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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 25, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 0 36
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:21 PIT Radim Zohorna (1) Anthony Angello (1), Frederick Gaudreau (2) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:27 PIT Jared McCann (6) PP Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (22) 0 - 2
3rd Period
08:56 PIT Jared McCann (7) PP Kris Letang (19), Sidney Crosby (23) 0 - 3
18:54 PIT Jake Guentzel (14) Bryan Rust (14), Sidney Crosby (24) 0 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:06 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese Slashing 2
2nd Period
00:14 BUF Dylan Cozens Hooking 2
02:26 PIT Anthony Angello Tripping 2
05:32 BUF Jacob Bryson High sticking 2
17:03 PIT Sidney Crosby High sticking 2
3rd Period
08:49 BUF Riley Sheahan Holding the stick 2
10:47 BUF Steven Fogarty Holding 2
13:59 PIT Mike Matheson Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 67 52 36 0 3.9 53.7
Pittsburgh Penguins 59 44 31 4 4.2 46.3

How the game went

108642024Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.9 expected, 0 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.2 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 17:21 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 1:27 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 8:56 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 18:54 of 3rd, a 50% chancePIT 4.2BUF 3.9

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

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
Eric Staal · Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart13:1771.490.70-0
Riley Sheahan · Victor Olofsson · Dylan Cozens8:0755.058.50-0
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt7:2637.527.00-1
Cody Eakin · Steven Fogarty · C.J. Smith6:4740.06.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Jacob Bryson11:4469.667.30-0
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin11:1163.084.50-1
Colin Miller · Brandon Montour10:3335.758.00-0

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
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:32 9-12 0.46-0.47
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15:11 0.03 12-15 0.52-0.65
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:25 0.01 8-13 0.27-0.91
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 19:14 1.28 27-13 1.88-0.39
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:37 0.92 25-12 1.83-0.30
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:04 0.14 4-7 0.16-0.58
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:03 0.17 8-13 0.27-0.75
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:57 0.02 18-12 1.39-0.46
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:41 0.20 14-13 0.55-0.49
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 23:29 0.27 24-18 1.67-0.66
28 Steven Fogarty C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:36 4-7 0.16-0.53
47 C.J. Smith L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:57 2-5 0.02-0.37
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:49 0.19 11-12 0.42-0.80
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 22:03 0.09 22-13 0.90-0.86
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:49 0.03 9-19 0.40-1.19
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:54 0.14 26-12 1.85-0.24
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:04 0.14 20-14 0.80-0.60
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 15:24 0.23 12-10 0.49-0.35
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski L 30 27 3 58:37 2.67 -0.33

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel14:3645.531.20-0
Colton Sceviour · Mark Jankowski · Sam Lafferty11:1522.728.90-0
Jared McCann · Evan Rodrigues · Zachary Aston-Reese8:3073.785.50-0
Frederick Gaudreau · Anthony Angello · Radim Zohorna6:0088.988.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:2832.422.70-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino15:0956.535.10-0
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci9:3263.260.91-0

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 20:52 0.19 16-22 0.70-1.49
19 Jared McCann L 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 12:20 0.45 14-6 0.73-0.12
58 Kris Letang D 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 24:46 0.03 15-29 0.43-1.26
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:06 0.41 16-21 0.70-1.60
63 Radim Zohorna L 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 08:35 0.30 9-2 0.37-0.07
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 21:35 0.24 16-21 0.60-1.49
57 Anthony Angello C 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 08:15 0.01 8-1 0.37-0.05
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:51 0.03 9-4 0.37-0.26
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:31 12-28 0.27-0.99
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:01 0.00 14-11 0.85-0.49
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:32 0.12 16-13 0.95-1.21
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 13:52 0.09 16-11 0.97-0.59
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:53 0.23 14-8 0.73-0.31
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:40 6-20 0.41-0.97
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:20 0.03 15-11 0.77-1.07
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 14:12 0.20 14-8 0.73-0.19
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:59 0.05 5-19 0.31-0.94
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:51 0.26 5-20 0.31-0.92
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith W, SO 36 36 0 60:00 3.90 +3.90