Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 17, 2021

Final / OTFriday, Dec 17, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	1	1	0	2		BUF	5	10	5	1	21
PIT	1	1	0	1	3		PIT	21	10	15	2	48

: BUF 38PIT 77
: BUF 1.28PIT 4.30
PP goals: BUF 0PIT 1
Hits: BUF 32PIT 28
Blocks: BUF 12PIT 8
PIM: BUF 18PIT 16
: BUF 45%PIT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at home. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Malcolm Subban (BUF) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +15 against a season average of 33.0; the overtime loss.

Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:29.Letang
Goalie
Malcolm Subban (BUF) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +15 against a season average of 33.0; the overtime loss.Subban
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Crosby, Letang, Zucker and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 3:55 together.Carter Crosby Letang Zucker Rodrigues
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Skinner–Hinostroza skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Skinner Hinostroza
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 22:36, +6:51 up on his 15:45 season average over 81 games.Rodrigues
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Asplund–Thompson skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Asplund Thompson
New line
New look for BUF: Olofsson–Murray–Cozens skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olofsson Murray Cozens
New line
New look for PIT: Lafferty–Simon–O'Connor skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lafferty Simon O'Connor

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 115 of 115 attempts · PIT 77 · BUF 38

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 13% of the game, PIT 52%.

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
	38	68
	1.06	3.03
	1.04	2.82
	6	12
	4	4
	13	11
	−0.057	+0.057
	13%	52%

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

L1Jankowski – Girgensons – Hayden
11:2964% CF
L2Eakin – Skinner – Hinostroza
5:5950% CF
L3Okposo – Asplund – Thompson
5:5240% CF
L4Olofsson – Murray – Cozens
5:280% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
16:1731% CF
D2Fitzgerald – Bryson
12:5033% CF
D3Pysyk – Miller
12:1239% CF

PP1Okposo – Skinner – Olofsson – Dahlin – Cozens
1:08100% CF
PP2Miller – Hinostroza – Asplund – Murray – Jokiharju
0:48
PK1FOkposo – Jankowski
2:18
PK2FHayden – Asplund
0:54
PK1DPysyk – Jokiharju
3:14
PK2DMiller – Dahlin
0:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Kapanen – Rodrigues
13:0155% CF
L2Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese
11:4375% CF
L3Carter – Zucker – Heinen
11:0164% CF
L4Lafferty – Simon – O'Connor
7:0369% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:1850% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
14:5783% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
13:0874% CF

PP1Carter – Crosby – Letang – Zucker – Rodrigues
3:55100% CF
PP2Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Simon – O'Connor
0:26100% CF
PK1FCarter – Lafferty
1:09
PK2FBlueger – McGinn
1:06
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
1:44
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
0:31

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
Mark Jankowski L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	0	2	0	17:58	—	—	64	65
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	3	0	0	14:46	—	—	64	65
John Hayden C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.23	7	1	0	14:36	—	—	60	53
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	41	22
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	41	12
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	1	0	12:27	—	—	44	13
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:12	—	—	27	22
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	9	15:18	—	—	32	37
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	33	35
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	8	9
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	0	0
Brett Murray L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	8	9
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	24:27	—	—	28	11
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.10	3	4	2	23:47	—	—	27	11
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	41	48
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	5	2	5	16:42	—	—	33	43
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	37	19
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	2	17:24	—	—	49	30

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	O	48	45	3	.938	4.30	62:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	1	0	1	0	9	1.34	2	2	0	22:36	—	—	54	66
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	20:53	—	—	59	66
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.46	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	55	65
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	72	72
Brock McGinn L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.35	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	72	72
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	5	13:55	—	—	71	67
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	+1	7	0.69	1	1	2	18:52	—	—	64	87
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	3	0	0	16:11	—	—	67	89
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	65	88
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	2	11:13	—	—	73	86
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	0	0	0	9:57	—	—	73	85
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	3	1	5	8:55	—	—	61	80
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.19	2	0	0	26:29	—	—	49	53
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	3	0	24:45	—	—	49	56
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	21:07	—	—	84	93
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	2	15:22	—	—	74	84
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	2	0	0	16:30	—	—	68	71
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:11	—	—	69	77

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.28	62:53

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 PenguinsDec 17, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (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