Buffalo Sabres @ Pittsburgh Penguins

37-19-6, 19-11-3 Away

Final

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

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

31-17-13, 15-9-7 Home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Josh DunneJ. Dunne#44
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Josh NorrisJ. Norris#9
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Michael KesselringM. Kesselring#8
Zach MetsaZ. Metsa#73
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%
0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	13:22	0:02	4:42	8:38	0	1	0.0
0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	18:28	7:07	0:00	11:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	8:37	0:00	1:00	7:37	3	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	16	10:35	0:00	0:00	10:35	2	1	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	0	1	20	14:25	0:04	3:58	10:23	2	0	100.0
1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	25	18:23	3:49	4:12	10:22	7	6	53.8
1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	17:41	6:58	0:04	10:39	8	8	50.0
0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	16:42	3:17	0:12	13:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	11:49	2:46	0:00	9:03	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	17	18:43	7:50	0:08	10:45	4	0	100.0
1	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	25	17:37	3:43	4:13	9:41	1	3	25.0
0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	14:11	7:38	0:00	6:33	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	22:32	5:10	3:16	14:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	25	21:29	4:55	2:30	14:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:58	0:00	1:15	11:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	11:00	0:00	0:00	11:00	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	20:45	1:28	5:08	14:09	0	0	0.0
1	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	24	21:19	0:00	6:30	14:49	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	1	27	.964	25	2	0	0	0	59:24	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Justin BrazeauJ. Brazeau#16
Egor ChinakhovE. Chinakhov#59
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Avery HayesA. Hayes#85
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Parker WotherspoonP. Wotherspoon#28

											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	2	1	2	1	0	0	16	15:27	0:01	5:07	10:19	5	4	55.6
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	14:13	2:05	0:01	12:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	17:27	6:00	0:00	11:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	14:43	0:00	5:15	9:28	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:43	0:37	0:14	11:52	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	19	14:52	2:13	1:40	10:59	4	7	36.4
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	17	16:44	1:02	4:24	11:18	4	5	44.4
0	0	0	1	1	0	3	17	0	0	1	6	5:54	2:28	0:00	3:26	0	2	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	15:58	7:13	0:00	8:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	15:03	1:54	0:00	13:09	4	6	40.0
0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	18:34	7:13	0:46	10:35	2	3	40.0
1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	19:53	7:10	3:01	9:42	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	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	17	17:55	0:00	6:10	11:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	18	18:02	0:10	2:23	15:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	17	23:05	7:09	2:26	13:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	18	17:09	2:14	1:19	13:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	19	18:30	0:00	6:16	12:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	16	14:54	0:05	3:30	11:19	0	0	0.0

goalies
Arturs SilovsA. Silovs#37

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	4	21	.840	12	9	0	0	0	55:54	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
	Sabres	1	3	1	5
	Penguins	1	0	0	1

1st Period			BUF	PIT
12:00		Ryan McLeod (12) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	1	0
14:48		Bryan Rust (21) (Shorthanded) Assists: Ben Kindel (15)	1	1

2nd Period		BUF	PIT
4:10	Josh Norris (9) (Power Play) Assists: Josh Doan (23), Bowen Byram (22)	2	1
6:18	Alex Tuch (25) (Shorthanded) Assists: Owen Power (15), Tage Thompson (32)	3	1
10:30	Owen Power (6) Assists: Josh Norris (13), Noah Ostlund (12)	4	1

3rd Period			BUF	PIT
16:53		Mattias Samuelsson (12) (Empty Net) Unassisted	5	1

Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: Game Highlights

1:19

Mattias Samuelsson lights the lamp

0:26

Owen Power nets goal for Sabres

0:33

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 2-1

Sabres
2
Penguins
4

Game 1

27/11

Penguins
5
Sabres
2

Game 2

6/2

Sabres
5
Penguins
1

Game 3

6/3

PPG Paints Arena

12:00 AM, 6 March 2026

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 17,572

Referees:
Furman South
Brandon Blandina

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	38	18	4	80
Buffalo	37	19	6	80
Detroit	35	20	7	77
Montreal	33	18	9	75
Boston	34	22	5	73
Ottawa	30	22	9	69
Toronto	27	25	11	65
Florida	30	29	3	63

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	39	16	6	84
Pittsburgh	31	17	13	75
NY Islanders	35	23	5	75
Columbus	32	21	8	72
Washington	31	25	7	69
Philadelphia	28	22	11	67
New Jersey	31	29	2	64
NY Rangers	24	29	8	56

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