PITTSBURGH VERSUS BUFFALO
MAY 6, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | PPG PAINTS ARENA
HOME SWEET HOME With two games remaining in the regular season, the Penguins are fighting for home ice advantage in the playoffs, which could be extremely important with how successful Pittsburgh has been at PPG Paints Arena this season. PIT n The Penguins have earned points in 22 of their 26 home games this season (20-4-2), including in 10 of their last 11 VERSUS games (8-1-2). No other team has more home wins than Pittsburgh’s 20. BUF Pittsburgh’s League-Wide Home Ranks Category Wins Win % Save % GAA Goals/GP Goal Diff. PP% PK% ‘20-21 OVERALL Stat 20 .808 .931 2.19 3.50 +34 23.5% 86.1% 35-16-3 RECORD 15-32-7 NHL Rank T-1st T-3rd 1st 5th 4th T-4th 10th 6th 7-3-0 LAST 10 GAMES 4-6-0
TWO-HEADED MONSTER 23.5% POWER-PLAY 20.7% Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have been extremely successful against the Buffalo Sabres in their careers. 77.6% PENALTY KILL 77.9% n Crosby (71) and Malkin’s (58) point totals versus Buffalo rank second and third, respectively, among active players. 3.41 GF/GP 2.41 n Sidney Crosby (1.48) and Evgeni Malkin (1.32) rank first and third, respectively, in points per game against the Sabres among active players (min. 15 GP). 2.80 GA/GP 3.46
Points vs. BUF Points Per Game vs. BUF ‘20-21 HEAD TO HEAD Active Players Active Players (Min. 15 GP) 5-1-0 RECORD 1-5-0 1. Jason Spezza 72 1. Sidney Crosby 1.48 2-0-0 RECORD AT PIT 0-2-0 2. Sidney Crosby 71 2. Patrick Kane 1.33 3. Evgeni Malkin 58 3. Evgeni Malkin 1.32 29.4% POWER-PLAY 12.5% 4. Alex Ovechkin 56 4. Artemi Panarin 1.21 87.5% PENALTY KILL 70.6% 5. Zdeno Chara 51 5. Evgenii Dadonov 1.20 3.67 GF/GP 1.67 n Evgeni Malkin is riding a 15-game point streak against the Sabres, dating back to April 11, 2015 (7G-14A-21PTS). His streak vs. Buffalo 1.67 GA/GP 3.67 is his longest active streak against any one team. NOTABLES
TAKING ADVANTAGE Pittsburgh has points in 24 of its last 27 games against The Penguins scored two power-play goals for the second-consecutive game on Tuesday, marking the seventh time Buffalo (21-3-3). the team has scored two goals on the man advantage in one game this season. n From the beginning of the season until March 1, Pittsburgh’s power play was ranked 26th in the league with a 15.0% Pittsburgh is 10-2-1 in its success rate. Between March 1 through today, the Penguins have a 29.2% success rate on the man advantage, last 13 home games against ranking second in the league in that span: Buffalo.
Power-Play Percentage Power-Play Points Sidney Crosby has points in 42 Since March 1 Since March 1 of his 48 career games played against the Sabres, recording 1. St. Louis 30.8% 1. Nathan MacKinnon 18 23 goals, 48 assists and 71 2. Pittsburgh 29.2% 2. Sidney Crosby 16 points in those contests. 2. Edmonton 27.3% 2. Adam Fox 16 4. Minnesota 26.4% 4. Ryan Strome 15 5. Carolina 25.8% 5. Five Players 14 n Pittsburgh is 22-6-0 when it scores at least one power-play goal, and 6-1-0 when it scores two power-play goals.