Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 14, 2017

Final / OTTuesday, Nov 14, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	2	2	0	0	4		BUF	13	13	6	0	32
PIT	1	2	1	1	5		PIT	15	16	13	1	45

: BUF 45PIT 81
: BUF 3.17PIT 4.57
PP goals: BUF 2PIT 1
Hits: BUF 28PIT 35
Blocks: BUF 20PIT 4
PIM: BUF 14PIT 10
: BUF 39%PIT 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime at home. Patric Hornqvist (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 45 shots and stopped 40 (.889), +16 against a season average of 29.4; the overtime loss.

Points
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:07.Hornqvist
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:36.Reinhart
Points
Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:15.Sheary
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:10.Eichel
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:25.Kessel
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:34.Crosby
Goalie
Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 45 shots and stopped 40 (.889), +16 against a season average of 29.4; the overtime loss.Lehner
Usage
Josh Gorges (BUF) played 22:25, +7:42 up on his 14:43 season average over 33 games.Gorges

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

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

PIT
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · PIT 81 · BUF 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 18% of the game, PIT 56%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

BUF

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	BUF	PIT
	34	76
	1.66	3.84
	1.63	3.77
	8	12
	4	6
	7	13
	−0.082	+0.082
	18%	56%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Kane – Reinhart – Eichel
13:3826% CF
L2Pouliot – Okposo – O'Reilly
10:1444% CF
L3Pominville – Moulson – Larsson
7:1536% CF
L4Nolan – Girgensons – Baptiste
4:5913% CF
D1Falk – Scandella
13:2735% CF
D2Gorges – Beaulieu
11:5645% CF
D3Fedun – McCabe
8:3622% CF

PP1Okposo – Scandella – O'Reilly – Kane – Eichel
2:33100% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Fedun – Beaulieu – Reinhart
0:5650% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
2:28
PK2FO'Reilly – Girgensons
2:20
PK1DFalk – Scandella
2:55
PK2DGorges – McCabe
1:38

Current BUF line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:1069% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
9:4257% CF
L3Hornqvist – Sheahan – Sheary
8:3286% CF
L4Reaves – McKegg – Kuhnhackl
7:2360% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:5076% CF
D2Cole – Schultz
12:1959% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
12:1274% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
6:0586% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Kessel – Schultz – Guentzel
0:45100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:58
PK2FRust – Kuhnhackl
0:48
PK1DCole – Dumoulin
1:48
PK2DMaatta – Ruhwedel
0:53

Current PIT 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.37	1	0	2	22:10	—	—	26	34
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.57	4	0	2	20:28	—	—	32	43
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.30	1	2	0	18:36	—	—	23	27
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	2	0	20:41	—	—	41	33
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.38	2	1	2	16:57	—	—	40	32
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.83	1	2	2	16:08	—	—	50	46
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	3	0	0	16:03	—	—	35	29
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	33	24
Matt Moulson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	8:57	—	—	33	42
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:24	—	—	17	8
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:26	—	—	9	11
Nick Baptiste R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	5:38	—	—	20	10
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	4	0	2	26:34	—	—	30	32
Justin Falk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	4	0	20:23	—	—	31	28
Josh Gorges D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	22:25	—	—	43	40
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	0	2	0	17:02	—	—	37	53
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	20:16	—	—	23	17
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	10:22	—	—	22	20

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	O	45	40	5	.889	4.57	60:16

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.80	1	0	0	23:34	—	—	69	67
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	5	0	0	18:34	—	—	66	62
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	17:34	—	—	65	61
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	54	67
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	6	0.73	1	0	2	18:11	—	—	56	68
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.93	3	0	0	15:38	—	—	69	75
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	1	2	3	+2	5	0.67	5	0	2	16:07	—	—	89	84
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	87	77
Conor Sheary L	L3	2	0	2	+3	4	0.29	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	87	78
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	0	0	9:19	—	—	60	30
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:12	—	—	64	76
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	8	0	2	8:12	—	—	67	78
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.07	0	0	2	25:35	—	—	74	77
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	77	78
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	18:16	—	—	56	63
Ian Cole D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	2	1	2	16:45	—	—	63	67
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	16:35	—	—	70	58
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	16:31	—	—	78	71

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	32	28	4	.875	3.17	59:53

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 14, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Pittsburgh Penguins