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Thu, Mar 5, 2020·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Buffalo Sabres 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 66% of the time.

BUF winsPIT wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Shift data for this game has gaps, so treat the charts as approximate.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against PIT'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.

Crosby–Zucker–ShearyMarleau–Malkin–RustHornqvist–Bjugstad–McCannBlueger–Rodrigues–TanevLetang–DumoulinPettersson–MarinoJohnson–SchultzJohnson–MarinoSchultz–DumoulinLetang–Pettersson
Simmonds–Skinner–Lazar2:430.09–0.002:260.18–0.211:050.00–0.001:040.06–0.000:560.00–0.005:190.27–0.02
Reinhart–Olofsson–Eichel0:410.00–0.003:210.10–0.461:090.08–0.030:490.00–0.003:570.20–0.452:110.00–0.040:300.00–0.00
Okposo–Girgensons–Eichel1:510.00–0.352:360.32–0.141:370.00–0.002:430.32–0.143:200.00–0.350:310.00–0.00
Johansson–Vesey–Kahun0:410.00–0.004:180.22–0.271:370.05–0.242:080.08–0.041:290.05–0.11
Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons3:530.09–0.042:040.09–0.000:530.00–0.010:480.00–0.02
Larsson–Reinhart–Olofsson2:250.14–0.071:110.01–0.000:370.00–0.002:260.06–0.070:380.00–0.001:100.10–0.01
Simmonds–Johansson–Skinner1:140.14–0.111:100.03–0.260:480.06–0.110:400.00–0.321:350.10–0.00
Montour–Dahlin3:080.06–0.262:080.09–0.423:570.18–0.272:550.16–0.295:490.12–0.963:260.08–0.333:590.27–0.020:450.08–0.00
McCabe–Jokiharju4:490.13–0.301:310.10–0.002:430.06–0.201:570.05–0.027:120.32–0.070:510.00–0.212:360.08–0.120:480.00–0.02
Ristolainen–Pilut3:190.22–0.015:560.33–0.130:560.00–0.001:260.00–0.001:270.33–0.005:360.11–0.133:380.10–0.010:470.02–0.00
Jokiharju–Dahlin1:040.04–0.030:510.00–0.000:550.04–0.030:480.00–0.000:320.00–0.00
Montour–Pilut0:340.02–0.000:480.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndOkposo FLarsson FGirgensons FEichel FOlofsson FReinhart FSimmonds FLazar FSkinner FVesey FJohansson FKahun FJokiharju DMcCabe DRistolainen DPilut DMontour DDahlin DJohansson GZucker FSheary FCrosby FMarleau FRust FMalkin FMcCann FBjugstad FHornqvist FRodrigues FTanev FBlueger FDumoulin DLetang DMarino DPettersson DJohnson DSchultz DMurray G
BUFPITFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Brian DumoulinPIT2824:160:521:5016
Kris LetangPIT2824:040:521:5016
Jack EichelBUF2223:331:042:2371
Rasmus DahlinBUF2223:321:042:0850
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2422:400:572:0454
Sam ReinhartBUF2120:551:002:2351
Jason ZuckerPIT2520:410:501:3343
Brandon MontourBUF2620:260:471:3751
John MarinoPIT2719:580:441:3345
Sidney CrosbyPIT2519:230:471:2244
Kyle OkposoBUF2219:030:522:0053
Bryan RustPIT2418:210:461:1745
Henri JokiharjuBUF2217:290:481:2042
Jeff SkinnerBUF1917:070:542:3221
Evgeni MalkinPIT2216:560:461:1763
Justin SchultzPIT2216:540:461:2342
Jake McCabeBUF2116:500:481:2840
Lawrence PilutBUF2116:500:481:4913
Marcus PetterssonPIT2416:230:411:4142
Victor OlofssonBUF2016:120:491:3231
Jack JohnsonPIT2116:020:461:4424
Marcus JohanssonBUF1915:390:491:3730
Patrick MarleauPIT2415:260:391:1545
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2015:250:461:3944
Conor ShearyPIT1914:310:461:1021
Patric HornqvistPIT2013:010:391:4413
Johan LarssonBUF1812:510:431:1533
Brandon TanevPIT2012:410:380:5904
Wayne SimmondsBUF1812:400:421:3131
Teddy BluegerPIT1912:300:390:5903
Jared McCannPIT1711:370:411:4412
Nick BjugstadPIT1511:020:441:4412
Curtis LazarBUF1610:480:411:1022
Evan RodriguesPIT1510:140:410:5903
Jimmy VeseyBUF138:060:370:5810
Dominik KahunBUF117:160:401:2100