Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo SabresDec 1, 2017

FinalFriday, Dec 1, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	3	1	0	4		PIT	11	12	2	25
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	9	16	9	34

: PIT 47BUF 57
: PIT 1.60BUF 1.83
PP goals: PIT 0BUF 0
Hits: PIT 19BUF 29
Blocks: PIT 14BUF 10
PIM: PIT 10BUF 4
: PIT 51%BUF 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at BUF. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Pominville–Pouliot–Criscuolo skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:17.Crosby
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Pouliot–Criscuolo skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Pouliot Criscuolo
Luck
PIT scored 4 goals on 1.60 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Reaves–Kuhnhackl–Rowney skated 5:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Kuhnhackl Rowney
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 1.83 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 16:17, −4:28 down on his 20:45 season average over 81 games.Crosby
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 15:26, −3:36 down on his 19:02 season average over 77 games.Malkin
Usage
Jordan Nolan (BUF) played 15:12, +5:29 up on his 9:43 season average over 68 games.Nolan

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · BUF 57 · PIT 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 16% of the game, BUF 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	BUF
	47	56
	1.44	2.02
	1.40	1.96
	7	7
	7	5
	8	8
	+0.038	−0.038
	16%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Guentzel
12:4438% CF
L2Crosby – Hornqvist – Sheary
11:3255% CF
L3Hagelin – Sheahan – Rust
8:5955% CF
L4Reaves – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
5:3250% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:2146% CF
D2Hunwick – Maatta
12:5144% CF
D3Cole – Schultz
11:3940% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
1:060% CF
PP2Letang – Rust – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
0:24100% CF
PK1FKuhnhackl – Rowney
2:51
PK2FHagelin – Sheahan
1:58
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
3:20
PK2DHunwick – Cole
2:30

Current PIT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Kane – Reinhart – Eichel
12:5543% CF
L2Pominville – Pouliot – Criscuolo
8:3257% CF
L3Okposo – O'Reilly – Nolan
8:0358% CF
L4Moulson – Larsson – Girgensons
2:27
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
14:1143% CF
D2Bogosian – Beaulieu
13:4567% CF
D3McCabe – Antipin
12:2156% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
2:5267% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Bogosian – Kane – Beaulieu
1:36100% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
1:20
PK2FGirgensons – Criscuolo
0:22
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:03
PK2DBogosian – Beaulieu
0:49

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:23
PITTom KuhnhacklPSsnap0.30 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Reaves, Kuhnhackl, Maatta, RowneyBUF: Kane, McCabe, Reinhart, Eichel, Antipin
PIT 1 – 0 BUF
6:38
PITSidney Crosbywrist0.11 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Reaves, Kuhnhackl, MaattaBUF: Moulson, Girgensons, McCabe, Ristolainen, Eichel
PIT 2 – 0 BUF
18:05
PITJake Guentzel (Evgeni Malkin)wrap-around0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Cole, Schultz, GuentzelBUF: Pominville, Pouliot, Scandella, Ristolainen, Criscuolo
PIT 3 – 0 BUF

2nd period

19:20
PITPatric Hornqvist (Conor Sheary, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Hornqvist, Cole, ShearyBUF: Nolan, Larsson, Beaulieu, Girgensons, McCabe
PIT 4 – 0 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	35	45
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	37	47
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.26	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	37	47
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	50	43
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	48	40
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	2	1	0	14:10	—	—	52	38
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	54	75
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	14:02	—	—	55	66
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	4	13:17	—	—	58	82
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:29	—	—	45	29
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	1	0	1	+2	5	0.52	0	4	0	11:11	—	—	48	37
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	0	0	7:24	—	—	53	40
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	25:50	—	—	46	36
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	4	2	22:03	—	—	48	45
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	19:05	—	—	48	67
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:40	—	—	41	65
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	3	0	0	18:20	—	—	48	25
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	36	7

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	1.83	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	41	48
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	0.12	2	0	2	19:56	—	—	50	54
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	44	55
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	-1	5	0.19	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	60	71
Jason Pominville R	L2	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	67	76
Kyle Criscuolo C	L2	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	12:20	—	—	62	74
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	52	69
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	0.28	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	56	73
Jordan Nolan C	L3	-1	1	0.03	6	1	0	15:12	—	—	53	28
Johan Larsson L	L4	-1	2	0.04	3	0	0	13:17	—	—	62	45
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	-2	2	0.05	1	0	0	10:30	—	—	55	35
Matt Moulson L	L4	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	7:57	—	—	64	75
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	-2	1	0.03	4	3	0	22:35	—	—	45	69
Marco Scandella D	D1	-1	2	0.06	3	1	2	19:54	—	—	47	65
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	21:20	—	—	61	52
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	4	0.09	2	0	0	20:48	—	—	68	85
Jake McCabe D	D3	-2	2	0.04	2	1	0	16:27	—	—	46	27
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	60	43

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	1.60	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.