Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins — November 26, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on November 26, 2025. Despite the result, the Buffalo Sabres held the edge in expected goals (8.95 to 4.76) at 5-on-5, indicating the Pittsburgh Penguins received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5-on-5. Jack Quinn was the most dangerous skater with 1.52 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Buffalo Sabres outshot the Pittsburgh Penguins 31-19 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins progressed on Nov 26, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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BUF2 - 4PIT

Nov 26, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
PIT	P1	13	8	61.9	8	7	53.3	3	4	42.9	10	6	62.5	2	2	50.0	1.68	1.41	54.4	1	0	100.0
	P2	18	17	51.4	11	13	45.8	8	8	50.0	15	12	55.6	2	3	40.0	2.08	3.21	39.4	0	0	—
	P3	15	35	30.0	11	29	27.5	8	19	29.6	11	20	35.5	4	6	40.0	2.05	6.35	24.4	3	2	60.0
	Total	46	60	43.4	30	49	38.0	19	31	38.0	36	38	48.6	8	11	42.1	5.81	10.97	34.6	4	2	66.7
BUF	P1	8	13	38.1	7	8	46.7	4	3	57.1	6	10	37.5	2	2	50.0	1.41	1.68	45.6	0	1	0.0
	P2	17	18	48.6	13	11	54.2	8	8	50.0	12	15	44.4	3	2	60.0	3.21	2.08	60.6	0	0	—
	P3	35	15	70.0	29	11	72.5	19	8	70.4	20	11	64.5	6	4	60.0	6.35	2.05	75.6	2	3	40.0
	Total	60	46	56.6	49	30	62.0	31	19	62.0	38	36	51.4	11	8	57.9	10.97	5.81	65.4	2	4	33.3

Win Probability

PIT Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

PIT Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (PIT) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = PIT players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the PIT player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

PIT ↓ / BUF →	McLeod	Thompson	Ostlund	Kozak	Krebs	Dunne	Zucker	Benson	Malenstyn	Quinn	Tuch	Doan	Samuelsson	Dahlin	Byram	Power	Timmins	Bryson
Crosby	35	53	60	75	43	33	29	69	38	29	56	75	42	32	65	75	63	60
Dewar	31	56	50	67	57	40	31	70	50	31	53	80	50	38	64	67	60	60
Malkin	39	67	60	56	50	50	35	60	50	35	80	38	67	60	27	41	40	36
Novak	100	60	54	57	0	0	0	71	22	50	67	33	33	29	60	78	100	67
Broz	0	60	46	50	0	0	25	60	29	25	33	25	27	15	60	67	50	50
Lizotte	50	50	60	67	100	—	50	0	100	50	50	75	46	30	100	67	100	33
Heinen	31	29	43	57	100	—	25	29	100	31	38	67	43	26	80	67	83	67
Koppanen	50	50	40	50	—	—	50	0	—	50	50	57	36	22	67	80	67	50
Rust	45	80	50	50	50	50	40	67	50	40	73	50	50	50	65	67	60	50
Mantha	33	50	50	43	30	30	33	50	38	30	60	17	50	41	36	32	50	31
Hayes	33	50	56	43	60	60	33	50	60	30	60	17	64	60	42	24	57	31
Koivunen	100	75	56	60	0	0	0	100	33	50	100	33	42	50	75	100	—	67
Karlsson	30	50	60	71	67	50	22	35	57	18	53	73	54	43	45	43	57	43
Wotherspoon	22	53	58	70	67	50	22	33	67	18	53	67	52	41	44	47	57	50
Letang	33	54	20	33	18	18	30	83	18	33	50	33	21	25	63	38	62	17
Shea	27	54	25	40	18	18	27	80	18	27	45	40	17	15	60	27	62	17
Dumba	56	50	59	53	50	50	55	83	75	55	50	22	53	57	57	70	67	50
Graves	50	60	59	56	50	50	50	83	75	50	67	22	53	54	57	70	67	56