Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 2, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 2, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	5	13	15	33
PIT	1	2	2	5		PIT	10	10	9	29

: BUF 63PIT 54
: BUF 2.87PIT 4.25
PP goals: BUF 0PIT 1
Hits: BUF 33PIT 21
Blocks: BUF 14PIT 16
PIM: BUF 19PIT 13
: BUF 48%PIT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Nathan Beaulieu (BUF) played 7:46, −8:19 down on his 16:05 season average over 58 games.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 17:14.Malkin
Points
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:24.Hornqvist
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:00.Crosby
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:02.Letang
Usage
Nathan Beaulieu (BUF) played 7:46, −8:19 down on his 16:05 season average over 58 games.Beaulieu
New line
New look for BUF: Larsson–Girgensons–Fasching skated 5:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Larsson Girgensons Fasching
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Nolan–Criscuolo skated 5:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Nolan Criscuolo
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 2.86 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of 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.

Strength

Period

Team

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

PIT
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · PIT 54 · BUF 63

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 36% of the game, PIT 41%.

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
	47	42
	1.58	1.73
	1.57	1.67
	5	5
	4	6
	11	13
	+0.000	+0.000
	36%	41%

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

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
10:1058% CF
L2Pouliot – O'Reilly – Reinhart
9:1540% CF
L3Okposo – Nolan – Criscuolo
5:2682% CF
L4Larsson – Girgensons – Fasching
5:0544% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
12:2662% CF
D2Bogosian – McCabe
7:4836% CF
D3Gorges – Beaulieu
6:0433% CF

PP1Pominville – Okposo – O'Reilly – Fasching – Ristolainen
3:56100% CF
PP2Bogosian – Scandella – Kane – Reinhart – Eichel
3:54100% CF
PK1FKane – Eichel
3:52
PK2FPouliot – Larsson
1:33
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
3:51
PK2DGorges – McCabe
1:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Guentzel
10:0161% CF
L2Crosby – Hornqvist – Sheary
8:4367% CF
L3Hagelin – Sheahan – Rust
6:3153% CF
L4Reaves – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
4:5317% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
10:4745% CF
D2Cole – Schultz
8:4536% CF
D3Hunwick – Maatta
8:1459% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
6:0575% CF
PP2Schultz – Rust – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
2:16100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
3:36
PK2FKuhnhackl – Rowney
2:22
PK1DHunwick – Cole
4:19
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
2:28

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
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.60	2	2	0	21:35	—	—	52	48
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.10	3	0	0	21:34	—	—	58	49
Jason Pominville R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	62	60
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	42	57
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	2	14:13	—	—	47	43
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	2	13:54	—	—	38	42
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	2	1	0	12:49	—	—	67	72
Kyle Criscuolo C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	2	9:22	—	—	67	70
Jordan Nolan C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:51	—	—	69	57
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	6	0	0	12:38	—	—	47	14
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	12:28	—	—	37	11
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	3	0	2	10:57	—	—	57	31
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.48	1	1	0	28:11	—	—	66	53
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	1	2	26:52	—	—	55	49
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	2	1	0	19:37	—	—	48	43
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	5	17:34	—	—	48	57
Josh Gorges D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	3	0	14:16	—	—	42	34
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	7:46	—	—	30	20

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.44	59:03

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.84	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	57	70
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	+1	8	0.89	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	57	70
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	62	70
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.98	1	0	0	21:00	—	—	57	72
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.40	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	60	62
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	60	61
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	2	0	15:40	—	—	43	47
Carl Hagelin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	41	31
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	0	1	0	14:26	—	—	48	41
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:19	—	—	15	4
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	9:28	—	—	9	0
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	7	6:21	—	—	17	7
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.39	2	0	0	26:02	—	—	48	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	16:40	—	—	48	58
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	4	5	0	19:13	—	—	40	52
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.14	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	35	39
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	3	2	2	17:21	—	—	58	66
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:00	—	—	48	42

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.87	59:49

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 PenguinsDec 2, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

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

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Pittsburgh Penguins