Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 22, 2020

FinalSaturday, Feb 22, 2020· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	3	0	2	5		BUF	10	11	5	26
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	12	13	18	43

: BUF 51PIT 67
: BUF 2.43PIT 3.71
PP goals: BUF 2PIT 0
Hits: BUF 31PIT 40
Blocks: BUF 13PIT 11
PIM: BUF 6PIT 8
: BUF 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at PIT. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:33 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:11.Malkin
Points
Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:30.Eichel
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:04.Reinhart
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:13.Ristolainen
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:33 together.Ristolainen Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 43 shots and stopped 41 (.953), +13 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Hutton
New line
New look for BUF: Johansson–Vesey–Sheary skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Vesey Sheary
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Rust skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hornqvist Rust

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 118 of 118 attempts · PIT 67 · BUF 51

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 23% of the game, PIT 37%.

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
	54	64
	2.52	2.79
	2.46	2.66
	17	14
	7	6
	17	20
	−0.081	+0.081
	23%	37%

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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
12:1435% CF
L2Johansson – Vesey – Sheary
11:0441% CF
L3Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
10:2280% CF
L4Frolik – Skinner – Lazar
9:2233% CF
D1Ristolainen – Montour
17:5438% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
14:2761% CF
D3McCabe – Jokiharju
13:5950% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
2:3367% CF
PP2Okposo – Johansson – Skinner – Miller – Sheary
1:2567% CF
PK1FFrolik – Lazar
2:35
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
1:21
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:50
PK2DMontour – Jokiharju
1:04

Current BUF line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Zucker – Simon
11:1153% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Rust
10:0738% CF
L3Blueger – McCann – Tanev
6:4247% CF
L4Agozzino – Lafferty – Angello
5:1343% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
18:3840% CF
D2Schultz – Pettersson
17:4266% CF
D3Trotman – Ruhwedel
12:0260% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Rust
3:23100% CF
PP2Schultz – Agozzino – Zucker – McCann – Pettersson
0:25100% CF
PK1FRust – Blueger
1:27
PK2FLafferty – Tanev
0:51
PK1DJohnson – Letang
2:48
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
1:10

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	2	0	2	+1	2	0.43	0	2	0	18:30	—	—	36	47
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	18:04	—	—	39	51
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	31	48
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	4	1	0	15:08	—	—	46	60
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.62	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	40	54
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	41	58
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	72	49
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	77	53
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	1	1	0	13:09	—	—	72	55
Michael Frolik R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:35	—	—	44	24
Jeff Skinner L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.16	2	0	0	13:45	—	—	50	26
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	2	13:14	—	—	31	12
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.10	3	1	0	23:13	—	—	40	57
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	1	1	2	21:46	—	—	32	48
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	19:26	—	—	54	58
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	3	2	18:54	—	—	57	65
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	45	27
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	17:02	—	—	46	16

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	43	41	2	.953	3.71	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	0	0	19:58	—	—	62	51
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	59	61
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	56	49
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	1.00	4	0	0	18:24	—	—	46	64
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	6	0	0	18:15	—	—	46	53
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.57	3	0	4	18:11	—	—	35	52
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	61	40
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	6	2	2	16:44	—	—	58	40
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.43	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	61	60
Andrew Agozzino L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	64	64
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	40	18
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	3	1	0	6:56	—	—	46	51
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	3	0	0	25:09	—	—	44	31
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	4	2	0	22:12	—	—	39	20
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	2	20:27	—	—	67	80
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	3	2	0	20:21	—	—	65	79
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	57	40
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	3	2	0	13:48	—	—	63	63

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.43	60:00

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 PenguinsFeb 22, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

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