Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 5, 2026

FinalThursday, Feb 5, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	2	5		PIT	10	7	15	32
BUF	1	0	1	2		BUF	8	9	10	27

: PIT 54BUF 60
: PIT 5.66BUF 3.02
PP goals: PIT 0BUF 1
Hits: PIT 20BUF 16
Blocks: PIT 8BUF 10
PIM: PIT 15BUF 11
: PIT 45%BUF 55%

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. Avery Hayes (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:56 together.

Points
Avery Hayes had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 10:09.Hayes
Points
Ben Kindel had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:27.Kindel
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:56 together.Zucker Thompson Dahlin Quinn Doan
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Doan skated 6:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Doan
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New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Mantha skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Mantha
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New look for PIT: Brazeau–Dewar–Kindel skated 6:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brazeau Dewar Kindel
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New look for PIT: Hayes–Hayes–McGroarty skated 6:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Hayes McGroarty
Usage
Jack Quinn (BUF) played 19:24, +3:47 up on his 15:37 season average over 81 games.Quinn

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 114 of 114 attempts · BUF 60 · PIT 54

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 42% of the game, BUF 26%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against PIT skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

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	48
	3.88	2.51
	3.84	2.38
	10	8
	10	5
	24	23
	−0.047	+0.047
	42%	26%

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 – Novak – Chinakhov
10:4557% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Mantha
9:3840% CF
L3Brazeau – Dewar – Kindel
6:5845% CF
L4Hayes – Hayes – McGroarty
6:0178% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
12:3750% CF
D2Kulak – Shea
12:3648% CF
D3Clifton – Solovyov
8:5550% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Kindel
4:20100% CF
PP2Mantha – Novak – Shea – Brazeau – Chinakhov
1:25
PK1FRust – Dewar
4:46
PK2FMcGroarty – Kindel
1:26
PK1DClifton – Wotherspoon
3:10
PK2DKulak – Shea
0:54

Current PIT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
10:3347% CF
L2Tuch – Thompson – Doan
6:2864% CF
L3Rosen – Ostlund – Helenius
3:5357% CF
L4Malenstyn – Krebs – Kozak
3:1150% CF
D1Byram – Power
17:2745% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
14:3148% CF
D3Bryson – Kesselring
4:1550% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan
4:5692% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Rosen – Ostlund
1:12
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:57
PK2FMalenstyn – Kozak
1:46
PK1DSamuelsson – Power
1:43
PK2DDahlin – Byram
0:29

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.71	0	0	4	17:59	—	—	50	68
Tommy Novak C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.66	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	47	59
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	56	65
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	3	0	23:31	—	—	44	33
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	+1	6	0.42	0	0	2	20:05	—	—	41	48
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.21	0	0	2	16:30	—	—	32	38
Ben Kindel C	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	1.42	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	41	57
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.73	1	0	0	15:41	—	—	46	53
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	50	51
Avery Hayes R	L4	2	0	2	+2	6	0.61	2	0	0	10:09	—	—	55	75
Rutger McGroarty R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	1	0	10:01	—	—	75	97
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	7:07	—	—	80	100
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	5	2	0	23:37	—	—	42	53
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.12	2	0	0	22:47	—	—	56	74
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	2	19:29	—	—	48	61
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	55	59
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	5	2	5	17:19	—	—	46	61
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	50	63

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	3.02	59:38

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	20:01	—	—	57	25
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.45	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	55	23
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	50	18
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	0	1	-3	7	0.75	1	0	0	23:18	—	—	55	57
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.34	0	0	2	20:53	—	—	63	61
Josh Doan R	L2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.27	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	48	41
Noah Ostlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	12:23	—	—	53	36
Isak Rosen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	10:36	—	—	31	17
Konsta Helenius C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:02	—	—	47	24
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	4	0	0	11:10	—	—	41	46
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	2	0	7	10:40	—	—	63	63
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	10:38	—	—	29	32
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.19	0	2	0	26:00	—	—	49	31
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	3	0	25:12	—	—	47	36
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	26:32	—	—	50	42
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:42	—	—	53	44
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	0	2	7:56	—	—	59	62
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:19	—	—	50	22

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.73	56:51

Goal anatomy

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

Jason Zucker (BUF) 1st 1:46 · assists Ryan McLeod, Bowen Byram · Rush · passed in · 67.2 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Jason Zucker · 1st 1:46 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Avery Hayes · 1st 9:18 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 70.6 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Avery Hayes · 1st 18:47 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Ben Kindel · 2nd 7:44 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 1:55 · BUF PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 38.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Tommy Novak · 3rd 15:33 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Ben Kindel · 3rd 19:46 · PIT EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 26.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Jason Zucker · 1st 1:46 · BUF

Avery Hayes · 1st 9:18 · PIT

Avery Hayes · 1st 18:47 · PIT

Ben Kindel · 2nd 7:44 · PIT

Tage Thompson · 3rd 1:55 · BUF PP

Tommy Novak · 3rd 15:33 · PIT

Ben Kindel · 3rd 19:46 · PIT EN