BUF 3 @ PIT 1 · Jan 6, 2024

Sat, Jan 6, 2024·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Away

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 65% of the time.

56%

28%

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.

	Skinner–Tuch–Thompson	Greenway–Mittelstadt–Benson	Girgensons–Robinson–Krebs	Cozens–Quinn–Peterka	Clifton–Samuelsson	Jokiharju–Dahlin	Johnson–Power	Samuelsson–Dahlin	Dahlin–Power
Crosby–Rakell–Guentzel	4:080.28–0.07	1:560.22–0.01	1:260.22–0.00	2:050.00–0.06	3:390.44–0.03	4:360.34–0.00	1:290.00–0.06	0:430.01–0.01	0:440.00–0.00
Malkin–Smith–Rust	0:510.00–0.00	3:160.03–0.21		1:180.06–0.10	2:580.03–0.00	1:370.00–0.00	1:440.20–0.10
Carter–Harkins–Acciari	2:080.27–0.34	0:340.04–0.00	1:240.00–0.07	0:300.02–0.00		3:170.07–0.18	2:330.27–0.16
Eller–Puustinen–O'Connor	1:490.00–0.24	0:370.03–0.00			2:130.03–0.03		0:430.10–0.00
Malkin–Rust–O'Connor	0:340.00–0.00	1:100.00–0.00			0:480.00–0.00
Harkins–Acciari–O'Connor			1:160.00–0.00			0:340.00–0.00		0:350.00–0.00
Eller–Smith–Puustinen				0:540.31–0.04		1:100.31–0.04
Letang–Pettersson	6:200.54–0.44	4:450.05–0.01	0:550.02–0.00	0:400.30–0.00	4:540.15–0.03	7:290.53–0.22	1:240.25–0.16	0:530.00–0.01
Karlsson–Joseph	3:060.42–0.18	1:180.03–0.17	2:490.32–0.38	3:070.02–0.10	4:400.83–0.35	2:090.00–0.18	3:040.02–0.10
Ruhwedel–Graves	0:510.00–0.01	2:140.02–0.08	0:450.00–0.00	1:500.11–0.09	2:280.03–0.10	2:320.05–0.04	2:150.16–0.06
Letang–Karlsson		0:520.22–0.00	0:430.00–0.04		0:460.00–0.09
Pettersson–Joseph			1:160.00–0.00			0:450.00–0.00		0:350.00–0.00
Karlsson–Ruhwedel		0:460.10–0.00			0:490.10–0.00		0:480.13–0.00
Graves–Joseph	0:460.00–0.01				0:450.00–0.01

Shift chart

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


Kris LetangPIT	27	26:26	0:59	1:45	4	6
Rasmus DahlinBUF	31	24:11	0:47	2:26	6	3
Marcus PetterssonPIT	25	23:18	0:56	1:39	3	6
Erik KarlssonPIT	26	23:11	0:54	2:18	5	3
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	27	22:59	0:51	2:43	4	3
Jake GuentzelPIT	23	22:23	0:58	2:53	5	2
Evgeni MalkinPIT	21	20:51	1:00	1:54	3	3
Sidney CrosbyPIT	22	20:46	0:57	2:54	5	2
Rickard RakellPIT	22	20:22	0:56	2:31	6	2
Jordan GreenwayBUF	27	20:19	0:45	1:23	2	9
Connor CliftonBUF	25	20:14	0:49	2:34	2	1
Tage ThompsonBUF	26	19:24	0:45	1:43	6	3
Alex TuchBUF	24	19:06	0:48	2:00	7	3
Owen PowerBUF	25	18:36	0:45	1:38	5	5
Jeff SkinnerBUF	21	17:53	0:51	1:56	4	3
Henri JokiharjuBUF	28	17:05	0:37	1:18	5	3
Bryan RustPIT	24	17:03	0:43	1:41	1	6
Casey MittelstadtBUF	19	16:59	0:54	1:36	5	4
Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT	24	16:22	0:41	1:18	2	3
Dylan CozensBUF	21	14:49	0:42	1:13	2	3
Lars EllerPIT	21	13:59	0:40	1:24	0	5
Erik JohnsonBUF	22	13:52	0:38	1:08	2	6
Zach BensonBUF	17	13:42	0:48	1:25	5	1
Drew O'ConnorPIT	19	13:23	0:42	1:20	2	1
Noel AcciariPIT	19	13:22	0:42	1:34	2	7
Reilly SmithPIT	16	13:14	0:50	1:38	0	0
Jack QuinnBUF	18	12:42	0:42	1:18	3	1
Jeff CarterPIT	16	12:08	0:46	1:17	0	7
Chad RuhwedelPIT	17	11:53	0:42	1:17	0	4
Ryan GravesPIT	15	11:52	0:47	1:24	0	4
JJ PeterkaBUF	16	11:12	0:42	1:26	2	1
Peyton KrebsBUF	14	10:22	0:44	1:03	3	0
Jansen HarkinsPIT	14	9:39	0:41	1:29	1	2
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF	17	8:28	0:30	0:59	3	1
Eric RobinsonBUF	15	8:15	0:33	1:02	3	0
Valtteri PuustinenPIT	9	5:31	0:37	0:57	1	0

Buffalo Sabres 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Who was on the ice

Shift totals