NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

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Pittsburgh Penguins
29-15-12
Final
5 - 2
Buffalo Sabres
32-19-6
Regular Season Series

PIT leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:46 Jason Zucker Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (30), Bowen Byram (18)
Goal 1st Period 9:18 Avery Hayes Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ilya Solovyov (5), Rutger McGroarty (3)
Goal 1st Period 18:47 Avery Hayes Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Mantha (22), Parker Wotherspoon (16)
Goal 2nd Period 7:44 Ben Kindel Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 1:55 Tage Thompson Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (25), Rasmus Dahlin (37)
Goal 3rd Period 15:33 Thomas Novak Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Egor Chinakhov (7), Evgeni Malkin (31)
Goal 3rd Period 19:46 Ben Kindel Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (11)

Statistics

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8 Blocked Shots 10
20 Hits 16
6 Takeaways 4
32 Shots 27
0 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 5
0.0 Power Play Percentage 20.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
30 Faceoffs Won 36
45.5 Faceoff Win Percent 54.5
17 Giveaways 15
6 Total Penalties 4
15 Penalty Minutes 11
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Olen Zellweger, D Injured Reserve Oct 1
Conor Timmins, D Injured Reserve Sep 29
Alex Lyon, G Day-To-Day Sep 29
Mattias Samuelsson, D Injured Reserve Sep 29
Topias Leinonen, G Injured Reserve Sep 28
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tristan Broz, C Injured Reserve Sep 28
Andrei Kuzmenko, LW Injured Reserve Sep 28
Bryan Rust, RW Injured Reserve Sep 28
Ben Kindel, C Injured Reserve Sep 27
Justin Brazeau, RW Injured Reserve Sep 27

Game Information

KeyBank Center

Location: Buffalo, NY
Attendance: 19,070 | Capacity:

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Pittsburgh 0 0 2 1
Carolina 1 0 1 0
Washington 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 0 0 0 0
Columbus 0 0 0 0
NY Islanders 0 1 0 0
NY Rangers 0 1 0 0
Philadelphia 0 1 0 0

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Boston 0 0 2 1
Montreal 0 0 2 1
Florida 0 0 2 1
Toronto 0 1 2 1
Detroit 0 0 0 0
Buffalo 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0
Ottawa 0 0 0 0
Full Standings