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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 12:00 BUF Ryan McLeod (12) SH 1-0
1 14:48 PIT Bryan Rust (21) — Ben Kindel (15) SH 1-1
2 04:10 BUF Josh Norris (9) — Josh Doan (23) , Bowen Byram (22) PP 2-1
2 06:18 BUF Alex Tuch (25) — Owen Power (15) , Tage Thompson (32) SH 3-1
2 10:30 BUF Owen Power (6) — Josh Norris (13) , Noah Ostlund (12) EV 4-1
3 16:53 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (12) EN 5-1

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 03:22 BUF Peyton Krebs Hooking 2
1 08:16 PIT Erik Karlsson Holding 2
1 10:24 BUF — Too Many Men On The Ice 2
1 14:04 PIT Noel Acciari Holding 2
2 00:38 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross Checking 2
2 00:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross Checking 2
2 00:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 5
2 00:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin Game Misconduct 10
2 04:10 PIT — Delaying Game Unsuccessful Challenge 2
2 05:25 BUF Ryan McLeod Slashing 2
2 14:44 BUF Beck Malenstyn Boarding 2
3 07:04 PIT Ben Kindel Holding The Stick 2
3 11:54 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Slashing 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots 26 28
Faceoff % 59.6% 40.4%
Hits 20 18
Blocked Shots 11 11
Giveaways 13 17
Takeaways 3 2

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 18 13:22
9 Josh Norris C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 18 17:41
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 2 0 13 14:11
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 16 10:35
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 17 11:49
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 1 0 20 14:25
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12 08:37
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 25 18:23
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 17 18:43
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 16:42
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 25 17:37
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 18:28
4 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 22 22:32
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 18 12:58
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 24 21:19
25 Owen Power D 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 21 20:45
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 25 21:29
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 11:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 1 0 20 14:13
17 Bryan Rust R 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 20 19:53
18 Tommy Novak C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 2 0 18 15:03
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 13 14:43
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 2 0 13 15:58
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 17 16:44
55 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 16 15:27
59 Egor Chinakhov R 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 0 1 0 20 17:27
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 0 18 18:34
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 0 1 0 6 05:54
81 Ben Kindel C 0 1 1 -2 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 14:52
85 Avery Hayes R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 12:43
5 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 19 18:30
28 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 3 0 16 14:54
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 1 0 18 18:02
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 0 1 0 18 17:09
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 1 2 0 17 23:05
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 17:55

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 28 27 1 .964 25/25 2/2 0/1 59:24
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
37 Arturs Silovs 25 21 4 .840 12/13 9/10 0/2 55:54
74 Stuart Skinner 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00