Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Friday, October 1, 2021, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Friday, October 1, 2021 on the road.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2021-2022 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	46-25-11
at Buffalo Sabres	1	32-39-11

Goals by period

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

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	10	10	6	26
Buffalo Sabres	7	10	15	32

Three stars

M. Chaput, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)
T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
D. Simon, Pittsburgh Penguins (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	16:45	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dominik Simon (1)	Valtteri Puustinen (1), Michael Chaput (1)	Even strength	PIT 1, BUF 0
2nd	14:40	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson (1)	Casey Mittelstadt (1), Rasmus Dahlin (1)	Power play	PIT 1, BUF 1
2nd	15:33	Pittsburgh Penguins	Michael Chaput (1)	Mitch Reinke (1)	Even strength	PIT 2, BUF 1

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	32
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 2
Penalty minutes	9	9
Hits	7	9
Blocked shots	14	8
Giveaways	4	3
Takeaways	1	2
Faceoffs won	28/56 (50%)	28/56 (50%)

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 D. O'Connor	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71.4%	17:02
Number 20 K. Bjorkqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:48
Number 22 S. Poulin	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		21:18
Number 26 M. Chaput	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1	50%	14:19
Number 34 N. Legare	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		14:52
Number 42 K. Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		21:57
Number 49 D. Simon	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	1	33.3%	17:27
Number 57 A. Angello	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	12:09
Number 64 J. Bellerive	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0		07:41
Number 67 R. Zohorna	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	50%	20:01
Number 75 K. Olson	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		09:30
Number 76 V. Puustinen	R	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		12:15
Number 4 T. Fedun	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19:35
Number 24 M. Reinke	D	0	1	1	+2	2	3	0	0		18:26
Number 27 M. Bartkowski	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		16:34
Number 28 M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		24:59
Number 44 W. Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		20:53
Number 79 N. Almari	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		17:57

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 C. DeSmith	11	11	0	1.000	30:30
Number 70 L. Domingue	21	20	1	.952	29:30	Win

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 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	100%	17:56
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	50%	17:16
Number 29 V. Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		16:55
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	0	53.3%	19:54
Number 43 S. Malone	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	07:22
Number 49 R. MacInnis	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	28.6%	11:19
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	50%	17:59
Number 71 V. Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	0		17:09
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	50%	15:03
Number 73 M. Pekar	C	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0		06:51
Number 91 D. Caggiula	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		15:50
Number 96 A. Bjork	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		15:22
Number 8 R. Hagg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	0		18:16
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		22:46
Number 13 M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		18:05
Number 26 R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0		23:02
Number 33 C. Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		19:49
Number 44 J. Schuldt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		17:00

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 D. Tokarski	6	6	0	1.000	18:06
Number 41 C. Anderson	20	18	2	.900	40:00	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:59	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jordy Bellerive	Fighting (major)	5
1st	05:59	Buffalo Sabres	Matej Pekar	Fighting (major)	5
1st	08:22	Buffalo Sabres	Ryan MacInnis	Cross checking	2
1st	10:50	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kyle Olson	Cross checking	2
1st	18:04	Buffalo Sabres	Matej Pekar	Hooking	2
2nd	14:23	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mitch Reinke	Hooking	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Kyle Flemington
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Jeff Carter, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Alexander Pechurskiy, Brian Dumoulin, Jason Zucker, Bryan Rust, Mike Matheson, Teddy Blueger, Brock McGinn, Chad Ruhwedel, Ryan Segalla, Jake Guentzel, Tristan Jarry, Mark Friedman, Sam Lafferty, Danton Heinen, John Marino, Evan Rodrigues, Joseph Masonius, Zachary Aston-Reese, Clayton Phillips, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Jan Drozg, Alex D'Orio, Jonathan Gruden, Filip Hallander, Juuso Riikola, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman, Judd Caulfield, Santeri Airola, Filip Lindberg, Cam Lee, Chase Yoder, Josh Maniscalco, Joel Blomqvist, Lukas Svejkovsky, Raivis Ansons, Calle Clang, Tristan Broz, Isaac Belliveau, Ryan McCleary, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Cody Eakin, Brandon Davidson, Aaron Dell, Will Butcher, John Hayden, Connor Hurley, Jack Eichel, Ivan Chukarov, Ethan Prow, Rasmus Asplund, Matthew Cairns, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Mattias Samuelsson, Andrew Oglevie, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Brandon Biro, Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, Josh Bloom, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov

2021-2022 season series

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2021-2022 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, Tue, Oct 5, 2021

Other NHL games on Oct 1

Other NHL games on Friday, October 1, 2021
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 1 at New Jersey Devils 7	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Dallas Stars 3 at Florida Panthers 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at Florida Panthers, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 8	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Ottawa Senators 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
St. Louis Blues 6 at Chicago Blackhawks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Calgary Flames 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Los Angeles Kings 0 at Vegas Golden Knights 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights, Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Edmonton Oilers 1 at Seattle Kraken 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Seattle Kraken, Fri, Oct 1, 2021