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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at home.

Team Goals 2021-2022 record
Buffalo Sabres 4 32-39-11
at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 46-25-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 2 1 1 0 0 4
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 3 0 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 14 6 4 3 0 27
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 13 14 2 0 40

Three stars

  1. D. O'Connor, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. R. Zohorna, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. D. Cozens, Buffalo Sabres (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:40 Buffalo Sabres Brett Murray (1) Jack Quinn (1), Dylan Cozens (3) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 0
1st 15:33 Buffalo Sabres Vinnie Hinostroza (1) Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Tage Thompson (1) Even strength BUF 2, PIT 0
2nd 05:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Drew O'Connor (1) Danton Heinen (3), Bryan Rust (3) Even strength BUF 2, PIT 1
2nd 16:57 Buffalo Sabres Victor Olofsson (1) Dylan Cozens (4), JJ Peterka (1) Power play BUF 3, PIT 1
3rd 03:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Drew O'Connor (2) Filip Hallander (1), Anthony Angello (1) Even strength BUF 3, PIT 2
3rd 09:58 Pittsburgh Penguins Radim Zohorna (1) Kasperi Kapanen (1), Jason Zucker (2) Even strength BUF 3, PIT 3
3rd 12:00 Buffalo Sabres Anders Bjork (1) Cody Eakin (1), Will Butcher (2) Even strength BUF 4, PIT 3
3rd 19:07 Pittsburgh Penguins Kasperi Kapanen (3) Jeff Carter (2), Kris Letang (1) Even strength BUF 4, PIT 4

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Pittsburgh Penguins Kasperi Kapanen Goal
1 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Cozens Saved
2 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust Goal
2 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn Goal
3 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Saved
3 Buffalo Sabres Arttu Ruotsalainen Goal
4 Pittsburgh Penguins Jeff Carter Saved
4 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka Saved
5 Pittsburgh Penguins Danton Heinen Goal
5 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson Goal
6 Pittsburgh Penguins Drew O'Connor Saved
6 Buffalo Sabres Victor Olofsson Saved
7 Pittsburgh Penguins Radim Zohorna Saved
7 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin Saved
8 Pittsburgh Penguins Teddy Blueger Saved
8 Buffalo Sabres Vinnie Hinostroza Saved
9 Pittsburgh Penguins Jason Zucker Goal (winner)
9 Buffalo Sabres Anders Bjork Saved

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 27 40
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 19 19
Blocked shots 11 9
Giveaways 2 1
Takeaways 4 7
Faceoffs won 25/54 (46.3%) 29/54 (53.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
15 J. Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 11:38
20 C. Eakin C 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 50% 11:33
22 J. Quinn R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:56
24 D. Cozens C 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 44.4% 15:31
25 A. Ruotsalainen C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 45.5% 15:57
29 V. Hinostroza C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 66.7% 17:04
57 B. Murray L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:11
71 V. Olofsson L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 1 16:54
72 T. Thompson C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 1 0 52.9% 23:12
77 J. Peterka R 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 1 0 21:21
91 D. Caggiula L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0 0 17:24
96 A. Bjork L 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 50% 14:05
4 W. Butcher D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:36
10 H. Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 23:36
13 M. Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 20:45
26 R. Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:35
33 C. Miller D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 13:17
78 J. Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 0 24:41
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31 D. Tokarski 18 17 1 .944 30:15
80 A. Dell 22 19 3 .864 34:45 OT loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
10 D. O'Connor L 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 28.6% 13:31
16 J. Zucker L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 15:49
17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 +2 0 7 0 0 0 22:35
20 K. Bjorkqvist R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 13:32
23 B. McGinn L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0 0 13:01
36 F. Hallander C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 10:56
42 K. Kapanen R 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 16:51
43 D. Heinen L 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 1 0 22:07
53 T. Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 0 0 71.4% 13:44
57 A. Angello C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 6 0 0 50% 13:24
67 R. Zohorna L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 33.3% 13:43
77 J. Carter C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 58.3% 21:41
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 24:52
28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 0 19:40
50 J. Riikola D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 13:56
52 M. Friedman D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 1 3 0 16:56
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 0 28:50
73 P. Joseph D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 17:20
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 C. DeSmith 27 23 4 .852 64:25 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 17:35 Pittsburgh Penguins Teddy Blueger Tripping 2
2nd 01:48 Buffalo Sabres Henri Jokiharju Tripping 2
2nd 07:51 Buffalo Sabres Cody Eakin Hooking 2
2nd 15:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Filip Hallander Holding 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Furman South, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Ryan Daisy
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Craig Anderson, Artem Kriukov, Kyle Okposo, Jeff Skinner, Brandon Davidson, Zemgus Girgensons, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Robert Hagg, Ryan MacInnis, Jack Eichel, Ivan Chukarov, Ethan Prow, Rasmus Asplund, Philip Nyberg, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Casey Mittelstadt, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Oskari Laaksonen, Linus Weissbach, Mattias Samuelsson, Matej Pekar, Andrew Oglevie, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu, Jimmy Schuldt, Ryan Johnson, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Brandon Biro, 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
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Pechurskiy, Michael Chaput, Taylor Fedun, Mike Matheson, Chad Ruhwedel, Ryan Segalla, Jake Guentzel, Tristan Jarry, Sam Lafferty, John Marino, Evan Rodrigues, Dominik Simon, Niclas Almari, Joseph Masonius, Zachary Aston-Reese, Clayton Phillips, William Reilly, Jan Drozg, Alex D'Orio, Jordy Bellerive, Jonathan Gruden, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman, Judd Caulfield, Sam Poulin, Nathan Legare, Valtteri Puustinen, 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

2021-2022 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Preseason Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final/2OT Preseason Game page

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