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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 5, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 26
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:00 BUF Ryan McLeod (12) SH Unassisted 1 - 0
14:48 PIT Bryan Rust (21) SH Ben Kindel (15) 1 - 1
2nd Period
04:10 BUF Josh Norris (9) PP Josh Doan (23), Bowen Byram (22) 2 - 1
06:18 BUF Alex Tuch (25) SH Owen Power (15), Tage Thompson (32) 3 - 1
10:30 BUF Owen Power (6) Josh Norris (13), Noah Ostlund (12) 4 - 1
3rd Period
16:53 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (12) Unassisted 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:22 BUF Peyton Krebs Hooking 2
08:16 PIT Erik Karlsson Holding 2
10:24 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
14:04 PIT Noel Acciari Holding 2
2nd Period
00:38 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross checking 2
00:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross checking 2
00:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 5
00:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin Game misconduct 10
04:10 PIT Team Delaying game unsuccessful challenge 2
05:25 BUF Ryan McLeod Slashing 2
14:44 BUF Beck Malenstyn Boarding 2
3rd Period
07:04 PIT Ben Kindel Holding the stick 2
11:54 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 63 48 26 5 3.6 51.4
Pittsburgh Penguins 54 41 28 1 2.8 48.6

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.6 expected, 5 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 12:00 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 4:10 of 2nd, a 40% chanceBUF goal, 6:18 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 10:30 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 16:53 of 3rd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 14:48 of 1st, a 30% chanceBUF 3.6PIT 2.8

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
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund8:2884.674.41-0
Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne · Zach Benson5:5463.689.10-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs5:3430.815.30-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn5:2958.375.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Zach Metsa5:4456.352.20-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power4:5175.045.30-0
Rasmus Dahlin · Michael Kesselring4:2140.032.10-0

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
9 Josh Norris C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 17:41 0.55 12-6 0.63-0.45
25 Owen Power D 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 20:45 0.10 13-9 0.49-0.59
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 21:19 0.03 8-12 0.28-0.34
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 18:23 0.25 9-7 0.51-0.17
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 17:37 0.27 5-11 0.10-0.54
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:32 0.05 20-10 0.83-0.54
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:43 0.17 7-16 0.13-0.90
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:42 0.02 15-6 0.67-0.44
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 18:28 0.75 13-4 0.54-0.23
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:22 0.14 10-10 0.43-0.43
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:58 0.04 9-12 0.38-0.48
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:11 0.46 7-7 0.51-0.16
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 10:35 0.01 5-14 0.09-0.78
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:49 0.28 11-9 0.51-0.38
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 21:29 0.32 11-12 0.64-0.68
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 14:25 9-9 0.30-0.19
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:37 0.15 8-6 0.30-0.05
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:00 13-15 0.54-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 28 27 1 59:24 2.73 +1.73

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte7:1335.051.20-0
Evgeni Malkin · Tommy Novak · Egor Chinakhov3:1257.171.00-0
Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak · Justin Brazeau2:3966.777.40-0
Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell · Egor Chinakhov2:3671.466.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Clifton · Ryan Shea10:2057.977.20-0
Kris Letang · Samuel Girard9:5470.673.70-0
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon7:4535.021.80-1

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
17 Bryan Rust R 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:53 0.71 10-5 0.45-0.29
81 Ben Kindel C 0 1 1 -2 2 0 1 14:52 9-11 0.17-0.35
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:30 0.09 12-9 0.91-0.34
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:13 0.23 8-9 0.32-0.50
18 Tommy Novak C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:03 0.06 13-9 0.71-0.54
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:43 0.01 8-14 0.40-0.40
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:54 9-20 0.19-0.87
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:58 0.18 6-7 0.31-0.35
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:44 0.27 8-16 0.40-0.54
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:02 14-13 0.47-0.46
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:27 0.16 7-14 0.39-0.39
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 17:09 0.02 14-7 0.41-0.29
59 Egor Chinakhov R 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 17:27 0.29 13-11 0.64-0.54
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 23:05 0.18 8-15 0.36-0.83
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:34 0.35 11-5 0.49-0.29
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 05:54 0.12 4-3 0.24-0.10
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:55 0.13 13-10 0.80-0.36
85 Avery Hayes R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:43 0.03 8-7 0.20-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs L 25 21 4 55:54 3.44 -0.56