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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Nov 16, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 19
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 46

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
00:28 BUF Colin Miller (2) Drake Caggiula (3), Dylan Cozens (5) 1 - 0
08:54 BUF Kyle Okposo (4) Zemgus Girgensons (4), Rasmus Dahlin (6) 2 - 0
3rd Period
05:59 PIT Jake Guentzel (5) PP Bryan Rust (4), Sidney Crosby (1) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:13 BUF Jacob Bryson Interference 2
2nd Period
03:14 PIT Danton Heinen High sticking 2
12:14 BUF Cody Eakin Slashing 2
18:28 BUF Mark Pysyk Tripping 2
19:28 PIT Bryan Rust Holding 2
3rd Period
02:30 PIT Marcus Pettersson Interference 2
05:10 BUF Anders Bjork Hooking 2
11:47 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese Fighting 5
11:47 BUF Robert Hagg Fighting 5
11:47 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese Roughing 2
18:24 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 31 24 19 2 1.7 35.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 74 56 46 1 3.9 64.9

How the game went

010203040Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.9 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:28 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 8:54 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 5:59 of 3rd, a 12% chancePIT 3.9BUF 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 · Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson8:4950.058.40-0
Vinnie Hinostroza · Drake Caggiula · Dylan Cozens8:2755.656.71-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Zemgus Girgensons6:5130.837.81-0
John Hayden · Anders Bjork · Arttu Ruotsalainen6:220.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson13:5432.136.81-0
Mark Pysyk · Rasmus Dahlin11:3352.959.11-0
Will Butcher · Robert Hagg8:5437.549.10-0

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 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 21:31 0.11 9-22 0.54-1.09
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:41 0.11 4-13 0.21-0.47
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:45 0.25 11-13 0.75-0.66
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:34 0.19 12-10 0.83-0.61
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:56 0.10 11-12 0.69-0.41
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:53 0.01 7-13 0.34-0.60
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:56 0.05 7-14 0.19-0.35
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 18:54 0.02 10-11 0.44-0.37
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:16 1-10 0.05-0.23
18 Robert Hagg D 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 16:51 0.01 8-16 0.44-0.44
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 12:23 0.09 5-14 0.21-0.48
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:33 0.18 12-15 0.80-0.83
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:47 0.05 1-10 0.05-0.40
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:47 0.08 4-15 0.17-0.40
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:56 0.27 8-15 0.28-0.41
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:30 0.15 8-12 0.28-0.44
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:57 0.04 8-11 0.28-0.23
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 22:49 9-24 0.54-1.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski W 46 45 1 60:00 3.82 +2.82

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Kasperi Kapanen11:2672.772.50-0
Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn · Zachary Aston-Reese8:1357.155.40-0
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel8:0753.345.30-1
Danton Heinen · Evan Rodrigues · Dominik Simon5:52100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:2276.070.40-1
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino11:3068.272.20-0
Mike Matheson · Chad Ruhwedel9:0266.768.00-1

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
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 2 16:18 0.65 11-7 0.62-0.24
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 16:26 0.16 13-8 0.32-0.39
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 18:53 0.34 11-10 0.27-0.50
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:10 0.04 20-8 0.47-0.27
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:52 0.03 15-6 0.51-0.22
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:11 0.05 16-13 0.95-0.83
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:36 0.07 13-11 0.51-0.62
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:31 0.39 17-8 0.76-0.53
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:56 0.40 14-0 0.63-0.00
26 Brock McGinn L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:54 0.17 8-10 0.17-0.46
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 14:56 0.11 17-9 0.94-0.53
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 09:52 0.04 9-6 0.28-0.14
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:12 0.25 19-7 0.91-0.43
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:32 9-3 0.18-0.29
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 26:55 0.11 19-7 0.47-0.37
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 12:20 0.33 14-5 0.59-0.36
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:37 0.32 9-11 0.28-0.64
77 Jeff Carter C 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20:32 0.39 16-6 0.74-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry L 19 17 2 58:41 1.68 -0.32