Thursday, March 5, 2026
- Expected goals, BUF–PIT
- 3.4–2.8
- all situations, empty nets out
- PIT share of xG
- 45.1%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 26–28
- BUF–PIT
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres beat the Penguins 5-1, and the chances agreed: 3.5 expected goals to 2.7. Tage Thompson has a point in 9 straight games. Josh Doan had 9 shot attempts.
- Tage ThompsonStreak
Tage Thompson has a point in 9 straight games. He has 65 points in 62 games this season. He played 18:43 and had one shot on goal. The Sabres beat the Penguins 5-1.
- Josh DoanVolume
Josh Doan had 9 shot attempts. Three got through to the goalie, and none went in. He came in averaging 3.9 attempts a game. It finished 5-1 for the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
BUFPIT
0204060
BUF 48PIT 41
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Where the shots came from
6 goals from 89 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
GoalShot or miss
← BUF shootingPIT shooting →
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram D | 22:32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 21:29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.31 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 21:19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.86 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| Owen Power D | 20:45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| Tage Thompson C | 18:43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Josh Doan R | 18:28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.73 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 18:23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| Josh Norris C | 17:41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Alex Tuch R | 17:37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.28 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 16:42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 14:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 2 | 55 |
| Jason Zucker L | 14:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.40 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Zach Benson L | 13:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 2 | 2 | 52 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 12:58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Jack Quinn R | 11:49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Zach Metsa D | 11:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 10:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Josh Dunne C | 8:37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 85 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Karlsson D | 23:05 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.16 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Bryan Rust R | 19:53 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Rickard Rakell R | 18:34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.31 | 2 | 0 | 62 |
| Ryan Shea D | 18:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 2 | 77 |
| Samuel Girard D | 18:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | 51 |
| Connor Clifton D | 17:55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 2 | 2 | 76 |
| Egor Chinakhov R | 17:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 1 | 0 | 57 |
| Kris Letang D | 17:09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 64 |
| Blake Lizotte C | 16:44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| Anthony Mantha R | 15:58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Noel Acciari C | 15:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 3 | 46 |
| Tommy Novak C | 15:03 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Parker Wotherspoon D | 14:54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Ben Kindel C | 14:52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Connor Dewar C | 14:43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| Justin Brazeau R | 14:13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.18 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| Avery Hayes R | 12:43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Evgeni Malkin C | 5:54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
Pro: expected goals, minute by minute
The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro
The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.