BUF @ PIT 5–1 · 2026-03-05

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	1	3	1	26
PIT	1	0	0	28

Story

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Result BUF 5–1Call No lean · PIT 60%Market BUF 52%xG 4.06–2.67 · deserved BUF 72%Swing Norris +21 2nd 4:10Method

Goals and penalties with PIT win probability
Time	Event	PIT win before	PIT win after
1st 3:22	BUF penalty · P. Krebs · hooking · 2 min
1st 8:16	PIT penalty · E. Karlsson · holding · 2 min
1st 10:24	BUF penalty · J. Quinn · too many men on the ice · 2 min
1st 12:00	Goal BUF · R. McLeod (SH)	59%	41%
1st 14:04	PIT penalty · N. Acciari · holding · 2 min
1st 14:48	Goal PIT · B. Rust (SH)	40%	59%
2nd 0:38	BUF penalty · R. Dahlin · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 0:38	PIT penalty · E. Malkin · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 0:38	PIT penalty · E. Malkin · slashing · 5 min
2nd 0:38	PIT penalty · E. Malkin · game misconduct · 10 min
2nd 4:10	Goal BUF · J. Norris (PP)	58%	37%
2nd 4:10	PIT penalty · E. Chinakhov · delaying game unsuccessful challenge · 2 min
2nd 5:25	BUF penalty · R. McLeod · slashing · 2 min
2nd 6:18	Goal BUF · A. Tuch (SH)	36%	19%
2nd 10:30	Goal BUF · O. Power	17%	7%
2nd 14:44	BUF penalty · B. Malenstyn · boarding · 2 min
3rd 7:04	PIT penalty · B. Kindel · holding the stick · 2 min
3rd 11:54	BUF penalty · R. Dahlin · slashing · 2 min
3rd 16:53	Goal BUF · M. Samuelsson (EN)	0%	0%

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
44J. DunneC	0:37	8:37	12	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	3-0
6Z. BensonL	0:31	13:22	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0-1
29B. MalenstynL	0:31	14:25	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	2	2-0
25O. PowerD	0:35	20:45	21	1	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	–
73Z. MetsaD	0:37	11:00	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–
1U. LuukkonenG		59:24	SA28GA1SV%.964xGA2.67GSAx+1.67

PIT5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
18T. NovakC	1:23	15:03	18	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4-6
16J. BrazeauR	1:21	14:13	20	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	2	–
85A. HayesR	1:21	12:43	16	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	–
28P. WotherspoonD	0:29	14:54	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–
58K. LetangD	1:23	17:09	18	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	–
37A. SilovsG		55:54	SA25GA4SV%.840xGA3.53GSAx−0.47

Goals

1st
Ryan McLeod(1)SH
Unassisted
xG 0.14backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 BUF1st 12:00+18.359%
Bryan Rust(1)SH
B. Kindel (1)
xG 0.17wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 14:48+18.859%
2nd
Josh Norris(1)PP
J. Doan (1), B. Byram (1)
xG 0.26wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 BUF2nd 04:10+21.163%
Alex Tuch(1)SH5v5
O. Power (1), T. Thompson (1)
xG 0.13tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 BUF2nd 06:18+17.581%
Owen Power(1)
J. Norris (1), N. Ostlund (1)
xG 0.09wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 BUF2nd 10:30+10.193%
3rd
Mattias Samuelsson(1)EN
Unassisted
xG 0.53wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–1 BUF3rd 16:53+0.0100%

Shots

BUF4.06 xG48 unblocked · 13 blocked48 unblocked · 13 blocked

PIT2.67 xG41 unblocked · 15 blocked41 unblocked · 15 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFPIT5Goals14.06xG2.6726Shots2848Unblocked4161Attempts565High danger41/6Power play0/528Faceoffs1920Hits1815Blocks133Takeaways213Giveaways1712PIM25

