Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 16, 2024

Final / OTWednesday, Oct 16, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	3	0	2	0	5		BUF	9	10	14	0	33
PIT	1	2	2	1	6		PIT	13	11	18	1	43

: BUF 57PIT 73
: BUF 2.80PIT 5.10
PP goals: BUF 0PIT 2
Hits: BUF 21PIT 18
Blocks: BUF 17PIT 14
PIM: BUF 10PIT 4
: BUF 38%PIT 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Buffalo Sabres 6–5 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres 6–5 in overtime at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 22:51.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:02.Crosby
Points
JJ Peterka had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:48.Peterka
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:05.Rust
Points
Drew O'Connor had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:06.O'Connor
Points
Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:28.Tuch
Points
Bowen Byram had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:51.Byram
Points
Jason Zucker had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:27.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.

Strength

Period

Team

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

PIT
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · PIT 73 · BUF 57

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 19% of the game, PIT 42%.

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
	62	70
	2.94	4.21
	2.85	3.90
	13	22
	11	2
	32	30
	−0.063	+0.063
	19%	42%

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

L1Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
13:1361% CF
L2Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
11:3642% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Benson
8:0353% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs
7:2031% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
15:4155% CF
D2Byram – Power
15:3227% CF
D3Clifton – Samuelsson
11:3448% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Power
0:48
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:12
PK2FTuch – McLeod
1:04
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
2:37
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
1:02

Current BUF line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Rakell – Bunting
13:2656% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Beauvillier
12:2946% CF
L3Eller – Puljujarvi – O'Connor
10:0047% CF
L4Hayes – Acciari – Glass
7:3358% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
15:5446% CF
D2Letang – Grzelcyk
14:0953% CF
D3Graves – St. Ivany
10:4271% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – Rust
3:2667% CF
PP2Hayes – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting – Puljujarvi
1:0967% CF
PK1FEller – O'Connor
0:30
PK1DGrzelcyk – St. Ivany
0:48

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
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	2	2	+2	5	0.29	1	3	2	19:28	—	—	53	46
JJ Peterka R	L1	2	0	2	+3	4	0.73	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	61	58
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.47	1	1	2	18:34	—	—	58	56
Jordan Greenway L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	3	1	0	18:37	—	—	40	34
Ryan McLeod C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	1	0	2	16:45	—	—	39	34
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	15:27	—	—	42	36
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	54	56
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	48	55
Zach Benson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	1	1	2	10:28	—	—	60	36
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	9:44	—	—	24	4
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	4	0	8:59	—	—	29	7
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	8:40	—	—	31	7
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.10	1	1	0	24:58	—	—	59	56
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	54	48
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	2	0	19:08	—	—	27	28
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	29	26
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	1	0	20:27	—	—	59	46
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:32	—	—	46	35

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	O	43	37	6	.860	5.10	61:38

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	3	4	+1	7	1.20	0	2	0	22:51	—	—	65	74
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.45	2	0	0	17:32	—	—	57	61
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.54	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	56	62
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	2	3	0	3	0.41	1	1	0	22:02	—	—	51	58
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	1	2	0	6	1.21	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	52	60
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	1	0	0	13:09	—	—	45	51
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	46	52
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.23	2	1	0	13:22	—	—	50	48
Drew O'Connor L	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	44	43
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	3	0	0	10:14	—	—	53	76
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:09	—	—	67	78
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	58	73
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	1	4	0	26:37	—	—	46	51
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	2	21:29	—	—	50	53
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	23:41	—	—	46	61
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	2	20:55	—	—	54	67
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	59	58
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:27	—	—	72	77

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Blomqvist	W	28	26	2	.929	1.99	49:00
Tristan Jarry(start)	—	5	2	3	.400	0.81	11:33

Goal anatomy

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

Tage Thompson (BUF) 1st 0:43 · assists Alex Tuch · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 27.3 mph shot · 5.6 s from entry to goal.

Tage Thompson · 1st 0:43 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Jordan Greenway · 1st 3:08 · BUF

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Bryan Rust · 1st 11:01 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: rebound

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JJ Peterka · 1st 11:33 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 54.0 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Drew O'Connor · 2nd 9:12 · PIT SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 78.2 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Jesse Puljujarvi · 2nd 15:20 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 3:26 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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JJ Peterka · 3rd 10:16 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.5 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Ryan McLeod · 3rd 10:56 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 19:14 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.6 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Type: rebound

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Sidney Crosby · OT 1:38 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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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 PenguinsOct 16, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Buffalo Sabres 6–5 (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

Goal anatomy

Tage Thompson · 1st 0:43 · BUF

Jordan Greenway · 1st 3:08 · BUF

Bryan Rust · 1st 11:01 · PIT PP

JJ Peterka · 1st 11:33 · BUF

Drew O'Connor · 2nd 9:12 · PIT SH

Jesse Puljujarvi · 2nd 15:20 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 3:26 · PIT

JJ Peterka · 3rd 10:16 · BUF

Ryan McLeod · 3rd 10:56 · BUF

Rickard Rakell · 3rd 19:14 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · OT 1:38 · PIT PP