Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 24, 2023 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	33
Buffalo Sabres	3	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
16:46	PIT	Sidney Crosby (13)	Jake Guentzel (16)	1 - 0
2nd Period
16:44	PIT	Lars Eller (3)	Matt Nieto (2)	2 - 0
3rd Period
05:13	BUF	Jeff Skinner (9) PP	Alex Tuch (7), Victor Olofsson (4)	2 - 1
10:52	BUF	Kyle Okposo (1)	Rasmus Dahlin (13), Victor Olofsson (5)	2 - 2
17:16	BUF	Alex Tuch (6)	Jeff Skinner (7), Casey Mittelstadt (13)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:42	PIT	Ryan Graves	Tripping	2
2nd Period
05:15	PIT	Reilly Smith	Interference	2
09:27	PIT	Kris Letang	Roughing	2
09:27	BUF	Peyton Krebs	Roughing	2
14:18	BUF	Alex Tuch	Illegal check to head	2
3rd Period
04:48	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Hooking	2
13:29	BUF	Owen Power	Holding	2
19:34	PIT	Erik Karlsson	Holding	2
19:53	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	Slashing	2
19:53	PIT	Jake Guentzel	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	58	45	33	2	2.7	44.4
Buffalo Sabres	73	60	34	3	5.3	55.6

How the game went

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: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 5.3 expected, 3 scored

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.

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Drew O'Connor	13:32	55.6	46.2	1-1
Evgeni Malkin · Reilly Smith · Alex Nylander	10:55	52.9	56.7	0-0
Lars Eller · Vinnie Hinostroza · Radim Zohorna	8:30	32.0	20.3	0-1
Jeff Carter · Matt Nieto · Noel Acciari	4:05	60.0	77.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Karlsson · Marcus Pettersson	14:34	40.7	36.1	1-1
Kris Letang · Ryan Graves	12:56	65.5	76.2	1-0
Ryan Shea · John Ludvig	7:32	33.3	19.4	0-0

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
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	14:26	0.30	11-21	0.44-0.85
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	19:14	0.31	16-13	0.56-0.73
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	20:58	0.08	16-18	0.57-0.86
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	08:16		7-4	0.28-0.14
3	John Ludvig	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11:42	0.07	6-19	0.17-0.84
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:22	0.02	7-13	0.30-0.75
18	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:31	0.23	16-17	0.57-0.71
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	19:08	0.38	11-15	0.89-0.86
24	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:03	0.13	12-19	0.30-0.85
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	22:23	0.04	14-21	0.39-0.90
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	19:13		20-18	1.03-0.80
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	08:25	0.05	6-6	0.28-0.13
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	24:38	0.10	26-16	1.38-0.75
63	Radim Zohorna	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	12:45	0.07	10-19	0.24-0.84
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	24:48	0.13	15-24	0.68-1.27
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	20:58	0.28	13-16	0.92-0.82
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	06:33	0.01	4-3	0.06-0.10
92	Alex Nylander	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	16:01	0.49	10-13	0.83-0.86

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	L	34	31	3	58:45	3.81	+0.81

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Casey Mittelstadt	12:50	60.0	73.5	1-0
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Peyton Krebs	5:25	66.7	53.7	0-0
Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson	5:16	44.4	24.7	0-0
Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost · Dylan Cozens	1:40	66.7	40.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	7:34	63.6	68.2	1-1
Erik Johnson · Connor Clifton	6:54	58.3	34.7	0-0
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power	5:33	50.0	55.2	0-0

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
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	1	2	1	0	8	0	21:57	0.64	22-16	1.02-0.47
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	0	2	4	1	25:01	0.93	20-19	1.35-0.64
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	14:09	0.07	10-11	0.28-0.37
8	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	14:28	0.41	19-6	0.88-0.47
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	24:01	0.16	19-19	1.02-0.74
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	4	26:07	0.28	19-18	0.89-0.80
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	12:20	0.04	13-7	0.80-0.52
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:32	0.29	15-10	0.76-0.58
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	13:54	0.12	12-10	0.28-0.40
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	11:51	0.14	7-7	0.20-0.39
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	13:12		17-14	1.01-0.65
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12:13	0.02	17-9	0.93-0.19
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	20:47	0.00	16-11	0.74-0.23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:08	0.26	15-13	0.52-0.83
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	17:39	0.01	15-20	0.43-0.89
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	06:35	0.30	9-7	0.54-0.41
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:39	0.01	13-14	0.51-0.59
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14:37	0.03	17-9	0.92-0.74

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	33	31	2	59:50	2.74	+0.74