ONGOING MAINTENANCE: Data prior to 2021 is being backfilled, so may be incomplete and have incorrect division alignment. Expected completion: August 15.
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Saturday, May 8, 2021
3:00 PM ET
PPG Paints Arena (NBC)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
0 – 1
Final
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
54% xGF%
46% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.03 goals PIT was expected to score 1.71 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 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 3:58 0.46 0 4:00 0.15 0
Even Strength 52:02 1.57 0 52:02 1.56 1
Penalty Kill 4:00 0.00 0 3:58 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 38:02 0.99 0
Tied 21:58 0.60 0 21:58 0.71 1
Down 1 38:02 1.42 0 0:00 0.00 0
  • Jeff Carter scores at 1:58 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (0-1)
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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 Drake Caggiula (L) 0.40 0 0 0 16 13:48 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jake Guentzel (C) 0.30 0 0 0 23 20:36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jared McCann (L) 0.26 0 0 0 19 13:53 3 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen (C) 0.24 0 0 0 11 09:36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jeff Carter (C) 0.20 1 0 1 20 14:34 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Anders Bjork (L) 0.20 0 0 0 21 20:17 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.17 0 0 0 17 18:30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Teddy Blueger (C) 0.15 0 0 0 15 12:27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Reinhart (C) 0.15 0 0 0 19 19:56 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Asplund (C) 0.14 0 0 0 18 15:31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Zachary Aston-Reese (L) 0.14 0 0 0 15 11:30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Frederick Gaudreau (C) 0.12 0 1 1 18 11:46 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.11 0 0 0 21 17:52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.11 0 0 0 23 20:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.10 0 0 0 17 13:58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.10 0 0 0 13 11:37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.08 0 0 0 17 15:20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Riley Sheahan (C) 0.06 0 0 0 18 13:55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.06 0 0 0 12 12:40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jason Zucker (L) 0.02 0 0 0 20 16:17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.00 0 0 0 23 20:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Colton Sceviour (C) 0.00 0 0 0 12 09:33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Brett Murray (L) 0.00 0 0 0 13 10:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Kasperi Kapanen (R) 0.00 0 0 0 21 16:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Colin Miller (D) 0.09 0 0 0 22 18:07 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.09 0 0 0 21 24:18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.08 0 0 0 23 21:02 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Brian Dumoulin (D) 0.07 0 0 0 21 23:10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.06 0 0 0 24 25:59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT John Marino (D) 0.06 0 0 0 21 18:59 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Chad Ruhwedel (D) 0.04 0 0 0 19 12:45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Marcus Pettersson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 20 17:40 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 0.04 0 0 0 26 18:21 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.03 0 0 0 24 18:28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Cody Ceci (D) 0.03 0 0 0 21 18:08 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 18:35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Maxime Lagace (G) +6.99% 1.000 2.0 0 29 60:00 29 W 1
BUF Michael Houser (G) +3.07% 0.957 0.7 1 22 58:02 23 L 0