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Fri, Jan 17, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Buffalo Sabres 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 75% of the time.

BUF winsPIT wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

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–Rust–RakellMalkin–Bunting–BeauvillierHayes–Tomasino–O'ConnorAcciari–Glass–LizotteGrzelcyk–PetterssonKarlsson–PickeringGraves–JosephGrzelcyk–PickeringPettersson–JosephKarlsson–GrzelcykGrzelcyk–JosephKarlsson–Joseph
Zucker–Thompson–McLeod3:290.14–0.003:200.17–0.042:170.13–0.053:390.25–0.091:150.00–0.002:420.11–0.001:190.08–0.000:310.07–0.00
Krebs–Quinn–Benson2:120.16–0.203:360.16–0.001:060.00–0.002:160.16–0.003:130.12–0.041:010.01–0.000:460.02–0.16
Tuch–Cozens–Peterka2:040.26–0.000:550.00–0.001:220.01–0.071:270.03–0.072:370.23–0.061:110.00–0.000:430.17–0.00
Lafferty–Malenstyn–Kozak1:370.03–0.090:410.00–0.081:270.00–0.051:410.06–0.010:530.06–0.080:410.00–0.001:590.00–0.070:400.03–0.00
Jokiharju–Power1:350.05–0.013:040.21–0.201:420.21–0.010:450.00–0.002:320.33–0.093:000.11–0.010:350.02–0.160:350.00–0.01
Dahlin–Byram2:580.17–0.010:510.00–0.001:380.06–0.011:380.06–0.001:360.00–0.011:020.00–0.010:320.07–0.001:100.17–0.00
Clifton–Samuelsson1:200.01–0.082:520.00–0.070:410.00–0.001:390.01–0.151:340.00–0.001:130.01–0.00
Dahlin–Power1:240.19–0.001:350.16–0.140:420.13–0.001:230.16–0.001:150.13–0.000:440.01–0.000:330.08–0.000:510.31–0.00
Samuelsson–Dahlin0:550.13–0.081:510.01–0.050:530.12–0.011:080.12–0.111:020.01–0.000:530.00–0.05
Jokiharju–Byram0:330.00–0.001:220.00–0.000:410.00–0.000:470.00–0.000:360.00–0.000:310.00–0.000:410.00–0.00
Clifton–Byram1:090.14–0.000:400.02–0.042:090.17–0.04
Jokiharju–Dahlin0:590.03–0.000:420.03–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndZucker FMcLeod FThompson FTuch FCozens FPeterka FQuinn FKrebs FBenson FKozak FMalenstyn FLafferty FByram DDahlin DJokiharju DPower DClifton DSamuelsson DLuukkonen GRust FRakell FCrosby FMalkin FBunting FBeauvillier FHayes FO'Connor FTomasino FGlass FLizotte FAcciari FGrzelcyk DPettersson DPickering DKarlsson DGraves DJoseph DNedeljkovic G
BUFPITFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus DahlinBUF2627:561:042:3350
Matt GrzelcykPIT2624:070:562:1168
Erik KarlssonPIT2722:550:512:0864
Owen PowerBUF2622:380:521:5674
Marcus PetterssonPIT2521:520:521:5126
Tage ThompsonBUF2220:460:571:3461
Alex TuchBUF2420:230:512:1656
Bowen ByramBUF2820:150:431:1642
Bryan RustPIT2518:390:451:4154
Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT2618:380:432:0913
Zach BensonBUF2218:220:501:1931
Sidney CrosbyPIT2418:130:461:4165
JJ PeterkaBUF2117:490:512:1462
Dylan CozensBUF2317:420:461:2272
Michael BuntingPIT2017:170:522:1062
Jack QuinnBUF1817:050:571:5942
Ryan McLeodBUF2416:560:421:1354
Jason ZuckerBUF1816:230:551:3951
Rickard RakellPIT2215:460:431:4164
Evgeni MalkinPIT2415:450:391:5343
Mattias SamuelssonBUF1714:530:531:3724
Henri JokiharjuBUF2014:330:441:0853
Owen PickeringPIT2214:280:391:1131
Anthony BeauvillierPIT1913:370:431:5641
Drew O'ConnorPIT1913:330:431:2023
Ryan GravesPIT1813:130:441:2021
Cody GlassPIT2212:580:351:1805
Blake LizottePIT1812:490:431:1608
Connor CliftonBUF1712:300:441:4924
Noel AcciariPIT1812:160:411:1408
Peyton KrebsBUF1812:060:401:1933
Kevin HayesPIT1612:010:451:1622
Philip TomasinoPIT1511:010:441:1811
Sam LaffertyBUF139:060:421:5512
Beck MalenstynBUF138:180:380:5602
Tyson KozakBUF117:040:391:0302