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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 17, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 21
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 48

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:53 PIT Evan Rodrigues (10) PP Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (14) 0 - 1
2nd Period
06:45 PIT Brock McGinn (8) Mike Matheson (9), Teddy Blueger (5) 0 - 2
12:35 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (6) Casey Fitzgerald (1), John Hayden (2) 1 - 2
3rd Period
14:42 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (6) Rasmus Asplund (10), Kyle Okposo (14) 2 - 2
Overtime
02:53 PIT Jeff Carter (9) Kris Letang (19) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:21 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross checking 2
13:17 BUF Tage Thompson Fighting 5
13:17 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese Fighting 5
13:17 BUF Tage Thompson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
15:25 PIT Dominik Simon Tripping 2
2nd Period
04:09 BUF Casey Fitzgerald Fighting 5
04:09 PIT Sam Lafferty Fighting 5
04:23 BUF Colin Miller Roughing 2
17:07 PIT Marcus Pettersson Slashing 2
17:22 BUF Tage Thompson Holding 2
3rd Period
19:55 PIT Jeff Carter Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 38 30 21 2 1.6 36.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 77 65 48 3 4.8 64.0

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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: 1.6 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.8 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 12:35 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 14:42 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 5:53 of 1st, a 12% chancePIT goal, 6:45 of 2nd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 2:53 of overtime, a 14% chancePIT 4.8BUF 1.6

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
Mark Jankowski · Zemgus Girgensons · John Hayden11:2963.669.61-0
Cody Eakin · Jeff Skinner · Vinnie Hinostroza5:5950.027.70-0
Kyle Okposo · Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson5:5240.065.31-0
Victor Olofsson · Brett Murray · Dylan Cozens5:280.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin16:1730.810.31-0
Casey Fitzgerald · Jacob Bryson12:5033.346.61-0
Mark Pysyk · Colin Miller12:1239.317.50-0

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
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 0 2 4 3 23:47 0.07 8-22 0.11-1.16
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 14:46 0.18 14-8 0.82-0.36
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 1 1 1 5 2 5 16:42 0.06 7-14 0.47-0.48
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:12 0.04 6-16 0.16-0.62
15 John Hayden C 0 1 1 1 0 4 7 14:36 0.42 15-10 0.84-0.53
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:43 0.02 6-12 0.18-0.39
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:24 0.02 16-17 0.62-0.85
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:24 0.03 13-22 0.25-1.02
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:27 0.04 10-13 0.12-0.54
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:27 0.03 9-23 0.11-1.07
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:58 0.01 12-17 0.22-0.66
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:20 0.15 2-23 0.10-1.21
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:39 9-13 0.09-0.70
57 Brett Murray L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:39 0.09 2-23 0.10-1.22
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 15:18 0.09 6-13 0.16-0.56
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:58 0.25 14-8 0.82-0.36
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:41 11-16 0.85-0.75
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:44 0.10 0-15 0.00-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Malcolm Subban OTL 48 45 3 62:53 4.69 +1.69

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Kasperi Kapanen · Evan Rodrigues13:0155.252.10-0
Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn · Zachary Aston-Reese11:4375.090.21-1
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Danton Heinen11:0164.388.80-0
Sam Lafferty · Dominik Simon · Drew O'Connor7:0368.868.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin18:1850.049.70-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino14:5783.392.60-1
Mike Matheson · Chad Ruhwedel13:0874.182.91-0

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
58 Kris Letang D 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 26:29 0.15 16-17 0.56-0.64
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 0 0 9 2 22:36 1.03 19-16 0.77-0.72
26 Brock McGinn L 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 14:50 0.45 13-5 0.65-0.15
77 Jeff Carter C 1 0 1 1 2 7 1 18:52 1.06 9-5 0.45-0.06
8 Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 16:30 0.16 21-10 1.23-0.55
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:07 13-5 0.65-0.15
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:53 0.37 20-14 0.85-0.72
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24:45 0.03 16-17 0.57-0.58
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 16:11 20-9 1.23-0.27
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:07 0.03 21-4 0.88-0.07
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:11 0.29 10-5 0.53-0.06
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 09:57 0.35 16-6 0.79-0.27
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 5 1 3 08:55 0.25 11-7 0.56-0.26
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 15:22 0.01 20-7 0.87-0.30
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 13:55 0.08 12-5 0.57-0.16
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 16:54 0.40 18-15 0.76-0.72
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 11:13 0.09 19-7 0.88-0.27
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:30 0.01 11-6 0.54-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 21 19 2 62:53 1.57 -0.43