Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 11, 2023

FinalSaturday, Nov 11, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	14	11	10	35
PIT	1	1	2	4		PIT	15	13	11	39

: BUF 62PIT 71
: BUF 2.18PIT 5.39
PP goals: BUF 0PIT 1
Hits: BUF 20PIT 16
Blocks: BUF 15PIT 13
PIM: BUF 6PIT 4
: BUF 36%PIT 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at home. Erik Karlsson (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Smith and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:35 together.

Points
Erik Karlsson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:50.Karlsson
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:07.Malkin
Points
Ryan Graves had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:44.Graves
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Smith and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:35 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Smith Guentzel
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +11 against a season average of 27.2; the loss.Luukkonen
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.18 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 26.8; the win.Jarry
Usage
Radim Zohorna (PIT) played 13:34, +3:55 up on his 9:39 season average over 32 games.Zohorna

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 133 of 133 attempts · PIT 71 · BUF 62

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 15% of the game, PIT 48%.

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
	66	67
	2.42	2.93
	2.29	2.74
	13	11
	11	7
	12	8
	−0.104	+0.104
	15%	48%

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

L1Skinner – Thompson – Peterka
5:1347% CF
L2Okposo – Girgensons – Cozens
3:1822% CF
L3Greenway – Mittelstadt – Rousek
1:3933% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
12:5350% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
7:2750% CF
D3Johnson – Clifton
5:3054% CF

PP1Okposo – Olofsson – Jokiharju – Cozens – Power
1:44100% CF
PP2Skinner – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Peterka
1:440% CF
PK1FOkposo – Girgensons
1:38
PK2FGreenway – Thompson
1:37
PK1DJohnson – Samuelsson
3:39
PK2DClifton – Power
0:38

Current BUF line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:4456% CF
L2Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
9:4042% CF
L3Malkin – Smith – Rakell
9:2267% CF
L4Nieto – Hinostroza – Acciari
4:3880% CF
D1Letang – Graves
17:0853% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
14:4544% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Shea
9:3948% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Smith – Guentzel
3:35100% CF
PP2Letang – Rust – Rakell – Hinostroza – Zohorna
1:17100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
1:42
PK2FSmith – O'Connor
1:10
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:02
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
1:14

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	4	0.18	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	50	43
Tage Thompson C	L1	-2	0	0.15	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	47	26
Jeff Skinner L	L1	-1	5	0.35	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	43	35
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	4	0.20	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	57	57
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	62	57
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	-1	4	0.32	4	2	0	14:30	—	—	45	37
Jordan Greenway L	L3	-3	0	0.10	2	1	2	18:40	—	—	46	46
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	57	67
Lukas Rousek R	L3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:56	—	—	42	36
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	2	0.10	2	3	2	23:52	—	—	48	43
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	-1	2	0.02	3	0	0	18:42	—	—	49	46
Owen Power D	D2	-2	3	0.16	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	43	33
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	54	51
Connor Clifton D	D3	-1	0	0.00	3	2	2	17:15	—	—	45	33
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	2	0.02	2	2	0	12:32	—	—	61	53
Tyson Jost C	—	-1	2	0.25	1	2	0	12:53	—	—	30	29
Victor Olofsson L	—	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	61	64
Ryan Johnson D	—	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:18	—	—	57	72

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.15	59:01

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.94	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	54	59
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	1.00	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	54	55
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.26	4	0	0	18:31	—	—	57	66
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	41	44
Drew O'Connor L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	2	2	0	14:58	—	—	42	47
Radim Zohorna L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	46	48
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	52	63
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	62	69
Rickard Rakell R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.40	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	52	59
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	3	1	0	11:37	—	—	38	41
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	41	37
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	7:23	—	—	89	90
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	2	0	24:06	—	—	55	62
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.15	0	4	2	21:44	—	—	51	58
Erik Karlsson D	D2	2	0	2	+1	4	1.08	0	0	2	22:50	—	—	47	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	50	57
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	1	0	13:33	—	—	41	39
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:30	—	—	55	59

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	2.18	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Evgeni Malkin (PIT) 1st 19:01 · assists Ryan Graves, Radim Zohorna · Cycle · 21.3 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 1st 19:01 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Erik Karlsson · 3rd 0:27 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 54.5 mph
Distance: 54 ft

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Drew O'Connor · 2nd 16:24 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 36.4 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Erik Karlsson · 3rd 18:11 · PIT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: one-timer

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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 11, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

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

Goal anatomy

Evgeni Malkin · 1st 19:01 · PIT

Erik Karlsson · 3rd 0:27 · PIT PP

Drew O'Connor · 2nd 16:24 · PIT

Erik Karlsson · 3rd 18:11 · PIT EN