Pittsburgh Penguins @ Buffalo Sabres

39-16-10, 21-7-5 Away

Final/SO

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

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

23-33-8, 12-16-4 Home

Thompson leads Sabres to 4-3 shootout win over Penguins

— Tage Thompson had two goals in regulation and scored in the shootout, Alex Tuch also had a shootout goal, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Wednesday night for their third consecutive win.

Mar 24, 2022, 03:46 am - AP

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Penguins	0	2	1	0	3
	Sabres	1	1	1	1	4

1st Period			PIT	BUF
17:15		Tage Thompson (26) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson (4)	0	1

2nd Period		PIT	BUF
0:26	Sidney Crosby (23) (Power Play) Assists: Bryan Rust (30), Jake Guentzel (33)	1	1
15:56	Zemgus Girgensons (8) Assists: Kyle Okposo (21)	1	2
18:46	Evgeni Malkin (13) Assists: Bryan Rust (31)	2	2

3rd Period			PIT	BUF
1:01		Tage Thompson (27) Assists: Jeff Skinner (19), Alex Tuch (18)	2	3
15:04		Kris Letang (7) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (15), Sidney Crosby (43)	3	3

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			PIT	BUF
			0	1
			0	1
			0	1
			0	1
			0	2

PENGUINS

SABRES

Regular Season Series

BUF wins 2-1

Sabres
2
Penguins
1

Game 1

17/11

Sabres
2
Penguins
3

Game 2

18/12

Penguins
3
Sabres
4

Game 3

23/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	36	15	6	78
Pittsburgh	29	15	12	70
NY Islanders	32	21	5	69
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	29	23	7	65
Philadelphia	25	20	11	61
New Jersey	28	27	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	6	50

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	37	14	4	78
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	19	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Ottawa	28	22	7	63
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	25	3	61

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Buffalo Sabres

Stars of the Game

Tage ThompsonC - BUF

Mattias SamuelssonD - BUF

Zemgus GirgensonsC - BUF

Game Information

Thompson leads Sabres to 4-3 shootout win over Penguins

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

BUF wins 2-1

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