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Fri, Dec 17, 2021·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Buffalo Sabres 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 92% of the time.

PIT winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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.

Jankowski–Girgensons–HaydenEakin–Skinner–HinostrozaOkposo–Asplund–ThompsonOlofsson–Murray–CozensEakin–Hinostroza–AsplundSkinner–Olofsson–ThompsonOkposo–Murray–CozensHinostroza–Murray–CozensOkposo–Skinner–ThompsonJokiharju–DahlinFitzgerald–BrysonPysyk–MillerPysyk–BrysonMiller–BrysonFitzgerald–DahlinPysyk–Jokiharju
Crosby–Kapanen–Rodrigues4:540.03–0.532:130.16–0.031:180.08–0.060:340.07–0.001:240.01–0.020:360.07–0.000:350.21–0.003:290.23–0.023:380.23–0.103:380.24–0.090:420.00–0.00
Blueger–McGinn–Aston-Reese0:400.00–0.000:360.05–0.024:110.01–0.040:390.00–0.000:340.00–0.002:370.18–0.001:340.28–0.004:120.22–0.043:160.00–0.002:330.13–0.020:420.00–0.00
Carter–Zucker–Heinen2:190.02–0.021:190.05–0.062:430.10–0.001:050.11–0.000:330.17–0.001:280.00–0.004:400.04–0.021:330.01–0.002:390.33–0.061:330.07–0.00
Lafferty–Simon–O'Connor2:310.29–0.251:390.00–0.050:430.06–0.001:450.17–0.002:180.27–0.053:120.08–0.271:040.20–0.00
Heinen–Simon–O'Connor1:100.11–0.010:420.11–0.01
Letang–Dumoulin5:570.13–0.452:560.10–0.101:580.08–0.001:240.10–0.001:030.06–0.001:310.07–0.000:330.00–0.000:490.00–0.004:380.18–0.075:030.18–0.014:290.24–0.050:460.00–0.000:350.00–0.38
Pettersson–Marino2:360.04–0.001:210.01–0.042:400.17–0.001:010.00–0.000:590.00–0.002:360.49–0.001:060.04–0.017:230.34–0.042:340.14–0.012:540.31–0.000:310.00–0.000:410.04–0.01
Matheson–Ruhwedel1:520.17–0.012:450.16–0.062:250.02–0.151:210.13–0.002:020.24–0.000:420.35–0.000:410.00–0.000:360.10–0.103:090.32–0.014:170.15–0.093:470.35–0.210:340.00–0.00
Letang–Matheson0:390.00–0.090:340.00–0.00
Dumoulin–Marino
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndRodrigues FKapanen FCrosby FAston-Reese FMcGinn FBlueger FHeinen FCarter FZucker FO'Connor FLafferty FSimon FDumoulin DLetang DMarino DPettersson DRuhwedel DMatheson DJarry GHayden FJankowski FGirgensons FSkinner FOlofsson FThompson FOkposo FCozens FMurray FEakin FHinostroza FAsplund FFitzgerald DBryson DDahlin DJokiharju DPysyk DMiller DSubban G
PITBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Kris LetangPIT2926:290:551:5772
Brian DumoulinPIT3024:450:501:2971
Henri JokiharjuBUF2924:270:511:5154
Rasmus DahlinBUF3023:470:481:2952
Evan RodriguesPIT2622:360:521:4982
John MarinoPIT2621:070:491:3615
Sidney CrosbyPIT2620:530:481:4982
Mark PysykBUF2620:240:471:5115
Jacob BrysonBUF2719:410:441:2134
Jeff CarterPIT2618:520:441:4955
Kyle OkposoBUF2118:120:522:0532
Mark JankowskiBUF2417:580:451:5149
Colin MillerBUF2617:240:401:1643
Kasperi KapanenPIT2316:540:441:1361
Casey FitzgeraldBUF2716:420:370:5742
Mike MathesonPIT1816:300:551:2540
Dylan CozensBUF2216:200:451:3041
Jason ZuckerPIT2016:110:491:4953
Chad RuhwedelPIT1916:110:511:2441
Teddy BluegerPIT2616:070:371:0608
Vinnie HinostrozaBUF2115:580:461:3042
Marcus PetterssonPIT2215:220:421:2713
Tage ThompsonBUF2115:180:441:1341
Brock McGinnPIT2314:500:391:0616
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2214:460:401:1527
Victor OlofssonBUF2214:440:401:0942
Jeff SkinnerBUF2114:390:421:1752
Brett MurrayBUF1814:390:491:3031
John HaydenBUF2014:360:441:1545
Danton HeinenPIT2014:300:441:1023
Zachary Aston-ReesePIT1813:550:461:0912
Rasmus AsplundBUF1712:430:451:2941
Cody EakinBUF1912:270:391:2933
Dominik SimonPIT1511:130:451:3021
Drew O'ConnorPIT129:570:501:2621
Sam LaffertyPIT138:550:411:0222