Pittsburgh Penguins @ Buffalo Sabres
- Ryan Graves shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
- Giveaway by Zach Benson
- Zemgus Girgensons Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
- Alex Tuch Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
- Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
- Jordan Greenway Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
- Giveaway by Connor Clifton
- Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
- Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Lars Eller
- Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
- Connor Clifton Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Lars Eller shot blocked by Owen Power
- Takeaway by JJ Peterka
- Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot Short
- Victor Olofsson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: JJ Peterka (2)
- Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Giveaway by Erik Johnson
- Rasmus Dahlin Delaying Game - Puck over glass
- Jansen Harkins shot blocked by Connor Clifton
- Takeaway by Tyson Jost
- Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Giveaway by Devon Levi
- Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Takeaway by Jeff Skinner
- Victor Olofsson Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
- Alex Tuch faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
- Giveaway by Dylan Cozens
- Giveaway by Dylan Cozens
- Tage Thompson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
- Jeff Skinner Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Zach Benson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jordan Greenway (3), Casey Mittelstadt (3)
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
- Peyton Krebs hit Kris Letang
- Peyton Krebs Fighting against Sidney Crosby
- Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Lars Eller
- Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Wide Right
- Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Noel Acciari
- JJ Peterka Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Victor Olofsson (3), Casey Mittelstadt (4)
- Jordan Greenway Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Tyson Jost Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
- Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Tyson Jost
- Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Jeff Skinner faceoff won against Noel Acciari
- Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Jeff Skinner faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
- Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju
- Zemgus Girgensons Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Tyson Jost Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Noel Acciari shot blocked by Erik Johnson
- Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
- Colin White shot blocked by Erik Johnson
- Mattias Samuelsson hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
- Colin White shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
- Owen Power hit Lars Eller
- Zach Benson hit Kris Letang
- Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Connor Clifton Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
- Zemgus Girgensons hit Chad Ruhwedel
- Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Henri Jokiharju Tripping against Jansen Harkins
- Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
- Takeaway by Casey Mittelstadt
- Dylan Cozens Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
- Jeff Skinner faceoff won against Lars Eller
- Tage Thompson Snap Shot High and Wide Left
- Tage Thompson hit Marcus Pettersson
- Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
- Zemgus Girgensons Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Casey Mittelstadt Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Noel Acciari
- Casey Mittelstadt Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Noel Acciari shot blocked by Henri Jokiharju
- Giveaway by Erik Johnson
- Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
- Giveaway by Tage Thompson
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Lars Eller
- Victor Olofsson Slap Shot High and Wide Right
- Giveaway by JJ Peterka
- Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
- Zemgus Girgensons Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Peyton Krebs hit Reilly Smith
- Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
- Casey Mittelstadt Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Zach Benson (3), Owen Power (1)
- Connor Clifton hit Ryan Graves
- Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Tage Thompson Backhand Wide Left
- Giveaway by Alex Tuch
- Tage Thompson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
- Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Dylan Cozens hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
- Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
- Kris Letang shot blocked by Zach Benson
- Takeaway by Dylan Cozens
- Connor Clifton hit Lars Eller
- Jeff Skinner Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Noel Acciari
- Mattias Samuelsson Interference against Jeff Carter
- Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
- Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
- Casey Mittelstadt Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Drew O'Connor Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (2)
- Casey Mittelstadt shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
- Colin White Backhand saved by Devon Levi
- Matt Nieto Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Tage Thompson shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
- Puck in Netting
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
- Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Casey Mittelstadt shot blocked by Kris Letang
- Puck in Netting
- Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
- Rickard Rakell hit Connor Clifton
- Reilly Smith Backhand saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Lars Eller faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
- Chad Ruhwedel Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Colin White hit JJ Peterka
- Marcus Pettersson hit Tyson Jost
- Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
- Icing
- Icing
