Sat, Dec 2, 2017·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Buffalo Sabres 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 74% of the time.
65%
8%
20%
PIT winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Pominville–Kane–Eichel | Pouliot–O'Reilly–Reinhart | Okposo–Nolan–Criscuolo | Larsson–Girgensons–Fasching | Scandella–Ristolainen | Bogosian–McCabe | Gorges–Beaulieu | Gorges–McCabe | McCabe–Ristolainen | Bogosian–Scandella | Scandella–McCabe | Gorges–Bogosian | Gorges–Scandella | Beaulieu–McCabe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malkin–Kessel–Guentzel | 3:310.18–0.10 | 2:110.03–0.05 | 1:050.09–0.04 | 1:190.17–0.00 | 3:420.24–0.05 | 1:500.03–0.03 | 1:060.13–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:440.09–0.03 | 0:400.11–0.02 | 0:400.00–0.00 | |||
| Crosby–Hornqvist–Sheary | 4:500.32–0.02 | 0:470.00–0.00 | 0:550.01–0.06 | 0:420.00–0.02 | 4:310.32–0.03 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 1:170.01–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Hagelin–Sheahan–Rust | 0:450.00–0.04 | 2:450.18–0.02 | 0:490.00–0.07 | 1:090.02–0.09 | 1:130.00–0.06 | 1:470.09–0.00 | 1:340.09–0.07 | 0:400.02–0.00 | ||||||
| Reaves–Kuhnhackl–Rowney | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:460.00–0.02 | 1:380.00–0.00 | 2:400.00–0.02 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Letang–Dumoulin | 6:090.28–0.11 | 1:010.00–0.02 | 1:010.00–0.09 | 0:550.03–0.00 | 5:270.28–0.20 | 1:560.05–0.10 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | |||||
| Cole–Schultz | 2:290.14–0.12 | 2:110.09–0.02 | 1:190.09–0.14 | 1:290.02–0.00 | 3:010.14–0.20 | 1:170.00–0.02 | 1:160.09–0.00 | 1:240.00–0.00 | 0:450.02–0.00 | |||||
| Hunwick–Maatta | 2:030.09–0.02 | 1:430.00–0.08 | 1:580.13–0.09 | 1:290.10–0.02 | 1:440.09–0.02 | 2:210.13–0.07 | 0:340.00–0.09 | 0:350.02–0.03 | 0:370.00–0.00 | |||||
| Schultz–Maatta | 0:480.03–0.03 | 0:540.01–0.06 | 0:320.00–0.03 | 0:340.01–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Hunwick–Cole | 1:210.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Letang–Cole | 1:040.08–0.00 | 1:320.08–0.04 | ||||||||||||
| Hunwick–Dumoulin | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:180.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
PITBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 30 | 28:11 | 0:56 | 1:48 | 5 | 6 |
 Marco ScandellaBUF | 32 | 26:52 | 0:50 | 1:36 | 6 | 4 |
 Kris LetangPIT | 30 | 26:02 | 0:52 | 1:46 | 4 | 5 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 24 | 21:35 | 0:54 | 1:38 | 5 | 1 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 25 | 21:34 | 0:52 | 1:38 | 5 | 1 |
 Sidney CrosbyPIT | 24 | 21:00 | 0:53 | 1:46 | 5 | 0 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 26 | 20:30 | 0:47 | 1:50 | 9 | 1 |
 Phil KesselPIT | 20 | 19:58 | 1:00 | 1:56 | 5 | 1 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 30 | 19:37 | 0:39 | 1:22 | 4 | 0 |
 Ian ColePIT | 26 | 19:13 | 0:44 | 1:49 | 0 | 5 |
 Patric HornqvistPIT | 25 | 18:24 | 0:44 | 1:46 | 7 | 0 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 27 | 17:34 | 0:39 | 1:36 | 2 | 0 |
 Olli MaattaPIT | 25 | 17:21 | 0:42 | 1:16 | 2 | 4 |
 Evgeni MalkinPIT | 20 | 17:14 | 0:52 | 1:56 | 4 | 1 |
 Matt HunwickPIT | 24 | 17:00 | 0:43 | 1:49 | 1 | 4 |
 Brian DumoulinPIT | 25 | 16:40 | 0:40 | 1:10 | 1 | 5 |
 Justin SchultzPIT | 24 | 16:15 | 0:41 | 1:39 | 2 | 2 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 20 | 16:01 | 0:48 | 1:38 | 5 | 1 |
 Jake GuentzelPIT | 20 | 15:53 | 0:48 | 1:47 | 1 | 1 |
 Riley SheahanPIT | 24 | 15:40 | 0:39 | 1:23 | 0 | 11 |
 Carl HagelinPIT | 22 | 14:56 | 0:41 | 1:48 | 0 | 8 |
 Bryan RustPIT | 20 | 14:26 | 0:43 | 1:34 | 0 | 6 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 21 | 14:16 | 0:41 | 1:13 | 3 | 1 |
 Benoit PouliotBUF | 24 | 14:13 | 0:36 | 1:16 | 5 | 2 |
 Conor ShearyPIT | 18 | 14:01 | 0:47 | 1:19 | 2 | 0 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 22 | 13:54 | 0:38 | 1:23 | 6 | 0 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 16 | 12:49 | 0:48 | 1:34 | 5 | 2 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 21 | 12:38 | 0:36 | 1:04 | 3 | 3 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 21 | 12:28 | 0:36 | 1:23 | 2 | 3 |
 Hudson FaschingBUF | 13 | 10:57 | 0:51 | 1:34 | 2 | 0 |
 Carter RowneyPIT | 19 | 10:19 | 0:33 | 1:01 | 1 | 7 |
 Tom KuhnhacklPIT | 16 | 9:28 | 0:36 | 0:52 | 1 | 5 |
 Kyle CriscuoloBUF | 16 | 9:22 | 0:35 | 1:03 | 3 | 3 |
 Jordan NolanBUF | 15 | 7:51 | 0:31 | 1:00 | 3 | 0 |
 Nathan BeaulieuBUF | 9 | 7:46 | 0:52 | 1:13 | 2 | 1 |
 Ryan ReavesPIT | 12 | 6:21 | 0:32 | 0:58 | 1 | 2 |