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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 18, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 36
Buffalo Sabres 4 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:26 BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen (2) Dylan Cozens (7), Rasmus Dahlin (15) 0 - 1
2nd Period
02:18 BUF Sam Reinhart (16) Victor Olofsson (14), Jeff Skinner (5) 0 - 2
3rd Period
08:02 BUF Sam Reinhart (17) PP Victor Olofsson (15), Rasmus Dahlin (16) 0 - 3
10:18 PIT Jason Zucker (7) Jeff Carter (12), Jared McCann (11) 1 - 3
18:12 BUF Rasmus Asplund (6) Casey Mittelstadt (7) 1 - 4
19:36 PIT Teddy Blueger (5) Evan Rodrigues (6), Cody Ceci (11) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:19 PIT Jason Zucker Slashing 2
10:54 PIT Jake Guentzel Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:59 BUF Cody Eakin Hooking 2
3rd Period
07:12 PIT Marcus Pettersson Hooking 2
11:46 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Holding the stick 2
14:30 PIT Kris Letang Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 61 50 36 2 2.2 58.5
Buffalo Sabres 49 36 29 4 2.8 41.5

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: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 10:18 of 3rd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 19:36 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 0:26 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 2:18 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 8:02 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 18:12 of 3rd, a 50% chanceBUF 2.8PIT 2.2

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 Guentzel16:2859.547.30-1
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Jared McCann10:2788.995.71-0
Teddy Blueger · Evan Rodrigues · Zachary Aston-Reese9:2044.432.51-1
Colton Sceviour · Mark Jankowski · Radim Zohorna5:2350.013.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin14:1247.143.50-1
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci11:5257.939.80-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino10:0176.581.71-1

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

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
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 14:48 0.34 17-5 0.67-0.04
73 Teddy Blueger C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 15:34 0.12 9-13 0.26-0.47
5 Cody Ceci D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 19:16 0.04 13-14 0.28-0.42
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:44 0.12 9-13 0.28-0.41
19 Jared McCann L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:22 0.03 16-3 0.58-0.03
77 Jeff Carter C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:02 0.25 17-4 0.59-0.03
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:38 20-22 1.09-1.15
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:28 0.01 19-4 0.70-0.11
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:40 0.06 19-11 0.43-0.62
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:58 0.22 25-18 1.00-1.12
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 12:56 0.05 15-8 0.52-0.44
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:39 9-14 0.26-0.47
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 23:35 0.07 24-19 0.93-1.06
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 21:13 0.49 25-17 1.00-1.11
63 Radim Zohorna L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:15 5-5 0.11-0.35
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:10 0.01 4-3 0.04-0.28
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:06 4-4 0.13-0.29
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 21:00 0.41 25-18 1.00-1.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith L 28 25 3 58:46 2.30 -0.70

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anders Bjork · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen10:2820.018.61-0
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt9:3550.039.70-1
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson8:4443.879.31-0
Cody Eakin · Riley Sheahan · Tobias Rieder4:590.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin16:4541.052.81-1
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson13:5047.159.81-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson13:0834.530.80-1

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 19:44 0.28 19-14 1.02-0.25
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 0 2 8 1 23:12 0.54 19-24 1.25-0.84
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 17:03 0.04 10-15 0.43-0.46
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:05 0.12 8-23 0.21-0.83
74 Rasmus Asplund C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 12:14 0.17 9-10 0.37-0.58
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:46 0.13 10-14 0.37-0.82
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:11 0.02 9-23 0.51-0.82
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:46 0.30 14-12 0.72-0.27
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:08 0.04 9-11 0.33-0.40
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:36 0.28 12-9 1.00-0.14
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:34 0.14 7-5 0.23-0.10
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:55 1-3 0.01-0.04
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:09 17-24 0.86-0.86
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:12 0.01 11-20 0.33-0.74
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:20 8-23 0.48-0.84
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 22:39 0.05 12-19 0.64-0.74
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:47 0.15 11-15 0.38-0.84
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:39 9-11 0.39-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski W 36 34 2 60:00 2.26 +0.26