- Puck Frozen - Goalie
- Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Tage Thompson
- Alex Tuch shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
- Lars Eller Slap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Takeaway by Jeff Carter
- Erik Johnson shot blocked by Noel Acciari
- Goalie Stopped
- Noel Acciari faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
- Matt Nieto Slap Shot Off Crossbar
- Puck in Netting
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
- Takeaway by Drew O'Connor
- Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Jeff Carter faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Bryan Rust Slap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Bryan Rust faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph shot blocked by Jeff Carter
- Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
- Jansen Harkins Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Jansen Harkins Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Lars Eller faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Matt Nieto Tip-In Wide Right
- Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Bryan Rust Snap Shot Wide Left
- Kris Letang hit JJ Peterka
- Icing
- Colin White Snap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Takeaway by Jansen Harkins
- Off-side
- Puck in Benches
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
- Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
- Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Sidney Crosby Cross-checking against Peyton Krebs served by Rickard Rakell
- Sidney Crosby Fighting against Peyton Krebs
- Goalie Stopped
- Erik Karlsson hit Jordan Greenway
- Goalie Stopped
- Matt Nieto Tip-In Wide Left
- Marcus Pettersson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Rickard Rakell (1), Reilly Smith (1)
- Off-side
- Alex Tuch shot blocked by Reilly Smith
- Evgeni Malkin Wrap-around saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Lars Eller faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
- Lars Eller Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Ryan Graves (1), Kris Letang (1)
- Drew O'Connor Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Bryan Rust (2), Ryan Graves (2)
- Erik Johnson shot blocked by Noel Acciari
- Noel Acciari Tip-In saved by Devon Levi
- Matt Nieto Snap Shot Wide Right
- Colin White Snap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Ryan Graves Slap Shot Wide Right
- Lars Eller Slap Shot Wide Left
- Puck Frozen - Goalie
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
- Marcus Pettersson hit JJ Peterka
- Icing
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
- Drew O'Connor hit Henri Jokiharju
- Takeaway by Ryan Graves
- On-Ice Official
- Evgeni Malkin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Karlsson (1)
- Noel Acciari hit Owen Power
- Icing
- Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Ryan Graves Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Goalie Stopped
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Goalie Stopped
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
- Connor Clifton shot blocked by Sidney Crosby
- Goalie Stopped
- Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Jeff Carter Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Noel Acciari (2), Marcus Pettersson (2)
- Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Erik Johnson shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
- Rickard Rakell Tripping against JJ Peterka
- Lars Eller faceoff won against Alex Tuch
- Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Kris Letang
- Puck in Netting
- Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph Wrist Shot Wide Right
- Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Puck in Crowd
- Takeaway by Jansen Harkins
- Jansen Harkins Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
- Off-side
- Noel Acciari faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Puck in Crowd
- Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Tage Thompson
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph Slashing against Tage Thompson
- Lars Eller faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
- Goalie Stopped
- Jeff Carter faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
- Tage Thompson shot blocked by Ryan Graves
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph Slap Shot Wide Right
- Drew O'Connor Snap Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
- Icing
- Kris Letang Wrist Shot Wide Right
- Lars Eller Backhand saved by Devon Levi
- Icing
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
- Drew O'Connor hit Jeff Skinner
- Bryan Rust Tip-In saved by Devon Levi
- Tyson Jost shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
- Icing
- On-Ice Official
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
- Goalie Stopped
- Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
- Evgeni Malkin Tip-In Wide Right
- Sidney Crosby Tip-In Wide Left
- Kris Letang Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (3), Rickard Rakell (2)
- Erik Karlsson Deflected Wide Left
- Erik Karlsson Snap Shot Wide Left
- Takeaway by Lars Eller
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph Wrist Shot Wide Left
- Giveaway by Colin White
- Goalie Stopped
- Noel Acciari faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
PENGUINS
SABRES
| TIME | PLAY | PIT | BUF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Start of 1st Period | 0 | 0 | |
| 0:00 | Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | |
| 0:11 | Ryan Graves shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | |
| 0:20 | Drew O'Connor Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (2) | 1 | 0 | |
| 0:20 | Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | |
| 0:32 | Casey Mittelstadt shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | |
| 0:40 | Giveaway by Zach Benson | 1 | 0 | |
| 1:09 | Colin White Backhand saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 0 | |
| 1:51 | Matt Nieto Wrist Shot Wide Left | 1 | 0 | |
| 2:19 | Zemgus Girgensons Wrist Shot High and Wide Left | 1 | 0 | |
| 2:41 | Tage Thompson shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson | 1 | 0 | |
| 2:41 | Puck in Netting | 1 | 0 | |
