Pittsburgh Penguins @ Buffalo Sabres

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

Final

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

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

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

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.

Jan 18, 2025, 03:22 am - AP

		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

Rasmus Dahlin hit Bryan Rust
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Connor Clifton
Tyson Kozak Wrist Shot Wide Right
Tyson Kozak hit Marcus Pettersson
Henri Jokiharju Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Drew O'Connor
Bowen Byram hit Noel Acciari
Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Giveaway by Bowen Byram
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
Jason Zucker hit Erik Karlsson
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Connor Clifton
Giveaway by Tyson Kozak
P.O Joseph shot blocked by Dylan Cozens
Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Jack Quinn Slashing against Evgeni Malkin
Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Owen Power Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Benson (8), Bowen Byram (18)
Rasmus Dahlin Tip-In saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Connor Clifton hit Evgeni Malkin
Jason Zucker Backhand saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide Right
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Cody Glass shot blocked by Henri Jokiharju
Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
Connor Clifton hit Michael Bunting
Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
Rasmus Dahlin hit Bryan Rust
Rasmus Dahlin High-sticking against Bryan Rust
Connor Clifton hit Sidney Crosby
Connor Clifton hit Michael Bunting
Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Beck Malenstyn hit Ryan Graves
Henri Jokiharju hit Blake Lizotte
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Cody Glass
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left
Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Dylan Cozens hit Marcus Pettersson
Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Peyton Krebs Tip-In Wide Left
Peyton Krebs Tip-In Wide Left
Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
Giveaway by Tyson Kozak
Ryan Graves shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
Beck Malenstyn hit Matt Grzelcyk
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide Left
Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot Wide Right
Noel Acciari shot blocked by Owen Power
Henri Jokiharju Tripping against Evgeni Malkin
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Connor Clifton
Giveaway by Bowen Byram
Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Giveaway by Jack Quinn
Dylan Cozens Slap Shot Wide Left
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Henri Jokiharju hit Evgeni Malkin
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Left
Takeaway by Zach Benson
Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
P.O Joseph shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Tage Thompson Interference against Ryan Graves
Dylan Cozens Tip-In saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Connor Clifton Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Cody Glass
Rasmus Dahlin hit Noel Acciari
Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Right
Henri Jokiharju Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Zach Benson hit Philip Tomasino
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
Owen Power shot blocked by Zach Benson
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Jack Quinn Tip-In Above Crossbar
Jason Zucker faceoff won against Noel Acciari
Jason Zucker faceoff won against Drew O'Connor
Jack Quinn Slap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Jack Quinn Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Peyton Krebs Roughing against Michael Bunting
Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Dylan Cozens Wrap-around saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Jason Zucker Misconduct
Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot Wide Right
Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Henri Jokiharju hit Philip Tomasino
Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Zach Benson Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (17), Alex Tuch (19)
Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Sam Lafferty hit P.O Joseph
Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
Beck Malenstyn hit Marcus Pettersson
Tage Thompson Backhand Wide Right
Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Dylan Cozens
Dylan Cozens Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
Bryan Rust Backhand Wide Left
Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
Noel Acciari hit Rasmus Dahlin
Icing
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Lafferty
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Giveaway by Michael Bunting
Anthony Beauvillier hit Tage Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Drew O'Connor Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Philip Tomasino Tip-In Hit Left Post
Giveaway by Philip Tomasino
Jack Quinn shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Noel Acciari Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Goalie Stopped
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot Wide Left
Anthony Beauvillier hit Jason Zucker
Connor Clifton shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
Cody Glass Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
Jason Zucker shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
Goalie Stopped
Cody Glass faceoff won against Zach Benson
Icing
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
On-Ice Official
TV Timeout
Michael Bunting hit Jack Quinn
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
Michael Bunting Tip-In Wide Right
Giveaway by Bryan Rust
Video Review
Evgeni Malkin High-sticking - double minor against Beck Malenstyn
Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Off-side
Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Henri Jokiharju shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Bryan Rust
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Goalie Stopped
Cody Glass faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot Short
Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Rickard Rakell Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Bryan Rust (18), Matt Grzelcyk (22)
Takeaway by Cody Glass
Anthony Beauvillier Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Cody Glass (9)
Puck in Crowd
Blake Lizotte Wrist Shot Wide Right
Noel Acciari hit Owen Power
Ryan Graves hit Beck Malenstyn
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Blake Lizotte
Blake Lizotte Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Matt Grzelcyk
Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
Icing
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Icing
Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Left
Kevin Hayes hit Owen Power
Drew O'Connor hit Zach Benson
Tyson Kozak shot blocked by Ryan Graves
Kevin Hayes Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Erik Karlsson hit Alex Tuch
TV Timeout
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Cody Glass Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Philip Tomasino (5), Alex Nedeljkovic (1)
P.O Joseph Slashing against Ryan McLeod
TV Timeout
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jason Zucker
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
Anthony Beauvillier hit Henri Jokiharju
Alex Tuch shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
Puck in Benches
Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Zach Benson
Takeaway by Kevin Hayes
Owen Pickering hit Jack Quinn
Cody Glass Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
Puck in Netting
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Goalie Stopped
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
Evgeni Malkin Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Evgeni Malkin Interference - Goalkeeper against Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jason Zucker
Noel Acciari Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Bryan Rust faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
Goalie Stopped
Bryan Rust Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Matt Grzelcyk (23), Michael Bunting (13)
Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
Puck in Netting
Noel Acciari hit Rasmus Dahlin
Noel Acciari hit Rasmus Dahlin
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Giveaway by Ryan Graves
Owen Power shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
Giveaway by Drew O'Connor
Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
Rickard Rakell hit Bowen Byram
Owen Pickering Delaying Game - Puck over glass
Off-side
Puck in Netting
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Ryan Graves hit Alex Tuch
Ryan Graves hit Bowen Byram
Takeaway by P.O Joseph
Dylan Cozens shot blocked by Blake Lizotte
Blake Lizotte Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Bryan Rust Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
Icing
Michael Bunting hit Owen Power
Michael Bunting Roughing against Peyton Krebs
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Goalie Stopped
Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Alex Tuch
Goalie Stopped
Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
Ryan Graves Misconduct
Tage Thompson shot blocked by Owen Pickering
Puck in Netting
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Bowen Byram shot blocked by Noel Acciari
Icing
Kevin Hayes Backhand Hit Right Post
Goalie Stopped
Owen Pickering hit Jack Quinn
Matt Grzelcyk hit Jack Quinn
Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
Takeaway by Anthony Beauvillier
Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Puck in Benches
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
Alex Nedeljkovic Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Marcus Pettersson hit Beck Malenstyn
Giveaway by Michael Bunting
Michael Bunting Wrist Shot Wide Left
Tage Thompson shot blocked by P.O Joseph
Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by P.O Joseph
Icing
Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
Philip Tomasino hit Rasmus Dahlin

PENGUINS

SABRES

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-0

Sabres
5
Penguins
6

Game 1

17/10

Penguins
5
Sabres
2

Game 2

18/1

Penguins
3
Sabres
7

Game 3

27/3

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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Alex NedeljkovicG - PIT

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

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