Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo SabresMar 23, 2022

Final / SOWednesday, Mar 23, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Buffalo SabresBUF

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	0	2	1	0	0	3		PIT	9	8	7	2	26
BUF	1	1	1	0	1	4		BUF	11	12	9	1	33

: PIT 48BUF 56
: PIT 2.37BUF 2.87
PP goals: PIT 2BUF 0
Hits: PIT 14BUF 4
Blocks: PIT 13BUF 10
PIM: PIT 6BUF 2
: PIT 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:56 together.

Points
Tage Thompson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:43.Thompson
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:29.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:53.Crosby
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:49.Rust
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:56 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
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Colin Miller (BUF) played 13:39, −5:29 down on his 19:08 season average over 37 games.Miller
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Teddy Blueger (PIT) played 10:15, −4:51 down on his 15:06 season average over 64 games.Blueger
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Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 28:06, +4:08 up on his 23:58 season average over 79 games.Dahlin

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 56 · PIT 48

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 22% of the game, BUF 31%.

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
	41	54
	1.98	2.80
	1.88	2.66
	6	14
	1	2
	10	20
	+0.048	−0.048
	22%	31%

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 – Rust – Heinen
11:0938% CF
L2Carter – Rakell – Kapanen
8:1557% CF
L3Crosby – Guentzel – Rodrigues
7:1643% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – Zohorna
6:180% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:0563% CF
D2Matheson – Marino
14:4227% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
12:0550% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:5688% CF
PK1FCarter – Blueger
1:42
PK2FBoyle – Rust
0:59
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
3:47
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
0:55

Current PIT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
12:3564% CF
L2Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
10:2565% CF
L3Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:1461% CF
L4Hinostroza – Krebs – Cozens
9:1242% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
14:5459% CF
D2Bryson – Samuelsson
13:2452% CF
D3Pysyk – Miller
11:4459% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
4:0671% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Jokiharju – Krebs – Cozens
1:21100% CF
PK1FTuch – Thompson
1:36
PK2FOkposo – Eakin
0:49
PK1DJokiharju – Samuelsson
1:37
PK2DPysyk – Dahlin
1:16

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:15
BUFTage Thompson (Mattias Samuelsson)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Matheson, Pettersson, HeinenBUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Bryson, Samuelsson
PIT 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

0:26
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelBUF: Okposo, Girgensons, Jokiharju, Samuelsson
PIT 1 – 1 BUF
15:56
BUFZemgus Girgensons (Kyle Okposo)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Matheson, Heinen, MarinoBUF: Okposo, Eakin, Girgensons, Bryson, Samuelsson
PIT 1 – 2 BUF
18:46
PITEvgeni Malkin (Bryan Rust)backhand0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Matheson, Heinen, MarinoBUF: Hinostroza, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Krebs, Cozens
PIT 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

1:01
BUFTage Thompson (Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Boyle, Crosby, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, PetterssonBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Bryson, Samuelsson
PIT 2 – 3 BUF
15:04
PITKris LetangPP (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby)snap0.14 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelBUF: Okposo, Eakin, Jokiharju, Samuelsson
PIT 3 – 3 BUF

Decided in the shootout: PIT 3 – 4 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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	2	2	-1	4	0.20	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	38	36
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	45	42
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	1	2	0	13:10	—	—	40	38
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	18:06	—	—	53	64
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	4	0	0	16:26	—	—	69	95
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	2	14:25	—	—	56	77
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.58	0	1	2	21:12	—	—	50	44
Sidney Crosby C	L3	1	1	2	-1	3	0.17	0	1	0	20:53	—	—	52	44
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	55	46
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:15	—	—	0	0
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:07	—	—	0	0
Radim Zohorna L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:03	—	—	0	0
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	25:30	—	—	57	36
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	23:59	—	—	54	40
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	21:08	—	—	31	28
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	3	0	19:35	—	—	27	28
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	1	2	0	17:23	—	—	48	57
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:59	—	—	48	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	O	33	30	3	.909	2.87	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	1	0	0	18:43	—	—	64	60
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	57	68
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	2	0	0	14:59	—	—	69	71
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	58	55
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.31	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	62	50
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	57	49
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.50	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	57	78
Tage Thompson C	L3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.57	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	65	81
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	58	79
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	40	9
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	2	11:58	—	—	40	13
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	46	16
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.25	0	1	0	28:06	—	—	68	63
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	24:34	—	—	52	43
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.15	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	63	71
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.05	0	3	0	18:42	—	—	48	60
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	50	45
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:39	—	—	58	54

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.37	65:00

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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.