Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo SabresMar 5, 2020

FinalThursday, Mar 5, 2020· KeyBank Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Buffalo SabresBUF

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	1	4		PIT	16	3	13	32
BUF	1	0	1	2		BUF	9	10	11	30

: PIT 50BUF 51
: PIT 3.55BUF 2.83
PP goals: PIT 0BUF 0
Hits: PIT 7BUF 18
Blocks: PIT 10BUF 7
PIM: PIT 6BUF 4
: PIT 52%BUF 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at BUF. Patric Hornqvist (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Dominik Kahun (BUF) played 7:16, −6:08 down on his 13:24 season average over 55 games.

Points
Patric Hornqvist had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:01.Hornqvist
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:56.Malkin
Usage
Dominik Kahun (BUF) played 7:16, −6:08 down on his 13:24 season average over 55 games.Kahun
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–Bjugstad–McCann skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist Bjugstad McCann
Usage
Jason Zucker (PIT) played 20:41, +4:25 up on his 16:16 season average over 59 games.Zucker
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Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 23:32, +4:19 up on his 19:13 season average over 58 games.Dahlin
Usage
Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 19:03, +6:19 up on his 12:44 season average over 51 games.Okposo
Usage
Jared McCann (PIT) played 11:37, −3:40 down on his 15:17 season average over 65 games.McCann

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 101 of 101 attempts · BUF 51 · PIT 50

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 29% of the game, BUF 43%.

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
	54	43
	2.92	2.42
	2.64	2.20
	13	8
	0	3
	8	16
	+0.011	−0.011
	29%	43%

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

L1Crosby – Zucker – Sheary
12:3358% CF
L2Marleau – Malkin – Rust
10:5562% CF
L3Hornqvist – Bjugstad – McCann
9:1343% CF
L4Blueger – Rodrigues – Tanev
7:4850% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:1446% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
12:4284% CF
D3Johnson – Schultz
12:2345% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Schultz – Zucker – Rust
2:30
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Zucker – Marino
0:25
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
1:52
PK2FMarleau – Rust
1:40
PK1DPettersson – Marino
1:23
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:14

Current PIT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Simmonds – Skinner – Lazar
8:0756% CF
L2Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
7:2544% CF
L3Johansson – Vesey – Kahun
6:1638% CF
L4Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
4:4040% CF
D1Montour – Dahlin
14:3039% CF
D2McCabe – Jokiharju
12:4342% CF
D3Ristolainen – Pilut
12:1350% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
2:24
PP2Simmonds – Johansson – Skinner – Ristolainen – Montour
0:50
PK1FGirgensons – Lazar
2:19
PK2FOkposo – Larsson
0:40
PK1DRistolainen – Pilut
1:49
PK2DMcCabe – Montour
1:01

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:56
PITPatric Hornqvist (Nick Bjugstad, Jared McCann)backhand0.09 xG
PIT: Hornqvist, Schultz, Bjugstad, McCann, PetterssonBUF: Simmonds, Skinner, McCabe, Lazar, Jokiharju
PIT 1 – 0 BUF
9:01
BUFJake McCabebackhand0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Schultz, Zucker, RustBUF: Okposo, Larsson, McCabe, Montour
PIT 1 – 1 BUF
12:26
PITMarcus Pettersson (Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.01 xG
PIT: Marleau, Malkin, Rust, Pettersson, MarinoBUF: Simmonds, Skinner, Ristolainen, Lazar, Pilut
PIT 2 – 1 BUF

2nd period

13:32
PITPatric Hornqvist (Evgeni Malkin, Justin Schultz)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Schultz, ZuckerBUF: Okposo, Johansson, McCabe, Montour
PIT 3 – 1 BUF

3rd period

1:57
BUFMarcus Johansson (Dominik Kahun, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Johnson, Schultz, Zucker, Blueger, RodriguesBUF: Johansson, Vesey, McCabe, Jokiharju, Kahun
PIT 3 – 2 BUF
6:02
PITSidney Crosby (Jason Zucker)backhand0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, ShearyBUF: Okposo, Girgensons, Montour, Eichel, Dahlin
PIT 4 – 2 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
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.85	1	0	0	20:41	—	—	63	61
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.81	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	59	60
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	58	61
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	56	44
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.31	0	0	2	16:56	—	—	55	52
Patrick Marleau C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.37	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	58	52
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.41	0	1	0	13:01	—	—	48	67
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	11:37	—	—	50	60
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	11:02	—	—	47	58
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	33	37
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	2	12:30	—	—	55	46
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	10:14	—	—	70	53
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	24:16	—	—	46	59
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	2	24:04	—	—	46	59
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	68	41
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.05	0	1	0	16:23	—	—	83	65
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	53	52
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	16:02	—	—	36	22

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.83	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.30	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	58	36
Wayne Simmonds R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	2	0	0	12:40	—	—	50	36
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:48	—	—	50	60
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	0	0	0	23:33	—	—	43	40
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	20:55	—	—	50	35
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	48	45
Marcus Johansson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	39	36
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	8:06	—	—	38	53
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	7:16	—	—	33	48
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	2	0	0	19:03	—	—	44	55
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	1	2	0	15:25	—	—	33	57
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	0	2	12:51	—	—	50	62
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:32	—	—	44	36
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	20:26	—	—	42	29
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	38	39
Jake McCabe D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	1	0	16:50	—	—	46	42
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	22:40	—	—	48	73
Lawrence Pilut D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	2	16:50	—	—	57	78

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.45	57:37

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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.