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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 01:46 BUF Jason Zucker (15) — Ryan McLeod (30) , Bowen Byram (18) EV 0-1
1 09:18 PIT Avery Hayes (1) — Ilya Solovyov (5) , Rutger McGroarty (3) EV 1-1
1 18:47 PIT Avery Hayes (2) — Anthony Mantha (22) , Parker Wotherspoon (16) EV 2-1
2 07:44 PIT Ben Kindel (13) EV 3-1
3 01:55 BUF Tage Thompson (30) — Jack Quinn (25) , Rasmus Dahlin (37) PP 3-2
3 15:33 PIT Tommy Novak (11) — Egor Chinakhov (7) , Evgeni Malkin (31) EV 4-2
3 19:46 PIT Ben Kindel (14) — Connor Dewar (11) SH, EN 5-2

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 15:54 PIT Evgeni Malkin High Sticking 2
1 18:59 PIT Ryan Shea Holding 2
2 10:03 PIT Sidney Crosby Cross Checking 2
2 17:54 BUF Alex Tuch Tripping 2
3 01:14 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
3 04:13 BUF Michael Kesselring Hooking 2
3 10:33 BUF Peyton Krebs Interference Goalkeeper 2
3 10:33 PIT Connor Clifton Fighting 5
3 10:33 BUF Peyton Krebs Fighting 5
3 18:31 PIT Anthony Mantha Hooking 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Shots 32 27
Faceoff % 45.5% 54.5%
Hits 20 16
Blocked Shots 8 10
Giveaways 17 14
Takeaways 6 4

Skaters

Pittsburgh Penguins

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
2 Rutger McGroarty R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 16 10:01
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12 07:07
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 14 11:11
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 23 23:31
18 Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 15:19
19 Connor Dewar C 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 18 15:41
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 16:30
59 Egor Chinakhov R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 17 13:08
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 1 19 17:59
81 Ben Kindel C 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 21 17:27
85 Avery Hayes R 2 0 2 2 0 6 2 0 2 1 14 10:09
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 1 1 21 20:05
5 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 26 19:29
7 Ilya Solovyov D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 12:08
28 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 24 23:37
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 23 22:47
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 3 5 0 5 2 0 0 21 17:19
77 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 18:44

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 0 2 0 21 18:48
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 16 10:40
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 0 0 0 20 19:24
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0 0 0 17 11:10
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18 10:38
63 Isak Rosen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 13 10:36
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 28 20:01
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 -3 0 7 1 0 0 0 24 23:18
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 12:23
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 0 1 1 26 20:53
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 0 2 0 23 18:35
94 Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 08:02
4 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 2 0 1 30 26:00
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 0 2 0 14 07:56
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 2 1 28 22:42
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 3 1 0 30 25:12
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 26:32
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 04:19

Goalies

Pittsburgh Penguins

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
37 Arturs Silovs 27 25 2 .926 21/22 4/5 0/0 59:38
74 Stuart Skinner 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
34 Alex Lyon 31 27 4 .871 20/24 6/6 1/1 56:51
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00