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Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 5, 2026

Final· PPG Paints Arena
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BUF
5
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PIT
1
Goals123TShots123T
BUF1315BUF711826
PIT1001PIT6121028
BUF 61PIT 56
BUF 4.07PIT 2.74
PP goals
BUF 1PIT 0
Hits
BUF 20PIT 18
Blocks
BUF 11PIT 11
PIM
BUF 10PIT 23
BUF 60%PIT 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 at PIT. Josh Norris (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 5:54, −11:54 down on his 17:48 season average over 55 games.

  1. Points
    Josh Norris had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:41.Norris
  2. Points
    Owen Power had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:45.Power
  3. Usage
    Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 5:54, −11:54 down on his 17:48 season average over 55 games.Malkin
  4. New line
    New look for BUF: Malenstyn–Dunne–Benson skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MalenstynDunneBenson
  5. Luck
    PIT scored 1 goal on 2.74 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Usage
    Parker Wotherspoon (PIT) played 14:54, −5:20 down on his 20:14 season average over 79 games.Wotherspoon
  7. Usage
    Kris Letang (PIT) played 17:09, −4:36 down on his 21:45 season average over 73 games.Letang
  8. Usage
    Egor Chinakhov (PIT) played 17:27, +4:02 up on his 13:25 season average over 71 games.Chinakhov

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: 117 attempts, 54 on goal, 6 goals, 6.82 expected goals; best chance Josh Norris at 0.59 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 117 of 117 attempts · PIT 56 · BUF 61

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 2.74 to 4.07 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 61, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdPITBUFMRNTPSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITBUFcontrol2nd3rdMcLeod · 1st 12:00Rust · 1st 14:48Norris · 2nd 4:10Tuch · 2nd 6:18Power · 2nd 10:30Samuelsson · 3rd 16:53
  • 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 46% of the game, PIT 29%.

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 Arturs Silovs (55:54) for PIT and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (59:24) for BUF, 6 goals.

PIT
BUF
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against BUF skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the PIT side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, PIT rows versus BUF columns: 250 matchups; most common Lizotte vs Byram, 8:33 at 44% xGF.

PIT ↓ · BUF →DoanNorrisOstlundMalenstynBensonDunneThompsonTuchKrebsMcLeodZuckerQuinnByramPowerDahlinKesselringSamuelssonMetsaL1 LizotteL1 AcciariL1 DewarL2 ManthaL2 NovakL2 BrazeauL3 RustL3 RakellL3 ChinakhovL4 KindelL4 HayesL4 MalkinD1 SheaD1 CliftonD2 GirardD2 LetangD3 KarlssonD3 Wotherspoon
PIT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatBUFPIT
4146
1.871.89
1.801.72
1211
54
1813
+0.044−0.044
46%29%

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. 12:00
    BUFRyan McLeodSHbackhand0.29 xG
    BUF: Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson, PowerPIT: Letang, Novak, Brazeau, Chinakhov, Kindel
    BUF 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 14:48
    PITBryan RustSH (Ben Kindel)wrist0.31 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin, DoanPIT: Karlsson, Rust, Shea, Kindel
    BUF 1 – 1 PIT

2nd period

  1. 4:10
    BUFJosh NorrisPP (Josh Doan, Bowen Byram)wrist0.59 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Byram, DoanPIT: Letang, Girard, Lizotte, Kindel
    BUF 2 – 1 PIT
  2. 6:18
    BUFAlex Tuch (Owen Power, Tage Thompson)tip-in0.27 xG
    BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Power, OstlundPIT: Letang, Karlsson, Chinakhov, Hayes, Kindel
    BUF 3 – 1 PIT
  3. 10:30
    BUFOwen Power (Josh Norris, Noah Ostlund)wrist0.10 xG
    BUF: Norris, Dahlin, Doan, Power, OstlundPIT: Karlsson, Novak, Wotherspoon, Chinakhov, Hayes
    BUF 4 – 1 PIT

3rd period

  1. 16:53
    BUFMattias SamuelssonENwrist0.22 xG
    BUF: McLeod, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Quinn, BensonPIT: Letang, Rakell, Mantha, Girard, Chinakhov, Kindel
    BUF 5 – 1 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
Josh Doan RL1011030.6800018:28——7773
Josh Norris CL1112020.7300017:41——6764
Noah Ostlund CL1011+210.0200016:42——6766
Beck Malenstyn LL2000000.0052214:25——3951
Zach Benson LL2000+100.0821013:22——4550
Josh Dunne CL2000010.122008:37——4379
Tage Thompson CL3011010.1221018:43——2617
Alex Tuch RL3101+230.4411017:37——3121
Peyton Krebs CL3000010.0141210:35——2116
Ryan McLeod CL4101+210.4100218:23——6368
Jason Zucker LL4000-110.3701014:11——5068
Jack Quinn RL4000+120.2500011:49——4552
Bowen Byram DD1011020.0600022:32——6757
Owen Power DD1112+310.1011020:45——4653
Rasmus Dahlin DD2000+140.4010421:29——3950
Michael Kesselring DD2000020.0510012:58——4350
Mattias Samuelsson DD3101+310.2303021:19——3551
Zach Metsa DD3000000.0010011:00——4636
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W28271.9642.7459:24

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Blake Lizotte CL1000020.2211016:44——3344
Noel Acciari CL1000020.1712215:27——3348
Connor Dewar CL1000020.0230014:43——3647
Anthony Mantha RL2000-120.1600015:58——6255
Tommy Novak CL2000-210.0700015:03——6457
Justin Brazeau RL2000-130.2820014:13——6543
Bryan Rust RL3101+150.6500019:53——6754
Rickard Rakell RL3000-120.3420018:34——6956
Egor Chinakhov RL3000-410.1810017:27——5453
Ben Kindel CL4011-200.0010214:52——6042
Avery Hayes RL4000-220.0400012:43——5319
Evgeni Malkin CL4000010.2500175:54——5784
Ryan Shea DD1000+110.0902018:30——5274
Connor Clifton DD1000000.1122017:55——5774
Samuel Girard DD2000-100.0013018:02——5655
Kris Letang DD2000-310.0130017:09——7158
Erik Karlsson DD3000-130.1501223:05——4420
Parker Wotherspoon DD3000-100.0010014:54——4112
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arturs Silovs(start)L25214.8403.8555:54

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan McLeod (BUF SH) 1st 12:00 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 18.4 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Ryan McLeod · 1st 12:00 · BUF SH

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
18.4 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
2.4 s

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Bryan Rust · 1st 14:48 · PIT SH

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1
Shot
19.3 mph
Distance
1 ft
Entry to goal
2.7 s

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 6:18 · BUF

Play
deflection
Passes
1
Shot
31.3 mph
Distance
8 ft
Type
deflection

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Owen Power · 2nd 10:30 · BUF

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
34.4 mph
Distance
19 ft

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