Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All games

Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

May 8, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 0 29
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
01:58 PIT Jeff Carter (17) Frederick Gaudreau (8) 0 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:43 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Tripping 2
2nd Period
10:17 PIT Jared McCann Tripping 2
3rd Period
15:22 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 44 37 29 0 2.0 51.4
Pittsburgh Penguins 38 30 23 1 2.4 48.6

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.0 expected, 0 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.4 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 1:58 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT 2.4BUF 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

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
Sam Reinhart · Anders Bjork · Victor Olofsson12:2053.845.10-0
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt12:1050.037.00-0
Riley Sheahan · Brett Murray · Drake Caggiula7:5342.959.00-0
Jeff Skinner · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen7:3961.552.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin17:1460.962.60-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson13:3342.925.20-0
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson13:2842.151.00-0

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 -1 0 3 3 18:07 0.09 11-12 0.46-0.44
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:55 0.07 8-10 0.42-0.14
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:48 0.31 9-11 0.48-0.37
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:52 0.27 8-7 0.16-0.28
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:56 0.10 8-10 0.27-0.52
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:02 0.06 15-10 0.81-0.57
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 18:28 0.02 12-12 0.32-0.49
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:17 0.17 10-9 0.57-0.58
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:37 0.08 9-8 0.41-0.48
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:36 0.32 11-5 0.52-0.34
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:18 0.07 15-10 0.75-0.46
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:40 0.06 11-6 0.53-0.36
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 18:21 0.04 10-13 0.20-0.52
57 Brett Murray L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:05 9-8 0.27-0.11
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:20 0.04 10-11 0.31-0.33
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:31 0.10 7-11 0.16-0.33
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:35 9-11 0.40-0.30
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:30 0.22 8-6 0.31-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Michael Houser L 23 22 1 58:02 1.57 +0.57

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel16:0333.343.40-0
Evgeni Malkin · Jason Zucker · Kasperi Kapanen11:4461.550.50-0
Jeff Carter · Frederick Gaudreau · Jared McCann9:2352.955.51-0
Colton Sceviour · Teddy Blueger · Zachary Aston-Reese7:5166.780.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:5840.939.90-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino13:3968.884.01-0
Cody Ceci · Chad Ruhwedel11:3864.748.00-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
77 Jeff Carter C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:34 0.15 9-9 0.46-0.38
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:46 0.09 10-8 0.48-0.37
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 23:10 0.06 10-16 0.38-0.58
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:08 0.03 12-14 0.48-0.89
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:45 0.04 11-7 0.39-0.42
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 18:59 0.05 13-6 0.62-0.14
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:17 9-5 0.17-0.16
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:05 0.09 7-15 0.39-0.70
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 13:53 0.26 10-12 0.48-0.53
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:40 0.04 11-8 0.50-0.11
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:30 0.10 8-7 0.34-0.23
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:09 9-6 0.17-0.17
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25:59 0.05 11-21 0.40-0.80
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:36 0.28 7-15 0.39-0.70
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:33 8-4 0.34-0.08
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:58 0.06 8-6 0.16-0.34
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:27 0.16 9-7 0.35-0.23
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:31 8-14 0.41-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Maxime Lagace W, SO 29 29 0 60:00 2.05 +2.05