NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

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Pittsburgh Penguins
2-2-0
Final
3 - 1
Buffalo Sabres
1-2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 9:00 Sidney Crosby Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Novak (1), Declan Carlile (1)
Goal 1st Period 10:56 Ville Koivunen Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Hendrix Lapierre (2), Bryan Rust (3)
Goal 3rd Period 11:30 Ryan McLeod Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Owen Power (4), Noah Ostlund (2)
Goal 3rd Period 18:55 Nick Robertson Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Rickard Rakell (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)

Statistics

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15 Blocked Shots 9
18 Hits 24
5 Takeaways 2
24 Shots 24
0 Power Play Goals 1
1 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
20 Faceoffs Won 39
33.9 Faceoff Win Percent 66.1
20 Giveaways 19
3 Total Penalties 1
6 Penalty Minutes 2
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
Blake Lizotte, C Day-To-Day Oct 1
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

Game Information

KeyBank Center

Location: Buffalo, NY
Attendance: 16,078 | 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
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