Buffalo Sabres @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason

0-1-0, 0-1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	0	1	0	1
Penguins PIT	1	2	1	4

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

1-0-0, 1-0-0 Home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Thomas BordeleauT. Bordeleau#77
Justin DanforthJ. Danforth#15
Riley Fiddler-SchultzR. Fiddler-Schultz#45
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Jiri KulichJ. Kulich#20
Trevor KuntarT. Kuntar#52
Aidan McDonoughA. McDonough#27
Matthew PecaM. Peca#13
Jason PolinJ. Polin#41
Jake RichardJ. Richard#70
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#43
Liam ValenteL. Valente#28
defensemen
Dennis GilbertD. Gilbert#44
Ryan JohnsonR. Johnson#33
Vsevolod KomarovV. Komarov#76
Zach MetsaZ. Metsa#73
Radim MrtkaR. Mrtka#57
Jack RathboneJ. Rathbone#3

											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	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	16:57	3:12	0:00	13:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	17:32	2:45	1:05	13:42	2	3	40.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	14:19	0:02	1:33	12:44	5	3	62.5
0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	20	17:01	0:01	2:03	14:57	3	6	33.3
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	19:39	3:06	0:49	15:44	5	7	41.7
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	18	14:52	0:01	0:00	14:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:51	1:12	0:00	10:39	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	18:01	1:44	1:08	15:09	7	8	46.7
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:37	1:31	0:00	14:06	2	0	100.0
1	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	16:02	2:43	0:00	13:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5:35	0:52	0:00	4:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	16	14:54	0:27	0:00	14:27	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	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	22	20:02	0:00	0:52	19:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	22	18:42	0:00	1:29	17:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	18	17:33	0:00	0:52	16:41	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	23	21:55	2:47	1:25	17:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	22	20:28	0:04	2:01	18:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	3	18	16:22	1:38	0:17	14:27	0	0	0.0

Colten EllisC. Ellis#92
goalies
Alex LyonA. Lyon#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
8	0	8	1.000	8	0	0	0	0	18:52	0
19	3	16	.842	14	1	1	0	0	40:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Justin BrazeauJ. Brazeau#16
Tristan BrozT. Broz#26
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
David GustafssonD. Gustafsson#13
Filip HallanderF. Hallander#11
Avery HayesA. Hayes#85
Tanner HoweT. Howe#40
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Andrei KuzmenkoA. Kuzmenko#10
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#22
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Elmer SoderblomE. Soderblom#25
defensemen
Harrison BrunickeH. Brunicke#45
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Owen PickeringO. Pickering#38
Chase PietilaC. Pietila#44
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											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	0	1	2	1	0	1	18	14:29	0:15	0:00	14:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	19	17:48	2:19	0:05	15:24	3	5	37.5
1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	20	14:41	0:52	1:38	12:11	6	3	66.7
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	16:36	0:00	2:14	14:22	5	8	38.5
0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	21	14:14	1:09	1:38	11:27	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	18	14:50	1:12	0:00	13:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	14	12:28	0:00	0:00	12:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6:13	0:00	0:42	5:31	6	1	85.7
0	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	19:02	2:11	0:00	16:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:33	2:19	0:30	13:44	8	6	57.1
1	2	3	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	16:41	2:18	0:04	14:19	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	18	15:31	1:17	2:01	12:13	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	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	20	16:30	1:09	1:07	14:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	2	23	22:33	0:00	1:28	21:05	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	23	20:49	2:19	1:08	17:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	20	17:27	0:00	1:49	15:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	22	21:56	0:00	2:10	19:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:21	0:00	1:06	16:15	0	0	0.0

Sergei MurashovS. Murashov#1
goalies
Joel BlomqvistJ. Blomqvist#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
13	0	13	1.000	12	1	0	0	0	30:23	0
11	1	10	.909	6	3	1	0	0	29:30	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	0	1	0	1
	Penguins	1	2	1	4

1st Period			BUF	PIT
10:27		Connor Dewar (1) Assists: Bryan Rust (1), Andrei Kuzmenko (1)	0	1

2nd Period		BUF	PIT
12:16	Bryan Rust (1) (Power Play) Assists: Hendrix Lapierre (1), Kris Letang (1)	0	2
18:32	Jake Richard (1) (Power Play) Assists: Thomas Bordeleau (1), Zach Metsa (1)	1	2
19:58	Avery Hayes (1) Unassisted	1	3

3rd Period			BUF	PIT
18:13		Elmer Soderblom (1) (Empty Net) Assists: Bryan Rust (2), Connor Dewar (1)	1	4

PPG Paints Arena

12:00 AM, 22 September 2026

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 11,947

Referees:
Carter Sandlak
Justin Kea

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	2	0	0	4
Florida	1	0	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	0	0	2
Boston	1	0	0	2
Toronto	0	1	1	1
Detroit	0	0	0	1
Ottawa	0	0	0	0
Buffalo	0	1	0	0

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	2	0	0	4
Washington	1	0	1	3
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	2
Columbus	0	0	0	1
NY Islanders	0	1	0	0
NY Rangers	0	1	0	0
Carolina	0	1	0	0
Philadelphia	0	1	0	0

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