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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 5, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 32
Buffalo Sabres 2 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:46 BUF Jason Zucker (15) Ryan McLeod (30), Bowen Byram (18) 0 - 1
09:18 PIT Avery Hayes (1) Ilya Solovyov (5), Rutger McGroarty (3) 1 - 1
18:47 PIT Avery Hayes (2) Anthony Mantha (22), Parker Wotherspoon (16) 2 - 1
2nd Period
07:44 PIT Ben Kindel (13) Unassisted 3 - 1
3rd Period
01:55 BUF Tage Thompson (30) PP Jack Quinn (25), Rasmus Dahlin (37) 3 - 2
15:33 PIT Tommy Novak (11) Egor Chinakhov (7), Evgeni Malkin (31) 4 - 2
19:46 PIT Ben Kindel (14) SH Connor Dewar (11) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:54 PIT Evgeni Malkin High sticking 2
18:59 PIT Ryan Shea Holding 2
2nd Period
10:03 PIT Sidney Crosby Cross checking 2
17:54 BUF Alex Tuch Tripping 2
3rd Period
01:14 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
04:13 BUF Michael Kesselring Hooking 2
10:33 BUF Peyton Krebs Interference goalkeeper 2
10:33 PIT Connor Clifton Fighting 5
10:33 BUF Peyton Krebs Fighting 5
18:31 PIT Anthony Mantha Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 56 43 32 5 5.0 51.9
Buffalo Sabres 58 49 27 2 3.0 48.1

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 5.0 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 2 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 9:18 of 1st, a 17% chancePIT goal, 18:47 of 1st, a 16% chancePIT goal, 7:44 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 15:33 of 3rd, a 22% chancePIT goal, 19:46 of 3rd, a 83% chanceBUF goal, 1:46 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 1:55 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT 5.0BUF 3.0

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Tommy Novak · Egor Chinakhov10:4556.560.21-1
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Anthony Mantha9:3840.032.30-0
Justin Brazeau · Connor Dewar · Ben Kindel6:5845.538.31-0
Kevin Hayes · Avery Hayes · Rutger McGroarty6:0177.899.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon12:3652.959.11-0
Brett Kulak · Ryan Shea12:3347.856.21-1
Connor Clifton · Ilya Solovyov8:3852.964.81-0

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
81 Ben Kindel C 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 17:27 0.08 8-9 0.49-0.50
85 Avery Hayes R 2 0 2 2 0 6 2 10:09 0.62 11-9 0.89-0.34
18 Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:19 0.29 15-15 1.22-1.12
2 Rutger McGroarty R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:01 0.03 9-3 0.55-0.01
7 Ilya Solovyov D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:08 12-10 0.65-0.40
19 Connor Dewar C 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 15:41 0.04 6-7 0.42-0.49
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 23:37 0.03 13-13 0.60-0.70
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16:30 0.28 9-16 0.63-0.90
59 Egor Chinakhov R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:08 0.19 14-11 0.94-0.79
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 4 5 0 17:59 0.56 16-12 0.94-0.72
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:29 0.14 15-16 1.30-0.91
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 07:07 0.11 8-2 0.55-0.00
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:11 0.18 9-9 0.69-0.66
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:31 0.06 7-9 0.19-0.39
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:44 16-13 0.96-0.73
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 22:47 0.12 16-11 0.90-0.55
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 3 5 0 5 17:19 0.02 11-13 0.85-0.69
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 20:05 0.43 10-12 0.37-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs W 27 25 2 59:38 2.90 +0.90

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn10:3347.136.81-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan6:2863.670.30-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs4:5762.555.20-0
Isak Rosen · Noah Ostlund · Konsta Helenius3:5342.945.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power17:2744.834.90-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin14:2242.343.90-0
Jacob Bryson · Michael Kesselring4:1350.027.81-2

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
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 18:48 0.02 9-9 0.44-0.74
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 -3 0 7 1 23:18 0.73 16-13 1.00-0.71
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:24 0.55 11-9 0.53-0.74
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 26:00 0.16 16-17 0.64-1.04
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 26:32 0.12 14-16 0.75-0.75
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:01 0.07 13-10 0.60-0.74
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 07:56 0.00 10-7 0.86-0.58
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 10:40 0.19 11-8 0.60-0.38
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:42 16-18 1.05-1.17
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 25:12 0.20 16-20 0.86-1.33
27 Isak Rosen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:36 0.10 4-12 0.12-0.48
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 11:10 0.23 6-11 0.63-0.80
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:38 0.04 3-11 0.32-0.78
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 04:19 4-4 0.15-0.38
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:23 0.01 9-10 0.23-0.47
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 20:53 0.30 15-9 0.83-0.48
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 18:35 0.29 11-12 0.61-1.03
94 Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:02 6-9 0.15-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon L 31 27 4 56:51 3.07 -0.93