Penguins 5-2 Sabres (18 Jan, 2025) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

19-20-8, 7-10-5 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	2	5
BUF	1	0	1	2

Buffalo Sabres

17-23-5, 9-12-3 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Michael BuntingM. Bunting#8
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Cody GlassC. Glass#19
Kevin HayesK. Hayes#13
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#53
defensemen
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#24
P.O JosephP.O Joseph#73
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
Owen PickeringO. Pickering#38

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	18	12:16	0:00	3:26	8:50	3	1	75.0
1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	19	13:37	0:00	0:41	12:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	2	20	17:17	4:08	0:00	13:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:13	4:15	0:04	13:54	14	8	63.6
1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	12:58	0:31	2:53	9:34	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	12:01	0:42	0:41	10:38	4	3	57.1
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	12:49	0:00	3:30	9:19	0	3	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	2	2	6	0	1	1	24	15:45	1:40	0:00	14:05	6	6	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	19	13:33	0:00	2:35	10:58	0	2	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	15:46	3:42	0:00	12:04	1	0	100.0
1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	18:39	4:30	0:30	13:39	1	0	100.0
0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	11:01	0:48	0:00	10:13	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	3	0	1	18	13:13	0:00	3:15	9:58	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	26	24:07	4:09	0:00	19:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	26	18:38	0:00	1:39	16:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	27	22:55	0:55	4:30	17:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	25	21:52	0:00	4:15	17:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	22	14:28	0:00	0:41	13:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex NedeljkovicA. Nedeljkovic#39

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
42	2	40	.952	32	4	4	0	0	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#9
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Sam LaffertyS. Lafferty#81
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	18:22	3:10	1:37	13:35	0	2	0.0
0	0	-2	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	23	17:42	3:10	0:34	13:58	4	11	26.7
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	11	7:04	0:02	0:14	6:48	2	3	40.0
0	0	-1	1	5	0	1	2	0	0	1	18	12:06	0:00	0:00	12:06	7	3	70.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	9:06	0:00	0:17	8:49	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	13	8:18	0:01	1:44	6:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	16:56	0:00	2:27	14:29	9	8	52.9
0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:49	3:58	0:00	13:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	18	17:05	3:58	0:00	13:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	7	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	20:46	3:54	0:00	16:52	1	1	50.0
0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	20:23	3:15	3:13	13:55	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	1	10	1	0	0	18	16:23	3:59	0:00	12:24	2	2	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	28	20:15	3:13	0:46	16:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	17	12:30	0:00	3:55	8:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	5	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	26	27:56	4:20	0:00	23:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	20	14:33	0:00	0:00	14:33	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	22:38	2:50	1:13	18:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	17	14:53	0:00	4:16	10:37	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
18	4	14	.778	10	2	2	0	0	56:29	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	0	3	2	5
	Sabres	1	0	1	2

1st Period			PIT	BUF
15:16		Owen Power (6) (Power Play) Assists: Zach Benson (8), Bowen Byram (18)	0	1

2nd Period		PIT	BUF
1:41	Rickard Rakell (23) (Power Play) Assists: Bryan Rust (18), Matt Grzelcyk (22)	1	1
2:08	Anthony Beauvillier (10) Assists: Cody Glass (9)	2	1
11:43	Cody Glass (2) (Power Play) Assists: Philip Tomasino (5), Alex Nedeljkovic (1)	3	1

3rd Period		PIT	BUF
1:09	Bryan Rust (18) (Power Play) Assists: Matt Grzelcyk (23), Michael Bunting (13)	4	1
14:46	Zach Benson (8) Assists: Tage Thompson (17), Alex Tuch (19)	4	2
17:18	Alex Nedeljkovic (1) (Empty Net) Unassisted	5	2

0:39

Zach Benson scores goal vs. Penguins

0:39

Bryan Rust scores power-play goal vs. Sabres

0:40

Rickard Rakell scores power-play goal vs. Sabres

0:42

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-0

Sabres
5
Penguins
6

Game 1

17/10

Penguins
5
Sabres
2

Game 2

18/1

Penguins
Sabres

Game 3

27/3

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 18 January 2025

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Pierre Lambert
Corey Syvret

Linesmen:
Steve Barton
Devin Berg

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	30	10	5	65
New Jersey	26	15	6	58
Carolina	27	16	3	57
Columbus	22	17	6	50
Philadelphia	20	20	6	46
Pittsburgh	19	20	8	46
NY Rangers	21	20	3	45
NY Islanders	17	20	7	41

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	28	16	2	58
Florida	26	17	3	55
Tampa Bay	24	16	3	51
Boston	22	19	5	49
Ottawa	22	18	4	48
Montreal	22	18	4	48
Detroit	21	19	4	46
Buffalo	17	23	5	39

Pens G Nedeljkovic makes history with goal, assist in same game

Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2.

Nedeljkovic becomes 1st goalie with goal and assist, and has 40 saves as Penguins beat Sabres 5-2

— Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday night.

Seth Jarvis scores twice as Carolina Hurricanes push past Vegas Golden Knights 3-2

— Seth Jarvis scored in the second and third periods to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Friday night.

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Zach Benson scores goal vs. Penguins

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-0

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Pens G Nedeljkovic makes history with goal, assist in same game

Nedeljkovic becomes 1st goalie with goal and assist, and has 40 saves as Penguins beat Sabres 5-2

Seth Jarvis scores twice as Carolina Hurricanes push past Vegas Golden Knights 3-2