Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres — February 5, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Pittsburgh Penguins took down the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday. Ben Kindel had a 2-goal game. The numbers backed up the result — PIT generated 8.74 expected goals to BUF's 7.69 at 5-on-5 (49.4% Corsi). Hayes put up 2 goals. PIT outshot BUF 32-27.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Feb 5, 2026
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
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

PIT5 - 2BUF

Feb 5, 2026 · 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	%
BUF	P1	21	16	56.8	15	13	53.6	8	10	44.4	18	11	62.1	4	0	100.0	3.18	2.74	53.7	1	2	33.3
	P2	21	13	61.8	18	8	69.2	9	7	56.3	12	11	52.2	1	2	33.3	2.86	1.98	59.1	0	1	0.0
	P3	18	25	41.9	16	22	42.1	10	15	40.0	11	18	37.9	5	5	50.0	4.55	5.55	45.1	1	2	33.3
	Total	60	54	52.6	49	43	53.3	27	32	45.8	41	40	50.6	10	7	58.8	10.59	10.26	50.8	2	5	28.6
PIT	P1	16	21	43.2	13	15	46.4	10	8	55.6	11	18	37.9	0	4	0.0	2.74	3.18	46.3	2	1	66.7
	P2	13	21	38.2	8	18	30.8	7	9	43.8	11	12	47.8	2	1	66.7	1.98	2.86	40.9	1	0	100.0
	P3	25	18	58.1	22	16	57.9	15	10	60.0	18	11	62.1	5	5	50.0	5.55	4.55	54.9	2	1	66.7
	Total	54	60	47.4	43	49	46.7	32	27	54.2	40	41	49.4	7	10	41.2	10.26	10.59	49.2	5	2	71.4

Win Probability

BUF Favored

PIT Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PIT Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

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Goal Against

Missed Shot Against

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = BUF players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF 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:

BUF ↓ / PIT →	Crosby	Malkin	Kindel	Dewar	Novak	Rust	Mantha	Chinakhov	Brazeau	Hayes	McGroarty	Hayes	Karlsson	Wotherspoon	Clifton	Shea	Kulak	Solovyov
Thompson	55	56	64	78	70	83	69	50	57	44	25	14	50	69	72	75	63	44
McLeod	35	29	35	71	50	31	64	44	60	40	0	0	38	70	43	53	54	43
Ostlund	38	44	40	67	57	50	88	25	40	47	33	33	43	60	50	64	42	50
Krebs	70	50	50	33	57	67	73	40	50	100	50	50	56	67	80	50	57	100
Kozak	20	29	22	25	36	0	50	40	50	0	33	33	10	33	50	40	43	50
Helenius	0	43	40	67	43	100	100	0	33	42	43	43	0	100	42	40	33	47
Zucker	33	44	58	79	44	80	33	38	57	25	50	33	38	74	72	45	64	56
Malenstyn	13	29	22	33	50	0	60	42	67	40	33	33	9	44	67	42	40	100
Tuch	50	56	31	62	100	50	73	100	50	50	0	0	40	62	62	82	70	40
Doan	50	67	56	77	57	88	50	60	33	36	31	27	40	71	69	67	54	45
Quinn	50	38	60	78	38	83	58	38	60	25	50	33	55	77	72	46	62	56
Rosen	20	36	44	50	40	100	80	22	44	30	25	25	0	40	44	45	42	50
Dahlin	53	36	31	67	50	74	69	38	43	30	14	14	40	69	57	58	64	38
Power	33	38	47	75	44	38	64	38	50	50	43	40	35	54	70	54	46	60
Samuelsson	42	33	13	29	60	32	70	44	29	45	0	0	30	69	36	54	56	33
Byram	31	32	50	83	41	45	70	35	58	40	38	33	29	47	70	57	46	56
Kesselring	20	40	43	60	83	0	67	75	67	50	33	33	17	75	73	43	40	57
Bryson	—	100	67	67	100	—	—	100	67	33	33	33	50	—	57	50	50	50