Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in a shootout on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 50-21-11
at Buffalo Sabres 2 33-37-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 0 1 0 0 1
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 0 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 18 9 16 4 0 47
Buffalo Sabres 6 10 11 6 0 33

Three stars

  1. A. Nilsson, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. T. Fedun, Buffalo Sabres (1 assist)
  3. W. Carrier, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:16 Buffalo Sabres William Carrier (1) Taylor Fedun (2) Even strength PIT 0, BUF 1
3rd 05:46 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (12) Chris Kunitz (9), Evgeni Malkin (8) Power play PIT 1, BUF 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round Team Shooter Result
1 Buffalo Sabres Kyle Okposo Saved
1 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Saved
2 Buffalo Sabres Sam Reinhart Saved
2 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Saved
3 Buffalo Sabres Cal O'Reilly Goal (winner)
3 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Saved

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 47 33
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 12 8
Hits 14 25
Blocked shots 13 15
Giveaways 10 5
Takeaways 10 6
Faceoffs won 29/66 (43.9%) 37/66 (56.1%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 41.2% 15:22
Number 13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 11:06
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 17:40
Number 16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 100% 10:01
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 0 10:37
Number 23 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 10:36
Number 34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:44
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 17:01
Number 62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 19:37
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 61.5% 22:07
Number 81 P. Kessel R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 21:14
Number 87 S. Crosby C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 40.7% 20:24
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 19:10
Number 4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 15:56
Number 6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 3 0 20:11
Number 8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 19:33
Number 28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 18:26
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 30:15
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 33 32 1 .970 65:00 OT loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 E. Kane L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:30
Number 10 C. Schneider L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 04:27
Number 12 B. Gionta R 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 20:14
Number 19 C. O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44.4% 12:38
Number 21 K. Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 69.2% 21:41
Number 22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 53.3% 22:26
Number 23 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 50% 19:59
Number 26 M. Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:56
Number 27 D. Grant C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 62.5% 11:51
Number 28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:10
Number 48 W. Carrier L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 5 0 0 05:50
Number 82 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 20:09
Number 4 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 21:54
Number 6 C. Franson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 23:31
Number 29 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 24:22
Number 38 T. Fedun D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 15:21
Number 41 J. Falk D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 09:56
Number 55 R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 29:56
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 A. Nilsson 47 46 1 .979 65:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:46 Pittsburgh Penguins Trevor Daley Hooking 2
1st 12:26 Buffalo Sabres Sam Reinhart High sticking 2
2nd 00:16 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Dumoulin Holding 2
2nd 09:25 Pittsburgh Penguins Conor Sheary Tripping 2
2nd 19:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Dumoulin Cross checking 2
3rd 05:37 Buffalo Sabres Cody Franson Interference 2
3rd 14:08 Buffalo Sabres Jake McCabe Roughing 2
3rd 14:08 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
3rd 14:08 Buffalo Sabres Brian Gionta Roughing 2
3rd 14:08 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Roughing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Dan Bylsma
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Steve Miller
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Patric Hornqvist, Tom Sestito, Steve Oleksy
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Zach Bogosian, Ryan O'Reilly, Dmitry Kulikov

2016-2017 season series

Other NHL games on Nov 19

Sources and further reading

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