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Thursday, March 5, 2020
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (MSG-B)
PIT
Pittsburgh Penguins
4 – 2
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
45% xGF%
55% xGF%
PIT was expected to score 2.38 goals BUF was expected to score 2.92 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG PIT BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 3:34 0.00 0 6:56 0.80 1
Even Strength 49:30 2.37 4 49:30 2.12 1
Penalty Kill 6:56 0.01 0 3:34 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 22:23 0.86 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 26:16 0.44 2 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 11:21 1.08 2 11:21 0.14 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 26:16 1.68 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 22:23 1.10 1
  • Patric Hornqvist scores at 7:56 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • Jake McCabe scores at 9:01 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (1-1)
  • Marcus Pettersson scores at 12:26 in the 1st period 0.01 xG (2-1)
  • Patric Hornqvist scores at 13:32 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (3-1)
  • Marcus Johansson scores at 1:57 in the 3rd period 0.09 xG (3-2)
  • Sidney Crosby scores at 6:02 in the 3rd period 0.11 xG (4-2)
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PIT PIT xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.45 0 0 0 19 17:07 5 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Patric Hornqvist (R) 0.40 2 0 2 20 13:01 4 +1 0 1 0 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.34 1 0 1 25 19:23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Patrick Marleau (C) 0.32 0 0 0 24 15:26 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zemgus Girgensons (C) 0.30 0 0 0 20 15:25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Reinhart (C) 0.30 0 0 0 21 20:55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.29 0 0 0 20 16:12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.28 0 0 0 22 19:03 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Johan Larsson (L) 0.23 0 0 0 18 12:51 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.22 0 2 2 22 16:56 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jimmy Vesey (L) 0.21 0 0 0 13 08:06 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jason Zucker (L) 0.21 0 1 1 25 20:41 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Conor Sheary (L) 0.20 0 0 0 19 14:31 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Eichel (C) 0.18 0 0 0 22 23:33 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Wayne Simmonds (R) 0.15 0 0 0 18 12:40 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jared McCann (L) 0.14 0 1 1 17 11:37 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Brandon Tanev (L) 0.13 0 0 0 20 12:41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Teddy Blueger (C) 0.12 0 0 0 19 12:30 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Nick Bjugstad (C) 0.10 0 1 1 15 11:02 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Marcus Johansson (L) 0.09 1 0 1 19 15:39 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dominik Kahun (C) 0.08 0 1 1 11 07:16 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Evan Rodrigues (C) 0.05 0 0 0 15 10:14 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.00 0 1 1 24 18:21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Curtis Lazar (C) 0.00 0 0 0 16 10:48 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Jake McCabe (D) 0.18 1 0 1 21 16:50 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 0.06 0 0 0 24 22:40 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.05 0 0 0 22 17:29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Marcus Pettersson (D) 0.04 1 0 1 24 16:23 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Lawrence Pilut (D) 0.04 0 0 0 21 16:50 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Justin Schultz (D) 0.04 0 1 1 22 16:54 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Brandon Montour (D) 0.03 0 0 0 26 20:26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.02 0 0 0 28 24:04 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT John Marino (D) 0.02 0 0 0 27 19:58 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jack Johnson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 21 16:02 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.00 0 1 1 22 23:32 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Brian Dumoulin (D) 0.00 0 0 0 28 24:16 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Matt Murray (G) +3.06% 0.933 0.9 2 28 60:00 30 W 0
BUF Jonas Johansson (G) -5.10% 0.875 -1.6 4 28 57:37 32 L 0