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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 6, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 32
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 41

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:53 BUF Alex Tuch (10) Connor Clifton (11), Tage Thompson (13) 1 - 0
3rd Period
07:49 PIT Rickard Rakell (4) PP Erik Karlsson (21), Evgeni Malkin (19) 1 - 1
15:22 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (3) Eric Robinson (3), Mattias Samuelsson (6) 2 - 1
18:24 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (12) Unassisted 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
00:26 BUF Alex Tuch Tripping 2
09:07 BUF Henri Jokiharju Holding 2
12:51 PIT Noel Acciari Hooking 2
19:15 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Boarding 2
19:40 PIT Sidney Crosby Interference 2
3rd Period
03:04 PIT Jansen Harkins Delaying game puck over glass 2
05:57 BUF Connor Clifton Interference 2
05:57 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 66 45 32 3 2.9 42.9
Pittsburgh Penguins 77 59 41 1 3.6 57.1

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.6 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:53 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 15:22 of 3rd, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 18:24 of 3rd, a 0% chancePIT goal, 7:49 of 3rd, a 16% chancePIT 3.6BUF 2.9

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

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 · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson11:5050.043.92-0
Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt · Zach Benson10:0234.843.60-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Eric Robinson · Peyton Krebs6:5657.169.21-0
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka6:0129.421.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Clifton · Mattias Samuelsson14:5940.048.12-0
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin14:2734.319.51-0
Erik Johnson · Owen Power8:1041.235.10-0

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
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 24:11 0.15 19-27 0.52-1.11
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 08:28 0.31 13-9 0.60-0.23
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 2 2 4 5 19:06 0.24 17-18 0.59-0.84
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 2 2 1 4 22:59 0.01 20-27 0.72-0.84
50 Eric Robinson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 08:15 0.09 12-12 0.51-0.53
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 19:24 0.58 19-18 0.65-0.84
75 Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 2 2 1 4 20:14 0.09 17-24 0.90-0.86
6 Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 13:52 0.21 12-11 0.45-0.74
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:42 0.23 10-15 0.41-0.39
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:12 0.11 10-15 0.37-0.91
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:59 0.19 8-19 0.30-0.45
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:19 0.03 8-22 0.30-0.59
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 10:22 0.01 13-12 0.52-0.53
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 17:05 0.01 14-24 0.35-1.15
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:42 0.18 11-14 0.46-0.84
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:49 7-18 0.39-0.93
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:36 0.17 13-16 0.67-0.80
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 17:53 0.30 17-19 0.59-1.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 41 40 1 60:00 3.62 +2.62

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Rickard Rakell · Jake Guentzel11:5670.676.80-1
Evgeni Malkin · Reilly Smith · Bryan Rust6:4761.548.30-0
Jeff Carter · Jansen Harkins · Noel Acciari6:3250.055.60-0
Lars Eller · Valtteri Puustinen · Drew O'Connor3:5944.426.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Marcus Pettersson16:1468.373.40-0
Erik Karlsson · Pierre-Olivier Joseph11:2250.040.50-2
Chad Ruhwedel · Ryan Graves8:0047.130.00-0

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
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 0 1 -3 0 4 3 20:22 0.46 26-17 0.86-0.72
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 23:11 0.08 22-20 0.98-0.95
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:51 0.26 15-14 0.49-0.48
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:53 0.03 11-9 0.40-0.32
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:22 0.00 20-21 0.61-0.79
10 Jansen Harkins C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 09:39 0.11 13-11 0.48-0.47
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:02 0.33 14-11 0.53-0.46
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:23 0.13 12-10 0.37-0.30
19 Reilly Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 13:14 0.73 17-6 1.06-0.31
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:59 0.08 13-9 0.91-0.37
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:18 0.28 31-15 1.47-0.53
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:52 0.01 10-14 0.24-0.39
48 Valtteri Puustinen R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:31 0.03 7-6 0.63-0.21
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 4 13:22 0.01 12-21 0.63-1.02
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 26:26 0.07 33-17 1.71-0.75
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 22:23 0.39 26-17 0.98-0.66
77 Jeff Carter C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:08 0.18 12-10 0.46-0.36
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 20:46 0.40 27-12 1.00-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry L 32 29 3 58:18 2.93 -0.07