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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo SabresJan 17, 2025

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PIT0325PIT610319
BUF1012BUF10131942
PIT 47BUF 82
PIT 2.69BUF 4.41
PP goals
PIT 3BUF 1
Hits
PIT 21BUF 19
Blocks
PIT 17BUF 14
PIM
PIT 22BUF 20
PIT 55%BUF 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at BUF. Cody Glass (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Bunting) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:09 together.

  1. Points
    Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:39.Rust
  2. Points
    Cody Glass had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:58.Glass
  3. Points
    Zach Benson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:22.Benson
  4. Points
    Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:07.Grzelcyk
  5. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Bunting) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:09 together.CrosbyRustRakellGrzelcykBunting
  6. Goalie
    Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +14 against a season average of 27.7; the win.Nedeljkovic
  7. Luck
    BUF scored 2 goals on 4.41 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. Luck
    PIT scored 5 goals on 2.69 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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.

Shot map, PIT at BUF: 129 attempts, 61 on goal, 7 goals, 7.10 expected goals; best chance Dylan Cozens at 0.56 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · BUF 82 · PIT 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at BUF: expected goals 4.41 to 2.69 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 82 to 47, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdBUFPITPRBGRBNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFPITcontrol2nd3rdPower · 1st 15:16Rakell · 2nd 1:41Beauvillier · 2nd 2:08Glass · 2nd 11:43Rust · 3rd 1:09Benson · 3rd 14:46Nedeljkovic · 3rd 17:18
  • 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 26% of the game, BUF 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (56:29) for BUF and Alex Nedeljkovic (60:00) for PIT, 7 goals.

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
StatPITBUF
4170
1.082.41
1.052.24
510
15
1214
+0.021−0.021
26%45%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:16
    BUFOwen PowerPP (Zach Benson, Bowen Byram)wrist0.09 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Hayes, Pettersson, BeauvillierBUF: Tuch, Byram, Cozens, Power, Benson
    PIT 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

  1. 1:41
    PITRickard RakellPP (Bryan Rust, Matt Grzelcyk)snap0.12 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk, BuntingBUF: Clifton, Malenstyn, Samuelsson, Benson
    PIT 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 2:08
    PITAnthony Beauvillier (Cody Glass)snap0.04 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Beauvillier, Glass, PickeringBUF: Tuch, Jokiharju, Cozens, Peterka, Power
    PIT 2 – 1 BUF
  3. 11:43
    PITCody GlassPP (Philip Tomasino, Alex Nedeljkovic)snap0.21 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Hayes, Glass, TomasinoBUF: Clifton, Lafferty, Samuelsson, Kozak
    PIT 3 – 1 BUF

3rd period

  1. 1:09
    PITBryan RustPP (Matt Grzelcyk, Michael Bunting)wrist0.08 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk, BuntingBUF: Clifton, Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson
    PIT 4 – 1 BUF
  2. 14:46
    BUFZach Benson (Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch)wrist0.16 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Pettersson, JosephBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn, Peterka, Benson
    PIT 4 – 2 BUF
  3. 17:18
    PITAlex NedeljkovicENwrist0.36 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, JosephBUF: Lafferty, McLeod, Krebs, Byram, Cozens, Power
    PIT 5 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bryan Rust RL1112020.2201018:39——3822
Sidney Crosby CL1000020.0900018:13——4028
Rickard Rakell RL1101020.2611015:46——3214
Michael Bunting LL2011000.1020217:17——3539
Evgeni Malkin CL2000+110.1902615:45——4157
Anthony Beauvillier RL2101+120.1830013:37——3342
Drew O'Connor LL3000010.5312013:33——3738
Kevin Hayes RL3000010.1410012:01——3331
Philip Tomasino RL3011000.0610011:01——3532
Cody Glass CL4112+130.2600012:58——3731
Blake Lizotte CL4000010.2201012:49——4326
Noel Acciari CL4000020.0841012:16——4221
Matt Grzelcyk DD1022000.0013024:07——3123
Marcus Pettersson DD1000-100.0011021:52——3845
Erik Karlsson DD2000+210.0111022:55——4726
Owen Pickering DD2000+100.0021214:28——3228
Pierre-Olivier Joseph DD3000000.0002218:38——3127
Ryan Graves DD3000000.00311013:13——4643
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)W42402.9524.4160:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tage Thompson CL1011+170.5500220:46——7475
Ryan McLeod CL1000-110.0301016:56——7372
Jason Zucker LL1000020.08101016:23——7187
Zach Benson LL2112+120.3210018:22——6548
Jack Quinn RL2000+130.2500217:05——7151
Peyton Krebs CL2000-110.3000212:06——8379
Alex Tuch RL3011010.1800020:23——5881
JJ Peterka RL3000020.2400017:49——6368
Dylan Cozens CL3000-261.5211017:42——8191
Sam Lafferty CL4000-100.001009:06——3329
Beck Malenstyn LL4000020.033308:18——3343
Tyson Kozak CL4000000.041207:04——2721
Owen Power DD1101-220.2401022:38——7378
Henri Jokiharju DD1000-120.0431214:33——5956
Rasmus Dahlin DD2000+150.2530227:56——6870
Bowen Byram DD2011-130.2810020:15——7388
Mattias Samuelsson DD3000020.0303014:53——4849
Connor Clifton DD3000010.0142012:30——5063
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)L18144.7781.8056:29

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Owen Power (BUF PP) 1st 15:16 · assists Zach Benson, Bowen Byram · Forecheck turnover · 76.0 mph shot.

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 1:41 · PIT PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
4 (royal road)
Shot
63.7 mph
Distance
26 ft
Type
one-timer

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Cody Glass · 2nd 11:43 · PIT PP

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
5-on-3
Passes
1
Shot
57.3 mph
Distance
15 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s
Type
rebound

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 1:09 · PIT PP

Play
cycle
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
58.9 mph
Distance
33 ft
Entry to goal
7.2 s

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Zach Benson · 3rd 14:46 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
25.1 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
3.4 s
Type
one-timer

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Alex Nedeljkovic · 3rd 17:18 · PIT EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
5-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
40.7 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s

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