:31 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Tripping 2
19:04 PIT Mark Jankowski Interference 2
3rd Period
02:19 BUF Jacob Bryson Hooking 2
03:17 PIT Kris Letang Hooking 2
14:35 PIT Mike Matheson Ps holding on breakaway 0
18:30 BUF Eric Staal Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 39 35 28 2 1.7 43.4
Pittsburgh Penguins 68 52 42 5 5.5 56.6

How the game went

051015202530Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 5.5 expected, 5 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:17 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 14:35 of 3rd, a 24% chancePIT goal, 7:36 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 15:44 of 1st, a 13% chancePIT goal, 17:29 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 19:36 of 2nd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 3:57 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT 5.5BUF 1.7

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

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
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt6:2444.426.60-0
Eric Staal · Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart5:0454.552.01-0
Eric Staal · Jeff Skinner · Taylor Hall3:3450.044.60-0
Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart · Dylan Cozens2:4327.321.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Jacob Bryson7:2012.517.10-0
Brandon Montour · Henri Jokiharju7:1640.024.80-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin6:3242.945.00-2

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
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 -2 2 2 5 15:29 0.06 13-14 0.62-0.60
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 -2 0 1 1 15:20 0.32 11-9 0.33-0.58
62 Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 18:20 0.07 15-14 0.34-0.83
71 Taylor Hall L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:13 0.14 16-17 0.49-0.71
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 17:36 0.01 9-11 0.36-0.55
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:58 9-15 0.17-0.66
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 16:24 0.19 8-13 0.19-0.88
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 18:33 0.28 11-16 0.39-0.68
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:23 0.40 17-17 0.76-0.69
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:52 0.02 6-11 0.07-0.39
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:56 0.07 7-10 0.19-0.75
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:47 0.06 10-11 0.25-0.48
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:19 14-19 0.56-0.69
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 16:06 0.04 11-13 0.39-0.76
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:30 0.05 9-11 0.41-0.53
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 5 22:06 6-21 0.11-1.02
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:00 0-3 0.00-0.06
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:24 0.01 8-10 0.29-0.16
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski L 42 37 5 60:00 4.11 -0.89

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel12:4458.155.61-0
Mark Jankowski · Sam Lafferty · Evan Rodrigues8:4261.170.31-1
Colton Sceviour · Frederick Gaudreau · Anthony Angello6:4262.579.50-0
Kasperi Kapanen · Jared McCann · Zachary Aston-Reese6:3740.054.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:1065.764.81-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino14:5861.188.21-0
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci11:2938.542.31-1

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
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 16:20 0.45 10-11 0.51-0.31
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 2 0 7 0 20:02 0.97 19-13 0.74-0.55
6 John Marino D 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 21:26 0.27 12-8 0.58-0.08
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 16:00 0.57 13-8 0.71-0.26
58 Kris Letang D 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 24:10 0.24 23-13 1.05-0.59
8 Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:49 0.01 11-16 0.50-0.54
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18:57 0.43 19-13 0.82-0.55
19 Jared McCann L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:36 0.10 7-8 0.45-0.23
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:36 12-10 0.61-0.33
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:13 0.24 19-13 0.74-0.55
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 15:49 0.06 14-11 0.61-0.33
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:35 0.08 7-5 0.40-0.08
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 20:15 0.11 25-12 1.23-0.57
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:55 12-16 0.58-0.54
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:40 0.03 11-8 0.47-0.08
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:46 0.11 4-7 0.27-0.23
57 Anthony Angello C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:16 0.13 8-4 0.32-0.06
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:00 9-4 0.43-0.07
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 28 26 2 59:35 1.74 -0.26