Pittsburgh Penguins @ Buffalo Sabres

Preseason

4-1-1, 2-1-1 Away

Final

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

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

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

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Tristan BrozT. Broz#26
Robby FabbriR. Fabbri#12
Filip HallanderF. Hallander#11
Rafael Harvey-PinardR. Harvey-Pinard#49
Avery HayesA. Hayes#85
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Joona KoppanenJ. Koppanen#15
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#53
defensemen
Harrison BrunickeH. Brunicke#45
Matt DumbaM. Dumba#24
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Owen PickeringO. Pickering#38
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Jack St. IvanyJ. St. Ivany#3

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:00	0:00	3:53	10:07	4	5	44.4
1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	13:55	1:29	1:18	11:08	4	5	44.4
0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	13:42	1:27	0:00	12:15	0	1	0.0
1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:07	3:25	0:00	10:42	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	13:18	1:12	0:00	12:06	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	14:37	3:27	0:35	10:35	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	14:09	0:00	2:58	11:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	17:25	3:25	0:33	13:27	9	6	60.0
1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	16:44	3:25	0:00	13:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	18	12:40	0:00	1:55	10:45	6	5	54.5
0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	4	1	0	1	22	16:12	0:00	2:50	13:22	6	7	46.2
0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	17	14:28	1:29	0:00	12:59	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	27	22:35	0:56	2:24	19:15	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	25:44	3:58	3:36	18:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	24	20:02	0:00	2:29	17:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	27	18:41	0:00	1:32	17:09	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	24:31	0:17	4:01	20:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	4:32	0:00	0:00	4:32	0	0	0.0

goalies
Arturs SilovsA. Silovs#37

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	3	28	.903	22	5	1	0	0	59:37	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Justin DanforthJ. Danforth#15
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Mason GeertsenM. Geertsen#55
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Jiri KulichJ. Kulich#20
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Josh NorrisJ. Norris#9
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Jacob BrysonJ. Bryson#78
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Ryan JohnsonR. Johnson#33
Michael KesselringM. Kesselring#8
Radim MrtkaR. Mrtka#57
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#21

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	17	11:55	0:00	0:24	11:31	6	4	60.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	17	12:50	2:21	0:00	10:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	9:10	0:00	0:00	9:10	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	14:15	0:00	1:11	13:04	1	2	33.3
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:11	2:24	0:00	12:47	5	3	62.5
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	15	12:32	0:00	1:55	10:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	18:49	2:25	2:35	13:49	10	10	50.0
2	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	18:59	4:35	1:04	13:20	10	8	55.6
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	14:46	2:22	0:00	12:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:52	4:43	0:00	14:09	0	2	0.0
0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	21:29	4:37	2:39	14:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	16:27	4:37	0:00	11:50	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:01	1:33	3:27	12:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	24	27:07	5:28	1:26	20:13	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	17:40	0:00	1:12	16:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	15	14:26	0:00	0:56	13:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	20	15:35	0:00	0:48	14:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	1	23	18:40	0:00	1:59	16:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alexandar GeorgievA. Georgiev#40
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
13	3	10	.769	10	0	0	0	0	37:22	0
12	1	11	.917	6	5	0	0	0	20:00	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	2	2	5
	Sabres	1	0	2	3

1st Period			PIT	BUF
17:32		Tristan Broz (2) (Power Play) Assists: Philip Tomasino (2), Robby Fabbri (1)	1	0
17:42		Josh Norris (2) Assists: Peyton Krebs (1), Ryan Johnson (1)	1	1

2nd Period			PIT	BUF
5:52		Matt Dumba (1) Assists: Ben Kindel (1), Philip Tomasino (3)	2	1
19:54		Avery Hayes (1) (Power Play) Assists: Filip Hallander (3)	3	1

3rd Period		PIT	BUF
4:29	Josh Norris (3) Assists: Tage Thompson (2), Peyton Krebs (2)	3	2
10:01	Ville Koivunen (2) Assists: Ryan Shea (2), Matt Dumba (2)	4	2
11:42	Rasmus Dahlin (2) (Power Play) Unassisted	4	3
17:57	Filip Hallander (1) (Empty Net) Assists: Robby Fabbri (2), Joona Koppanen (1)	5	3

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

1:17

Filip Hallander tallies goal vs. Sabres

0:26

Rasmus Dahlin scores on the power play for Buffalo Sabres

0:49

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 2 October 2025

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 11,591

Referees:
Kendrick Nicholson
Mike Sullivan

Linesmen:
James Tobias
Shawn Oliver

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	26	14	3	55
NY Islanders	24	15	4	52
Philadelphia	22	12	7	51
Washington	22	16	6	50
Pittsburgh	20	12	9	49
New Jersey	22	19	2	46
NY Rangers	20	18	6	46
Columbus	18	17	7	43

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	26	13	3	55
Montreal	24	13	6	54
Detroit	25	15	4	54
Buffalo	22	15	4	48
Florida	22	17	3	47
Toronto	20	15	7	47
Boston	22	19	2	46
Ottawa	20	17	5	45

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