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Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMay 6, 2021

Final· PPG Paints Arena
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BUF
4
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PIT
8
Goals123TShots123T
BUF1214BUF561223
PIT2338PIT10131134
BUF 37PIT 50
BUF 2.08PIT 3.50
PP goals
BUF 1PIT 1
Hits
BUF 24PIT 17
Blocks
BUF 10PIT 8
PIM
BUF 2PIT 4
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 8–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 8–4 at home. Jeff Carter (PIT) led the scoring with 4G 0A.

  1. Points
    Jeff Carter had 4 goals (4 points) on 5 shots in 17:16.Carter
  2. Points
    Jared McCann had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:13.McCann
  3. Points
    Frederick Gaudreau had 3 assists (3 points) in 13:34.Gaudreau
  4. Points
    Drake Caggiula had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:09.Caggiula
  5. Points
    Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:47.Kapanen
  6. Points
    Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.Crosby
  7. Points
    Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:00.Thompson
  8. Points
    Jason Zucker had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:47.Zucker

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, BUF at PIT: 87 attempts, 57 on goal, 12 goals, 5.57 expected goals; best chance Sidney Crosby at 0.30 xG.

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

Showing 87 of 87 attempts · PIT 50 · BUF 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at PIT: expected goals 3.50 to 2.08 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 50 to 37, 12 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdPITBUFCCCTCCDMCCSKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITBUFcontrol2nd3rdCaggiula · 1st 2:45Carter · 1st 9:57Carter · 1st 11:39Thompson · 2nd 3:32Carter · 2nd 4:36Caggiula · 2nd 5:13Dumoulin · 2nd 6:26McCann · 2nd 7:25Carter · 3rd 3:02Crosby · 3rd 6:25Skinner · 3rd 9:45Kapanen · 3rd 13:05
  • 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 15% of the game, PIT 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BUF at PIT: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Tristan Jarry (60:00) for PIT and Michael Houser (60:00) for BUF, 12 goals.

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
StatBUFPIT
3458
1.563.69
1.553.63
413
22
1716
+0.001−0.001
15%43%

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

Current BUF line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:45
    BUFDrake Caggiula (Riley Sheahan)snap0.11 xG
    BUF: Sheahan, Skinner, Caggiula, Jokiharju, DahlinPIT: Sceviour, Ceci, Blueger, Friedman, Aston-Reese
    BUF 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 9:57
    PITJeff Carter (Jared McCann, Frederick Gaudreau)snap0.17 xG
    BUF: Ristolainen, Asplund, Thompson, Mittelstadt, SamuelssonPIT: Carter, Ceci, Gaudreau, McCann, Friedman
    BUF 1 – 1 PIT
  3. 11:39
    PITJeff CarterPP (Jason Zucker, Kasperi Kapanen)snap0.25 xG
    BUF: Miller, Asplund, Caggiula, BrysonPIT: Carter, Zucker, Kapanen, McCann, Marino
    BUF 1 – 2 PIT

2nd period

  1. 3:32
    BUFTage Thompson (Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.25 xG
    BUF: Asplund, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, DahlinPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
    BUF 2 – 2 PIT
  2. 4:36
    PITJeff Carter (Marcus Pettersson, Frederick Gaudreau)wrist0.20 xG
    BUF: Ristolainen, Reinhart, Bjork, Olofsson, SamuelssonPIT: Carter, Gaudreau, McCann, Pettersson, Marino
    BUF 2 – 3 PIT
  3. 5:13
    BUFDrake Caggiula (Colin Miller, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.10 xG
    BUF: Sheahan, Miller, Murray, Caggiula, BrysonPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Ceci, Kapanen, Friedman
    BUF 3 – 3 PIT
  4. 6:26
    PITBrian Dumoulin (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)slap0.05 xG
    BUF: Skinner, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Cozens, RuotsalainenPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
    BUF 3 – 4 PIT
  5. 7:25
    PITJared McCann (Frederick Gaudreau)snap0.10 xG
    BUF: Reinhart, Bjork, Olofsson, Jokiharju, DahlinPIT: Carter, Letang, Gaudreau, McCann, Pettersson
    BUF 3 – 5 PIT

3rd period

  1. 3:02
    PITJeff Carter (Jared McCann)backhand0.09 xG
    BUF: Miller, Asplund, Thompson, Mittelstadt, BrysonPIT: Carter, Ceci, Gaudreau, McCann, Friedman
    BUF 3 – 6 PIT
  2. 6:25
    PITSidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.07 xG
    BUF: Miller, Reinhart, Bjork, Olofsson, BrysonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
    BUF 3 – 7 PIT
  3. 9:45
    BUFJeff SkinnerPP (Tage Thompson, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.14 xG
    BUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Thompson, Bryson, RuotsalainenPIT: Letang, Sceviour, Blueger, Marino
    BUF 4 – 7 PIT
  4. 13:05
    PITKasperi Kapanen (Evgeni Malkin, Jason Zucker)snap0.11 xG
    BUF: Skinner, Miller, Bryson, Cozens, RuotsalainenPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Ceci, Kapanen, Friedman
    BUF 4 – 8 PIT

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sam Reinhart CL1000-340.3400019:45——4222
Anders Bjork LL1000-310.0800019:15——3519
Victor Olofsson LL1000-320.1410019:08——4222
Casey Mittelstadt CL2011-120.1611015:58——2631
Tage Thompson CL2112-130.2810015:00——2529
Rasmus Asplund CL2000-110.1711014:03——2329
Dylan Cozens CL3000-210.0310014:36——358
Arttu Ruotsalainen CL3000-200.0710213:41——358
Jeff Skinner LL3101-110.2000012:53——4722
Riley Sheahan CL4011+200.0000013:28——4458
Drake Caggiula LL4202+240.3000013:09——4766
Brett Murray LL4000+110.1510011:10——5059
Rasmus Ristolainen DD1022-210.0484021:36——2824
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000-200.0011021:07——2624
Rasmus Dahlin DD2000010.0831024:05——4031
Henri Jokiharju DD2000010.0120020:27——3930
Jacob Bryson DD3000-200.0022015:40——4839
Colin Miller DD3011-200.0410013:38——4738
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Michael Houser(start)L34268.7653.5060:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1112+130.3800017:17——6868
Bryan Rust RL1000+100.0000017:06——7369
Jake Guentzel CL1011+130.1900016:59——7068
Evgeni Malkin CL2011020.4000015:01——6764
Kasperi Kapanen RL2112020.2101014:47——6260
Jason Zucker LL2022030.1711214:47——6764
Jeff Carter CL3404+450.7511017:16——5683
Jared McCann LL3123+420.2110014:13——5683
Frederick Gaudreau CL3033+400.0001013:34——6084
Zachary Aston-Reese LL4000-130.5141013:17——5870
Teddy Blueger CL4000-110.0120012:00——5670
Colton Sceviour CL4000-110.1120011:24——5973
Kris Letang DD1022+240.2731024:46——6868
Brian Dumoulin DD1101+110.0512222:48——7075
John Marino DD2000+110.0300021:06——6473
Marcus Pettersson DD2011+210.0200018:29——6068
Cody Ceci DD3000+110.1520017:44——5770
Mark Friedman DD3000+110.0400013:39——5768
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)W23194.8262.0860:00