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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at home.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Buffalo Sabres 1 33-39-10
at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 44-26-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 1 0 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 3 0 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 5 10 7 22
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 10 11 32

Three stars

  1. P. Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. D. Brassard, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. K. Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 17:23 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (1) Unassisted Even strength BUF 0, PIT 1
1st 19:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (2) Evgeni Malkin (1), Carl Hagelin (1) Even strength BUF 0, PIT 2
2nd 06:50 Buffalo Sabres Alex Nylander (1) Jason Pominville (1), Marco Scandella (1) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 2
2nd 07:22 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (2) Patric Hornqvist (2), Sidney Crosby (3) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 3
2nd 16:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Derick Brassard (1) Jake Guentzel (3), Dominik Simon (2) Power play BUF 1, PIT 4
2nd 17:07 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen (3) Bryan Rust (2), Olli Maatta (1) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 5

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 22 32
Power play 0 of 0 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 0
Hits 22 22
Blocked shots 10 11
Giveaways 1 6
Takeaways 4 5
Faceoffs won 28/56 (50%) 28/56 (50%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
13 N. Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 50% 12:34
17 V. Sobotka C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 54.5% 20:39
20 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 0 0 100% 15:42
22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 50% 06:57
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 15:30
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 14:36
37 C. Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 50% 16:16
41 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:33
72 T. Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 15:57
74 R. Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 16:45
92 A. Nylander L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 15:24
95 J. Bailey R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 13:12
5 M. Tennyson D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 2 0 17:54
6 M. Scandella D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 19:36
24 L. Pilut D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 2 0 21:26
27 T. Fedun D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 0 20:06
33 W. Borgen D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 1 0 19:50
82 N. Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 21:35
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 L. Ullmark 32 27 5 .844 60:00 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:28
12 D. Simon C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 14:17
15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 57.1% 10:53
17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 13:14
19 D. Brassard C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 55.6% 14:44
41 D. Sprong R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 12:57
59 J. Guentzel C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 17:59
62 C. Hagelin L 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 50% 16:32
71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 45.5% 17:42
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 17:08
81 P. Kessel R 2 0 2 +2 0 3 0 0 0 17:55
87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 44.4% 17:52
3 O. Maatta D 0 1 1 +3 0 3 1 3 0 19:48
6 J. Oleksiak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:59
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 21:29
50 J. Riikola D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 6 2 0 16:19
58 K. Letang D 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 23:42
73 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 2 2 0 21:02
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 M. Murray 22 21 1 .955 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 11:45 Buffalo Sabres Matt Tennyson Hooking 2
2nd 16:26 Buffalo Sabres Nick Baptiste Slashing 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Phil Housley
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Chris Rooney, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Tyson Baker
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Matt Moulson, Kevin Porter, Matt Hunwick, Kyle Okposo, Patrik Berglund, Zach Bogosian, Carter Hutton, Jeff Skinner, Jake McCabe, Danny O'Regan, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Rasmus Ristolainen, Conor Sheary, Sam Reinhart, Eric Cornel, Jonas Johansson, Brandon Hickey, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Jack Eichel, Brendan Guhle, Evan Rodrigues, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Casey Nelson, Kyle Criscuolo, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, C.J. Smith, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Cole Coskey, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Matej Pekar, Andrew Oglevie, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Chris Summers, Justin Schultz, Jimmy Hayes, Derek Grant, Alexander Pechurskiy, Stefan Elliott, Garrett Wilson, Zach Trotman, John Muse, Teddy Blueger, Thomas Di Pauli, Chad Ruhwedel, Ryan Segalla, Dane Birks, Tobias Lindberg, Tristan Jarry, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Ryan Haggerty, Kevin Czuczman, Sam Lafferty, Anthony Angello, Jeff Taylor, Nikita Pavlychev, Ethan Prow, Kasper Bjorkqvist, 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, Filip Hallander, Calen Addison, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Preseason Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Preseason Game page

Other NHL games on Sep 26

Matchup Status Details
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New York Islanders 4 at New York Rangers 3 Final/OT Preseason Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Preseason Game page
Winnipeg Jets 3 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Preseason Game page
Dallas Stars 3 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Preseason Game page
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Anaheim Ducks 7 Final Preseason Game page

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