Pittsburgh Penguins @ Buffalo Sabres

Preseason

3-3-1, 1-1-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Penguins PIT	1	4	2	7
Sabres BUF	1	2	1	4

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

3-4-0, 2-1-0 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Jeff CarterJ. Carter#77
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Jansen HarkinsJ. Harkins#43
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Matt NietoM. Nieto#83
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Reilly SmithR. Smith#19
Colin WhiteC. White#36
defensemen
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Pierre-Olivier JosephP. Joseph#73
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	13:54	0:00	1:32	12:22	3	8	27.3
1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	13:20	0:30	0:47	12:03	2	0	100.0
0	2	-1	1	2	1	2	7	0	0	0	20	15:28	2:46	0:08	12:34	12	8	60.0
1	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	14:28	0:22	2:19	11:47	8	5	61.5
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	11:35	0:47	0:00	10:48	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	17:03	2:51	0:00	14:12	5	7	41.7
0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:05	0:00	1:36	12:29	0	0	0.0
2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	19	14:39	0:00	0:30	14:09	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	22	16:41	2:46	0:00	13:55	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:41	0:32	2:04	14:05	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:16	0:35	1:17	13:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	11:47	0:20	0:23	11:04	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	24:39	0:11	3:21	21:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	21	15:06	0:42	0:00	14:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	20:46	2:43	0:00	18:03	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	28	25:08	2:52	1:48	20:28	0	0	0.0
1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	19:32	0:13	1:59	17:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	14:34	0:00	3:28	11:06	0	0	0.0

goalies
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
37	4	33	.892	28	3	2	0	0	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#9
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson JostT. Jost#17
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#37
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Jeff SkinnerJ. Skinner#53
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Erik JohnsonE. Johnson#6
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#10
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	15:46	2:31	0:00	13:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	19	17:05	3:00	1:01	13:04	5	7	41.7
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	10:46	0:00	0:39	10:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	16:20	0:00	2:20	14:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	12:10	0:00	0:33	11:37	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	17	15:00	0:00	2:02	12:58	6	9	40.0
1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	13:39	2:06	0:00	11:33	11	4	73.3
1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:12	2:18	0:00	12:54	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	15:22	2:43	0:00	12:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	18:00	2:47	0:00	15:13	3	0	100.0
0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	15:58	3:12	0:00	12:46	3	8	27.3
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:12	2:35	0:41	12:56	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	24	19:09	0:00	2:08	17:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	28	22:12	3:00	0:00	19:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	21	16:29	0:00	0:41	15:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	21	18:16	0:00	0:51	17:25	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	21:39	2:18	2:12	17:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	22	17:07	0:00	1:24	15:43	0	0	0.0

goalies
Devon LeviD. Levi#27

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
35	7	28	.800	23	5	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	1	4	2	7
	Sabres	1	2	1	4

1st Period			PIT	BUF
0:20		Drew O'Connor (3) Assists: Sidney Crosby (2)	1	0
9:46		Victor Olofsson (1) Assists: JJ Peterka (2)	1	1

2nd Period		PIT	BUF
2:06	Zach Benson (4) Assists: Jordan Greenway (3), Casey Mittelstadt (3)	1	2
5:08	JJ Peterka (2) (Power Play) Assists: Victor Olofsson (3), Casey Mittelstadt (4)	1	3
7:17	Marcus Pettersson (1) Assists: Rickard Rakell (1), Reilly Smith (1)	2	3
8:42	Lars Eller (1) Assists: Ryan Graves (1), Kris Letang (1)	3	3
9:31	Drew O'Connor (4) Assists: Bryan Rust (2), Ryan Graves (2)	4	3
15:44	Evgeni Malkin (1) (Power Play) Assists: Erik Karlsson (1)	5	3

3rd Period		PIT	BUF
1:33	Jeff Carter (1) Assists: Noel Acciari (2), Marcus Pettersson (2)	6	3
6:38	Casey Mittelstadt (1) Assists: Zach Benson (3), Owen Power (1)	6	4
15:13	Kris Letang (1) (Power Play) Assists: Sidney Crosby (3), Rickard Rakell (2)	7	4

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 7 October 2023

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 14,875

Referees:
Kevin Pollock

Linesmen:
David Brisebois
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	21	9	2	44
NY Islanders	19	11	3	41
Washington	18	10	4	40
Philadelphia	16	9	6	38
Pittsburgh	14	8	9	37
New Jersey	18	14	1	37
NY Rangers	16	13	4	36
Columbus	13	13	6	32

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	18	11	3	39
Detroit	18	12	3	39
Montreal	17	11	4	38
Boston	19	14	0	38
Florida	16	13	2	34
Toronto	14	12	5	33
Ottawa	14	13	4	32
Buffalo	14	14	4	32

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