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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 9, 2022 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 33
Buffalo Sabres 3 31

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
15:36 PIT Jake Guentzel (13) PP Evgeni Malkin (18), Jeff Petry (9) 1 - 0
18:08 BUF Victor Olofsson (12) Tyson Jost (4), Casey Mittelstadt (9) 1 - 1
19:15 BUF Jeff Skinner (13) Tage Thompson (20), Casey Mittelstadt (10) 1 - 2
3rd Period
02:53 PIT Rickard Rakell (11) Danton Heinen (7) 2 - 2
16:30 PIT Brock McGinn (8) Kasperi Kapanen (6), Jan Rutta (3) 3 - 2
18:30 BUF Kyle Okposo (2) PP Jack Quinn (10), Casey Mittelstadt (11) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:36 PIT Jeff Carter (4) PP Rickard Rakell (7), Evgeni Malkin (19) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:40 BUF Tyson Jost High sticking 2
2nd Period
07:03 BUF Jacob Bryson Tripping 2
08:55 PIT Jason Zucker Hooking 2
14:20 BUF Casey Mittelstadt Interference 2
3rd Period
00:12 BUF Henri Jokiharju High sticking 2
04:15 PIT Pierre-Olivier Joseph Tripping 2
09:51 PIT Sidney Crosby Tripping 2
16:58 PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
19:38 BUF Jeff Skinner Slashing 2
19:38 PIT Jake Guentzel Slashing 2
19:38 BUF Jeff Skinner Match penalty 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 56 43 33 4 3.6 46.5
Buffalo Sabres 48 37 31 3 2.6 53.5

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 3.6 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 15:36 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 2:53 of 3rd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 16:30 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 1:36 of overtime, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 18:08 of 2nd, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 19:15 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 18:30 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT 3.6BUF 2.6

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

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 · Rickard Rakell · Jake Guentzel13:3257.134.80-1
Evgeni Malkin · Jason Zucker · Bryan Rust8:4141.747.00-0
Jeff Carter · Brock McGinn · Kasperi Kapanen8:1150.060.61-0
Josh Archibald · Teddy Blueger · Danton Heinen5:0150.044.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Marcus Pettersson17:0147.858.70-0
Brian Dumoulin · Jan Rutta15:2138.527.62-1
Chad Ruhwedel · Pierre-Olivier Joseph8:1562.567.70-0

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
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 1 2 -1 0 2 2 23:44 0.77 15-13 0.62-0.99
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 18:52 0.56 6-10 0.23-0.43
26 Brock McGinn L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:29 0.05 7-8 0.43-0.42
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 20:17 0.61 12-12 0.33-0.85
77 Jeff Carter C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 13:32 0.41 7-9 0.23-0.30
2 Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 26:32 0.08 11-12 0.64-0.45
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:49 0.08 7-10 0.23-0.29
58 Danton Heinen L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 07:36 0.19 8-8 0.65-0.51
84 Jan Rutta D 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 21:14 0.05 11-17 0.54-1.26
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:02 10-19 0.47-1.58
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:47 0.01 10-7 0.38-0.38
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 14:04 0.14 12-8 0.53-0.33
15 Josh Archibald R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:13 5-7 0.36-0.62
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:42 0.20 7-10 0.43-0.43
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:53 0.12 5-8 0.23-0.33
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:46 12-13 0.72-0.46
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:51 0.24 6-10 0.56-0.87
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:38 0.08 14-9 0.62-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 31 28 3 61:27 2.58 -0.42

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson11:5066.763.50-1
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka8:2640.049.70-1
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Peyton Krebs8:1050.028.50-0
Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost · Casey Mittelstadt6:2466.783.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin13:5965.262.71-0
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power13:2050.028.10-2
Casey Fitzgerald · Jacob Bryson4:1437.544.70-0

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
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 10:31 0.09 10-7 0.84-0.21
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 13:37 0.15 9-7 0.18-0.41
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 0 17 2 1 19:49 0.34 16-9 1.06-0.54
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:03 0.37 9-5 0.59-0.31
17 Tyson Jost C 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 11:34 8-5 0.57-0.13
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:33 4-10 0.27-0.50
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 23:03 0.46 17-10 1.08-0.55
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:48 5-8 0.45-0.33
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:59 0.13 6-9 0.41-0.57
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:46 8-10 0.18-0.41
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 23:59 0.02 14-13 0.63-0.72
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 26:04 0.04 18-13 0.95-0.50
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:31 0.29 5-7 0.40-0.36
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:13 0.05 16-13 0.78-0.77
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 26:26 0.21 17-11 1.07-0.60
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:10 0.07 7-10 0.16-0.41
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:20 6-8 0.57-0.37
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 20:51 0.36 15-10 0.93-0.54
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson OTL 33 29 4 61:29 3.57 -0.43