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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Nov 26, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 31
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 19

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:09 PIT Mathew Dumba (1) Unassisted 0 - 1
3rd Period
07:20 BUF Jason Zucker (6) Jack Quinn (7), Ryan McLeod (9) 1 - 1
07:51 PIT Bryan Rust (6) Ryan Shea (7) 1 - 2
12:34 PIT Kevin Hayes (1) Erik Karlsson (13), Parker Wotherspoon (6) 1 - 3
15:42 BUF Jack Quinn (6) Jason Zucker (7), Mattias Samuelsson (7) 2 - 3
19:02 PIT Connor Dewar (5) Danton Heinen (1), Ryan Shea (8) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:57 BUF Conor Timmins Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 60 49 31 2 3.0 56.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 46 30 19 4 2.4 43.2

How the game went

15105051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.0 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.4 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 7:20 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 15:42 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 17:09 of 1st, a 3% chancePIT goal, 7:51 of 3rd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 12:34 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 19:02 of 3rd, a 73% chanceBUF 3.0PIT 2.4

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
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn14:1166.776.22-0
Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs · Josh Dunne6:5985.766.90-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Zach Benson6:5550.075.30-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan6:500.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin19:2967.690.21-0
Conor Timmins · Bowen Byram12:4935.041.51-2
Jacob Bryson · Owen Power9:2371.466.40-1

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

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
17 Jason Zucker L 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 18:28 0.57 21-12 1.15-0.43
22 Jack Quinn R 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 18:39 0.44 23-12 1.28-0.43
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 27:47 0.26 28-18 1.54-0.40
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:01 0.12 20-11 1.15-0.37
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:09 0.07 11-13 0.53-0.54
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:10 0.02 12-4 0.35-0.24
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:06 0.13 9-15 0.42-0.66
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:13 0.03 12-15 0.45-0.67
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:25 0.02 17-11 0.69-0.67
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 25:06 0.16 29-15 1.76-0.35
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 09:44 0.01 12-6 0.35-0.23
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:11 0.20 12-3 0.35-0.21
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:22 10-14 0.60-0.51
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 18:33 0.22 10-14 0.50-0.46
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:34 13-7 0.44-0.32
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:27 0.34 11-13 0.65-0.48
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 17:40 0.28 9-12 0.43-0.39
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:02 0.13 11-10 0.61-0.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 18 15 3 59:23 1.63 -1.37

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Connor Dewar13:3954.529.51-1
Evgeni Malkin · Kevin Hayes · Anthony Mantha12:1036.040.91-0
Danton Heinen · Joona Koppanen · Blake Lizotte8:2945.542.20-0
Tommy Novak · Tristan Broz · Ville Koivunen6:4944.456.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon21:0338.226.31-1
Kris Letang · Ryan Shea17:3835.536.31-0
Mathew Dumba · Ryan Graves14:5355.653.41-1

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
6 Ryan Shea D 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 19:10 0.03 11-20 0.40-0.70
13 Kevin Hayes R 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 15:23 0.29 12-20 0.63-0.72
17 Bryan Rust R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:26 0.14 14-10 0.50-0.89
19 Connor Dewar C 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 17:13 15-10 0.47-0.89
24 Mathew Dumba D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:16 0.05 16-12 0.72-0.48
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 22:37 0.01 14-22 0.42-1.47
58 Danton Heinen L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:59 0.13 10-10 0.31-0.44
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23:48 0.05 13-21 0.42-1.16
15 Joona Koppanen L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:02 0.15 7-8 0.21-0.37
18 Tommy Novak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:53 7-16 0.22-0.60
26 Tristan Broz C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:30 0.20 7-15 0.28-0.40
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:25 16-12 0.55-0.48
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:37 0.11 11-25 0.52-1.16
41 Ville Koivunen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:33 5-8 0.20-0.15
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:46 8-9 0.21-0.71
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:50 0.20 12-21 0.57-1.01
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:46 0.09 12-19 0.48-0.71
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 18:46 0.25 15-12 0.57-0.89
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 31 29 2 60:00 2.89 +0.89