Skaters

Player

Player
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	22:32	0	1	1	2	4	0.05	−0.05	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	21:29	0	0	0	4	6	0.37	−0.37	1	0	0	0	—	4	+1
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	21:19	1	0	1	1	2	0.57	+0.43	0	3	1	2	—	0	+3
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	20:45	1	1	2	1	3	0.11	+0.89	1	1	0	0	—	0	+3
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	18:43	0	1	1	1	7	0.16	−0.16	2	1	1	0	100%	0	0
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	18:28	0	1	1	3	9	0.75	−0.75	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	18:23	1	0	1	1	2	0.22	+0.78	0	0	1	1	54%	2	+2
9J. NorrisJosh NorrisC	17:41	1	1	2	2	3	0.39	+0.61	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	17:37	1	0	1	3	4	0.32	+0.68	1	1	0	1	25%	0	+2
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	16:42	0	1	1	1	2	0.03	−0.03	0	0	0	1	—	0	+2
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	14:25	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	5	2	0	1	100%	2	0
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	14:11	0	0	0	1	4	0.41	−0.41	0	1	0	2	100%	0	-1
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	13:22	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	−0.15	2	1	0	0	0%	0	+1
8M. KesselringMichael KesselringD	12:58	0	0	0	2	4	0.08	−0.08	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	11:49	0	0	0	2	4	0.19	−0.19	0	0	0	2	—	0	+1
73Z. MetsaZach MetsaD	11:00	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	2	—	0	0
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	10:35	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	−0.03	4	1	0	0	67%	2	0
44J. DunneJosh DunneC	8:37	0	0	0	1	2	0.22	−0.22	2	0	0	0	100%	0	0
BUF total		5	6	11	26	61	4.06	+0.94	20	11	3	13	60%	10

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Norris+1.08

Doan+0.44

Tuch+0.36

McLeod+0.24

Thompson−0.01

Zucker−0.04

Dunne−0.07

Benson−0.16

Ostlund−0.19

Quinn−0.28

Malenstyn−0.30

Krebs−0.34

Defence

Power+0.79

Dahlin+0.19

Samuelsson+0.08

Byram+0.05

Metsa−0.14

Kesselring−0.15

Goalie

Luukkonen+1.69

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Norris·Ostlund·Doan	8:28	13	11	2	84.6%	4	2	1	0	0.67	0.17	79.6%	+0.50	3	2	60%
Benson·Malenstyn·Dunne	5:54	10	6	5	54.5%	3	2	0	0	0.43	0.05	89.8%	+0.38	0	1	0%
Krebs·Thompson·Tuch	5:34	12	4	9	30.8%	3	4	0	0	0.13	0.62	17.3%	−0.49	2	2	50%
Zucker·McLeod·Quinn	5:29	9	7	5	58.3%	3	3	0	0	0.40	0.18	69.1%	+0.22	1	1	50%
Occasional · 7 groups
Krebs·McLeod·Tuch	1:20	4	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Thompson·Ostlund·Doan	1:10	5	2	1	66.7%	0	0	0	0	0.09	0.01	87.6%	+0.08	0	0	—
Krebs·Thompson·Quinn	1:07	2	0	4	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.23	0.0%	−0.23	0	0	—
Malenstyn·Krebs·Thompson	0:38	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Dunne·Ostlund·Tuch	0:35	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
McLeod·Quinn·Tuch	0:31	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.02	0.00	100.0%	+0.02	0	0	—
Benson·Malenstyn·Norris	0:30	2	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	36:08		34	38	47.2%	13	20	1	0	1.87	1.69	52.5%	+0.18

Goalies

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 59:24

Saves: 27/28
SV%: .964
xGA: 2.67
GSAx: +1.67

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	25/25	1.000	2.09	+2.09
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.37	+0.37
Shorthanded	0/1	.000	0.21	−0.79
High danger	3/4	.750	0.66	−0.34

Arturs Silovs

PIT · 55:54

Saves: 21/25
SV%: .840
xGA: 3.53
GSAx: −0.47

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	12/13	.923	1.87	+0.87
Power play	9/10	.900	1.39	+0.39
Shorthanded	0/2	.000	0.27	−1.73
High danger	1/2	.500	0.76	−0.24

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

22:32Byram
21:29Dahlin
21:19Samuelsson
20:45Power
12:58Kesselring
11:00Metsa

18:43Thompson
18:28Doan
18:23McLeod
17:41Norris
17:37Tuch
16:42Ostlund
14:25Malenstyn
14:11Zucker
13:22Benson
11:49Quinn
10:35Krebs
8:37Dunne

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFPIT

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

KesselringD1 O2
DahlinD3 O3
ByramD4 O4
PowerD4 O2
MetsaD3 O0
SamuelssonD6 O0
NorrisD2 O6
DoanD2 O6
ZuckerD2 O4
OstlundD2 O4
ThompsonD3 O4
QuinnD2 O2
KrebsD3 O2
DunneD1 O0
MalenstynD2 O0
BensonD2 O0
TuchD6 O3
McLeodD5 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period