| 2:41 | Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | |
| 2:46 | Alex Tuch Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 0 | |
| 3:17 | Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 0 | |
| 3:26 | Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Wide Left | 1 | 0 | |
| 3:33 | Casey Mittelstadt shot blocked by Kris Letang | 1 | 0 | |
| 3:34 | Puck in Netting | 1 | 0 | |
| 3:34 | Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | |
| 3:37 | Jordan Greenway Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 0 | |
| 3:55 | Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot High and Wide Right | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:12 | Rickard Rakell hit Connor Clifton | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:25 | Giveaway by Connor Clifton | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:31 | Reilly Smith Backhand saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:31 | Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:33 | Goalie Stopped | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:33 | Lars Eller faceoff won against Dylan Cozens | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:35 | Chad Ruhwedel Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:37 | Goalie Stopped | 1 | 0 | |
| 4:37 | Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Lars Eller | 1 | 0 | |
| 5:02 | Colin White hit JJ Peterka | 1 | 0 | |
| 5:34 | Marcus Pettersson hit Tyson Jost | 1 | 0 | |
| 5:57 | Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right | 1 | 0 | |
| 6:12 | Icing | 1 | 0 | |
| 6:12 | Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sidney Crosby | 1 | 0 | |
| 6:49 | Icing | 1 | 0 | |
| 6:49 | Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Sidney Crosby | 1 | 0 | |
| 6:57 | Connor Clifton Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 0 | |
| 6:59 | Puck Frozen - Goalie | 1 | 0 | |
| 6:59 | Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | |
| 7:43 | Alex Tuch shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 1 | 0 | |
| 8:00 | Lars Eller shot blocked by Owen Power | 1 | 0 | |
| 8:04 | Lars Eller Slap Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 0 | |
| 8:26 | Takeaway by Jeff Carter | 1 | 0 | |
| 8:58 | Erik Johnson shot blocked by Noel Acciari | 1 | 0 | |
| 9:44 | Takeaway by JJ Peterka | 1 | 0 | |
| 9:45 | Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot Short | 1 | 0 | |
| 9:46 | Victor Olofsson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: JJ Peterka (2) | 1 | 1 | |
| 9:46 | Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sidney Crosby | 1 | 1 | |
| 10:49 | Jeff Skinner Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:03 | Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:05 | Goalie Stopped | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:05 | Noel Acciari faceoff won against Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:13 | Matt Nieto Slap Shot Off Crossbar | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:15 | Puck in Netting | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:15 | Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:32 | Takeaway by Drew O'Connor | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:41 | Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 1 | |
| 12:56 | Giveaway by Erik Johnson | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:32 | Rasmus Dahlin Delaying Game - Puck over glass | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:32 | Jeff Carter faceoff won against Peyton Krebs | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:34 | Bryan Rust Slap Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:36 | Goalie Stopped | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:36 | Bryan Rust faceoff won against Peyton Krebs | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:50 | Jansen Harkins shot blocked by Connor Clifton | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:51 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph shot blocked by Jeff Carter | 1 | 1 | |
| 13:52 | Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 1 | |
| 14:16 | Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 1 | |
| 14:26 | Takeaway by Tyson Jost | 1 | 1 | |
| 14:57 | Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 1 | |
| 15:03 | Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 1 | |
| 15:23 | Jansen Harkins Wrist Shot Wide Left | 1 | 1 | |
| 15:25 | Jansen Harkins Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 1 | |
| 15:26 | Goalie Stopped | 1 | 1 | |
| 15:26 | Lars Eller faceoff won against Peyton Krebs | 1 | 1 | |
| 16:15 | Matt Nieto Tip-In Wide Right | 1 | 1 | |
| 16:15 | Giveaway by Devon Levi | 1 | 1 | |
| 16:39 | Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 1 | |
| 16:50 | Takeaway by Jeff Skinner | 1 | 1 | |
| 17:29 | Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Wide Left | 1 | 1 | |
| 17:33 | Bryan Rust Snap Shot Wide Left | 1 | 1 | |
| 17:39 | Victor Olofsson Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry | 1 | 1 | |
| 17:49 | Kris Letang hit JJ Peterka | 1 | 1 | |
| 18:47 | Icing | 1 | 1 | |
| 18:47 | Alex Tuch faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 1 | |
| 19:12 | Colin White Snap Shot saved by Devon Levi | 1 | 1 | |
| 19:12 | Takeaway by Jansen Harkins | 1 | 1 | |
| 19:25 | Giveaway by Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | |
| 19:27 | Giveaway by Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | |
| 19:43 | Off-side | 1 | 1 | |
| 19:43 | Tage Thompson faceoff won against Noel Acciari | 1 | 1 | |
| 20:00 | End of 1st Period | 1 | 1 | |
Game Information
KeyBank Center
12:00 AM, 7 October 2023
Buffalo, NY
Attendance: 14,875
- Referees:
- Kevin Pollock
- Linesmen:
- David Brisebois
- James Tobias
2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings
| Team | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina | 22 | 9 | 2 | 46 |
| Washington | 19 | 11 | 4 | 42 |
| NY Islanders | 19 | 12 | 3 | 41 |
| Philadelphia | 17 | 10 | 6 | 40 |
| New Jersey | 19 | 14 | 1 | 39 |
| NY Rangers | 17 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| Pittsburgh | 14 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| Columbus | 14 | 14 | 6 | 34 |

