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Saturday, September 28, 2019
4:00 PM ET
PPG Paints Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
3 – 2
Final/SO
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
52% xGF%
48% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 3.13 goals PIT was expected to score 2.92 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF PIT Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play — 1.14 0 — 0.50 0
Even Strength — 1.88 2 — 2.40 2
Penalty Kill — 0.11 0 — 0.02 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 21:23 1.31 1
Tied 42:04 1.93 0 42:04 1.62 1
Down 1 21:23 0.84 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 1:29 0.35 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • Patric Hornqvist scores at 8:35 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (0-1)
  • Bryan Rust scores at 9:34 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (0-2)
  • Marco Scandella scores at 11:03 in the 2nd period 0.04 xG (1-2)
  • Zemgus Girgensons scores at 11:27 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (2-2)
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BUF BUF 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 Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.59 0 0 0 23 18:39 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.52 0 0 0 22 18:49 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jake Guentzel (C) 0.51 0 0 0 22 19:52 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.49 1 0 1 23 16:27 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zemgus Girgensons (C) 0.30 1 0 1 19 13:44 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Patric Hornqvist (R) 0.29 1 0 1 21 15:21 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Dominik Kahun (C) 0.27 0 0 0 19 15:04 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Teddy Blueger (C) 0.24 0 0 0 22 13:59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Brandon Tanev (L) 0.22 0 0 0 21 15:27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Asplund (C) 0.22 0 0 0 17 14:46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Scott Wilson (C) 0.20 0 0 0 17 13:02 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.19 0 0 0 21 16:18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.19 0 0 0 24 21:18 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Johan Larsson (L) 0.17 0 0 0 23 14:46 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Jared McCann (L) 0.16 0 0 0 21 16:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Curtis Lazar (C) 0.14 0 1 1 21 14:07 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Evan Rodrigues (C) 0.13 0 0 0 22 16:22 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jimmy Vesey (L) 0.11 0 0 0 23 17:06 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Dominik Simon (C) 0.10 0 0 0 23 15:16 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Zachary Aston-Reese (L) 0.09 0 1 1 20 12:33 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Nick Bjugstad (C) 0.02 0 1 1 23 15:49 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Unknown (?) 0.02 0 0 0 23 19:09 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Vladimir Sobotka (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:37 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.00 0 0 0 7 06:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Unknown (?) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:13 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF John Gilmour (D) 0.18 0 1 1 26 20:45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Justin Schultz (D) 0.14 0 2 2 24 20:39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.10 0 0 0 24 22:08 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Marco Scandella (D) 0.09 1 0 1 23 19:41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.09 0 1 1 28 20:56 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Colin Miller (D) 0.08 0 0 0 27 24:13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jack Johnson (D) 0.08 0 0 0 28 20:03 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.05 0 0 0 29 25:58 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT John Marino (D) 0.03 0 0 0 27 16:47 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Marcus Pettersson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 26 19:52 1 +1 4 0 0 0 0
PIT Brian Dumoulin (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 20:20 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Matt Murray (G) +0.96% 0.933 0.3 2 0 64:55 30 O 0
BUF Linus Ullmark (G) +0.86% 0.944 0.3 2 0 64:06 36 W 0