Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2018-2019 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	44-26-12
at Buffalo Sabres	3	33-39-10

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	7	7	12	26
Buffalo Sabres	14	9	6	29

Three stars

J. Eichel, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
J. McCabe, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
E. Rodrigues, Buffalo Sabres (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	19:53	Buffalo Sabres	Vladimir Sobotka (1)	Unassisted	Power play	PIT 0, BUF 1
2nd	06:06	Buffalo Sabres	Jake McCabe (1)	Evan Rodrigues (2), Vladimir Sobotka (1)	Even strength	PIT 0, BUF 2
2nd	13:44	Buffalo Sabres	Jack Eichel (1)	Lawrence Pilut (1)	Shorthanded	PIT 0, BUF 3
3rd	15:43	Pittsburgh Penguins	Will O'Neill (1)	Teddy Blueger (1)	Even strength	PIT 1, BUF 3
3rd	16:21	Pittsburgh Penguins	Juuso Riikola (1)	Daniel Sprong (1), Jake Guentzel (1)	Even strength	PIT 2, BUF 3

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Pittsburgh Penguins	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	26	29
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	4
Hits	16	32
Blocked shots	13	6
Giveaways	7	9
Takeaways	5	1
Faceoffs won	25/53 (47.2%)	28/53 (52.8%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 G. Wilson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0		11:14
Number 11 J. Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:41
Number 12 D. Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		15:11
Number 38 D. Grant	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3	37.5%	17:03
Number 39 J. Dea	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	66.7%	13:31
Number 41 D. Sprong	R	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0		17:52
Number 46 Z. Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		14:54
Number 53 T. Blueger	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	71.4%	15:28
Number 54 T. Di Pauli	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		16:41
Number 57 A. Angello	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	0		11:03
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0		18:46
Number 64 J. Bellerive	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	16.7%	11:37
Number 2 C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	3		21:58
Number 3 O. Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		22:28
Number 24 S. Elliott	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		17:17
Number 50 J. Riikola	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	0		19:41
Number 55 C. Summers	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2		15:12
Number 75 W. O'Neill	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		19:12

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 C. DeSmith	29	26	3	.897	58:46	Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres 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 9 J. Eichel	C	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	1	0	55%	22:33
Number 13 N. Baptiste	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1	0		11:37
Number 17 V. Sobotka	C	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	0	1	60%	14:50
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0		18:12
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0		12:18
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0		14:44
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0	25%	13:24
Number 49 C. Smith	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		12:10
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	100%	19:14
Number 71 E. Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		15:16
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	64.3%	11:56
Number 95 J. Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		13:44
Number 6 M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0		20:38
Number 19 J. McCabe	D	1	0	1	+2	0	3	7	1	0		15:52
Number 24 L. Pilut	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		17:58
Number 26 R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0	0		21:32
Number 33 W. Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		16:45
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	1	0		23:17

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 S. Wedgewood	12	10	2	.833	20:00
Number 40 C. Hutton	14	14	0	1.000	40:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	15:14	Pittsburgh Penguins	Chris Summers	Roughing	2
1st	17:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Daniel Sprong	Slashing	2
1st	18:28	Pittsburgh Penguins	Chris Summers	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	11:46	Buffalo Sabres	Vladimir Sobotka	Tripping	2
2nd	15:09	Buffalo Sabres	Jack Eichel	High sticking	2
3rd	07:48	Pittsburgh Penguins	Garrett Wilson	Roughing	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Phil Housley
Referees: Dean Morton, Mitch Dunning
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, David Brisebois
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Matt Cullen, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Jack Johnson, Kris Letang, Patric Hornqvist, Derick Brassard, Phil Kessel, Carl Hagelin, Justin Schultz, Alexander Pechurskiy, Brian Dumoulin, Riley Sheahan, Bryan Rust, Zach Trotman, John Muse, Jamie Oleksiak, Matt Murray, Ryan Segalla, Dane Birks, Tobias Lindberg, Kevin Czuczman, Sam Lafferty, Jeff Taylor, Frederik Tiffels, Nikita Pavlychev, Ethan Prow, Kasper Bjorkqvist, Ryan Jones, Niclas Almari, Joseph Masonius, Clayton Phillips, Zachary Lauzon, Linus Olund, Antti Palojarvi, William Reilly, Jan Drozg, Adam Johnson, Alex D'Orio, Sam Miletic, Filip Hallander, Calen Addison, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Matt Moulson, Kevin Porter, Matt Hunwick, Patrik Berglund, Zach Bogosian, Zach Redmond, Tyler Randell, Johan Larsson, Michael Houser, Taylor Fedun, Scott Wilson, Adam Wilcox, Nathan Beaulieu, Matt Tennyson, Danny O'Regan, Linus Ullmark, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Conor Sheary, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brandon Hickey, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Brendan Guhle, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Casey Nelson, Kyle Criscuolo, Brett Murray, Tage Thompson, Alex Nylander, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Cole Coskey, Mattias Samuelsson, Matej Pekar, Andrew Oglevie, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu

2018-2019 season series

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2018-2019 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Sep 18, 2018
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wed, Sep 26, 2018

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Ottawa Senators 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Sep 18, 2018
St. Louis Blues 3 at Dallas Stars 5	Final Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars, Tue, Sep 18, 2018
Vegas Golden Knights 5 at Colorado Avalanche 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche, Tue, Sep 18, 2018
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Arizona Coyotes 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Arizona Coyotes, Tue, Sep 18, 2018
Arizona Coyotes 4 at Los Angeles Kings 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings, Tue, Sep 18, 2018
Anaheim Ducks 1 at San Jose Sharks 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks, Tue, Sep 18, 2018
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, Tue, Sep 18, 2018