Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 7:00 PM ET PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Buffalo Sabres	4	25-45-12
at Pittsburgh Penguins	5	47-29-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	1	2	4
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	2	2	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	14	11	17	42
Pittsburgh Penguins	9	9	9	27

Three stars

S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)
J. Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)
R. O'Reilly, Buffalo Sabres (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:34	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jake Guentzel (2)	Sidney Crosby (1), Conor Sheary (3)	Even strength	BUF 0, PIT 1
1st	05:54	Buffalo Sabres	Victor Antipin (1)	Zemgus Girgensons (1), Ryan O'Reilly (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, PIT 1
2nd	03:23	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby (1)	Conor Sheary (4), Jake Guentzel (5)	Even strength	BUF 1, PIT 2
2nd	13:37	Buffalo Sabres	Nicolas Deslauriers (1)	Johan Larsson (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, PIT 2
2nd	19:00	Pittsburgh Penguins	Justin Schultz (2)	Brian Dumoulin (1), Conor Sheary (5)	Power play	BUF 2, PIT 3
3rd	06:21	Pittsburgh Penguins	Phil Kessel (1)	Evgeni Malkin (1), Carl Hagelin (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, PIT 4
3rd	07:00	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin (1)	Phil Kessel (1), Jake Guentzel (6)	Power play	BUF 2, PIT 5
3rd	19:18	Buffalo Sabres	Jacob Josefson (1)	Kyle Okposo (1), Ryan O'Reilly (2)	Even strength	BUF 3, PIT 5
3rd	19:40	Buffalo Sabres	Evander Kane (1)	Jack Eichel (1)	Even strength	BUF 4, PIT 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal	42	27
Power play	0 of 2	2 of 3
Penalty minutes	10	8
Hits	32	27
Blocked shots	7	14
Giveaways	1	5
Takeaways	11	8
Faceoffs won	26/54 (48.1%)	28/54 (51.9%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 E. Kane	L	1	0	1	-1	4	5	8	0	25%	17:58
Number 10 J. Josefson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	62.5%	13:45
Number 15 J. Eichel	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	50%	20:03
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	1		17:05
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	50%	11:18
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	40%	15:01
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	3	0		17:10
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		18:42
Number 44 N. Deslauriers	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	5	0		10:52
Number 67 B. Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		10:21
Number 90 R. O'Reilly	C	0	2	2	+2	0	2	2	0	50%	16:22
Number 95 J. Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		12:36
Number 27 T. Fedun	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1		16:02
Number 38 C. Goloubef	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:53
Number 41 J. Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1		16:27
Number 47 Z. Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	0	8	2	0		24:02
Number 82 N. Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		25:48
Number 93 V. Antipin	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0		18:18

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Johnson	27	22	5	.815	56:52	Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 17 B. Rust	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0		14:21
Number 23 S. Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0		13:18
Number 33 G. McKegg	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	0	35.7%	17:00
Number 34 T. Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0		14:46
Number 37 C. Rowney	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	0	40%	14:13
Number 43 C. Sheary	L	0	3	3	+2	0	2	0	0	0		14:03
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	1	2	3	+2	0	2	2	0	0		16:37
Number 62 C. Hagelin	L	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1	0		14:25
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	0	1	40%	15:23
Number 75 R. Reaves	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	5	0	0		12:10
Number 81 P. Kessel	R	1	1	2	-1	0	3	0	0	0	50%	16:12
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	0	0	69.6%	16:35
Number 3 O. Maatta	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0		16:49
Number 4 J. Schultz	D	1	0	1	-3	0	3	5	2	1		18:09
Number 8 B. Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	+2	2	1	2	1	0		20:00
Number 22 M. Hunwick	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		17:44
Number 28 I. Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	3	0		19:06
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	1	2	0		24:55

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 A. Niemi	42	38	4	.905	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	13:16	Buffalo Sabres	Johan Larsson	Holding	2
2nd	11:11	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bryan Rust	Holding	2
2nd	13:44	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brian Dumoulin	Interference	2
2nd	16:03	Buffalo Sabres	Evander Kane	Roughing	2
2nd	16:03	Buffalo Sabres	Evander Kane	Roughing	2
2nd	16:03	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ryan Reaves	Roughing	2
2nd	16:03	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ryan Reaves	Roughing	2
2nd	17:05	Buffalo Sabres	Nicolas Deslauriers	Holding	2
3rd	06:30	Buffalo Sabres	Benoit Pouliot	Tripping	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Phil Housley
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Libor Suchanek
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Josh Gorges, Matt Moulson, Kevin Porter, Marco Scandella, Robin Lehner, Jordan Nolan, Colin Blackwell, Jason Kasdorf, Adam Wilcox, Seth Griffith, Steve Moses, Matt Tennyson, Jake McCabe, Judd Peterson, Sean Malone, Hudson Fasching, Connor Hurley, Nick Baptiste, Rasmus Ristolainen, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Brendan Guhle, Evan Rodrigues, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Casey Nelson, Kyle Criscuolo, Vojtech Budik, Rasmus Asplund, Cliff Pu, Brett Murray, Alex Nylander, Philip Nyberg, Brandon Hagel, Austin Osmanski, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Daniel Muzito-Bagenda, Casey Mittelstadt, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, C.J. Smith, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Tom Kostopoulos, Vladimir Malenkykh, Jay McClement, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Patric Hornqvist, Tom Sestito, Chris Summers, Alexander Pechurskiy, Garrett Wilson, Christian Thomas, Jarred Tinordi, Zach Trotman, Frank Corrado, Josh Archibald, Colin Smith, Derrick Pouliot, Teddy Blueger, Sean Maguire, Thomas Di Pauli, Chad Ruhwedel, Ryan Segalla, Dane Birks, Tristan Jarry, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Ryan Haggerty, Kevin Czuczman, Sam Lafferty, Anthony Angello, Jeff Taylor, Daniel Sprong, Dominik Simon, Frederik Tiffels, Nikita Pavlychev, Casey DeSmith, Ethan Prow, Filip Gustavsson, Lukas Bengtsson, Kasper Bjorkqvist, Connor Hall, Ryan Jones, Niclas Almari, Joseph Masonius, Zachary Aston-Reese, Clayton Phillips, Zachary Lauzon, Linus Olund, Antti Palojarvi, William Reilly, Jan Drozg, Adam Johnson, Alex D'Orio, Sam Miletic, Jordy Bellerive

2017-2018 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Sep 19, 2017
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wed, Sep 27, 2017

Other NHL games on Sep 27

Other NHL games on Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Matchup	Status	Details
New Jersey Devils 4 at Washington Capitals 1	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals, Wed, Sep 27, 2017
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Sep 27, 2017
Ottawa Senators 3 at Winnipeg Jets 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Winnipeg Jets, Wed, Sep 27, 2017
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Carolina Hurricanes, Wed, Sep 27, 2017