Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Saturday, September 28, 2019, 4:00 PM ET PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, September 28, 2019 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
Buffalo Sabres	3	30-31-8
at Pittsburgh Penguins	2	40-23-6

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	7	12	10	1	0	30
Pittsburgh Penguins	8	12	15	3	0	38

Three stars

Z. Girgensons, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
C. Mittelstadt, Buffalo Sabres
J. Schultz, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	08:35	Pittsburgh Penguins	Patric Hornqvist (1)	Nick Bjugstad (1), Justin Schultz (5)	Even strength	BUF 0, PIT 1
2nd	09:34	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bryan Rust (2)	Zachary Aston-Reese (2), Justin Schultz (6)	Even strength	BUF 0, PIT 2
2nd	11:03	Buffalo Sabres	Marco Scandella (1)	Henri Jokiharju (1), Curtis Lazar (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, PIT 2
3rd	11:27	Buffalo Sabres	Zemgus Girgensons (1)	John Gilmour (2)	Even strength	BUF 2, PIT 2

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin	Saved
1	Buffalo Sabres	Kyle Okposo	Saved
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kris Letang	Goal
2	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson	Goal
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jake Guentzel	Saved
3	Buffalo Sabres	Jimmy Vesey	Saved
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nick Bjugstad	Saved
4	Buffalo Sabres	Rasmus Asplund	Saved
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jared McCann	Saved
5	Buffalo Sabres	John Gilmour	Saved
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dominik Kahun	Saved
6	Buffalo Sabres	Casey Mittelstadt	Goal

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal	30	38
Power play	0 of 6	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	10	14
Hits	26	34
Blocked shots	11	15
Giveaways	5	3
Takeaways	4	5
Faceoffs won	37/69 (53.6%)	32/69 (46.4%)

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 13 J. Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		17:06
Number 17 V. Sobotka	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	63.6%	14:37
Number 20 S. Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		13:02
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	66.7%	16:18
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	4	1	35.3%	14:46
Number 27 C. Lazar	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0	66.7%	14:07
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	1		13:44
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	68.8%	18:39
Number 71 E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	30%	16:22
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	100%	18:49
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100%	14:46
Number 81 R. Elie	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		10:13
Number 6 M. Scandella	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		19:41
Number 8 C. Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		19:09
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2		20:56
Number 26 R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2		22:08
Number 33 C. Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		24:13
Number 58 J. Gilmour	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1		20:45

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 L. Ullmark	36	34	2	.944	64:06	Win

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 12 D. Simon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	50%	15:16
Number 13 B. Tanev	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1		15:27
Number 17 B. Rust	R	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	2		16:27
Number 19 J. McCann	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	42.9%	16:02
Number 24 D. Kahun	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		15:04
Number 27 N. Bjugstad	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	35.7%	15:49
Number 46 Z. Aston-Reese	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1	100%	12:33
Number 53 T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	52.9%	13:59
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	100%	19:52
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	47.6%	21:18
Number 72 P. Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	+1	2	2	3	1		15:21
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33.3%	06:42
Number 3 J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2		20:03
Number 4 J. Schultz	D	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	1		20:39
Number 6 J. Marino	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1		16:47
Number 8 B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2		20:20
Number 28 M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0		19:52
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0		25:58

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Murray	30	28	2	.933	64:55	OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:45	Pittsburgh Penguins	Marcus Pettersson	Holding	2
1st	12:03	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brian Dumoulin	Interference	2
1st	12:03	Buffalo Sabres	Henri Jokiharju	Embellishment	2
1st	13:28	Buffalo Sabres	Rasmus Dahlin	Interference	2
1st	19:09	Pittsburgh Penguins	Patric Hornqvist	Hooking	2
2nd	11:41	Buffalo Sabres	Casey Nelson	High sticking	2
2nd	18:47	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brandon Tanev	Boarding	2
3rd	05:23	Buffalo Sabres	Johan Larsson	Slashing	2
3rd	13:52	Pittsburgh Penguins	Marcus Pettersson	Tripping	2
3rd	14:20	Pittsburgh Penguins	John Marino	Delaying game puck over glass	2
OT	00:33	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin	Interference	2
OT	03:26	Buffalo Sabres	Vladimir Sobotka	Interference	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ralph Krueger
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Referees: Jake Brenk, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Devin Berg, David Brisebois
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Matt Hunwick, Zach Bogosian, Marcus Johansson, Jeff Skinner, Jake McCabe, Andrew Hammond, Connor Hurley, Rasmus Ristolainen, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Conor Sheary, Sam Reinhart, Brandon Montour, Jonas Johansson, Brandon Hickey, Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, C.J. Smith, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Mattias Samuelsson, Matej Pekar, Andrew Oglevie, Lawrence Pilut, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, David Warsofsky, Alexander Pechurskiy, Andrew Agozzino, Erik Gudbranson, Zach Trotman, Joseph Cramarossa, Alex Galchenyuk, Thomas Di Pauli, Joseph Blandisi, Chad Ruhwedel, Ryan Segalla, Tristan Jarry, Ryan Haggerty, Kevin Czuczman, Sam Lafferty, Anthony Angello, Nikita Pavlychev, Kasper Bjorkqvist, Ryan Jones, Niclas Almari, Joseph Masonius, Clayton Phillips, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Zachary Lauzon, Linus Olund, Antti Palojarvi, William Reilly, Jan Drozg, Adam Johnson, Alex D'Orio, Sam Miletic, Jordy Bellerive, Filip Hallander, Calen Addison, Juuso Riikola, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman, Jake Lucchini, Chase Berger, Oula Palve, Judd Caulfield, Sam Poulin, Nathan Legare, Emil Larmi, Valtteri Puustinen, Santeri Airola

2019-2020 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2019-2020 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres, Mon, Sep 16, 2019
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Sep 28, 2019

Other NHL games on Sep 28

Other NHL games on Saturday, September 28, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Boston Bruins 8	Final Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Boston Bruins, Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Dallas Stars 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars, Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Detroit Red Wings 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Florida Panthers 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 0	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Sep 28, 2019
New York Rangers 2 at New York Islanders 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at New York Islanders, Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Ottawa Senators 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Calgary Flames 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Arizona Coyotes 1 at Anaheim Ducks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Anaheim Ducks, Sat, Sep 28, 2019