Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Saturday, October 1, 2022, 1:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2022-2023 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	40-31-11
at Buffalo Sabres	3	42-33-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	1	1
Buffalo Sabres	0	2	1	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	11	11	11	33
Buffalo Sabres	13	9	13	35

Three stars

U. Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
V. Olofsson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	12:14	Buffalo Sabres	Victor Olofsson (1)	Dylan Cozens (2), Peyton Krebs (1)	Even strength	PIT 0, BUF 1
2nd	18:22	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson (1)	Chase Priskie (2)	Even strength	PIT 0, BUF 2
3rd	18:24	Pittsburgh Penguins	Drake Caggiula (1)	Valtteri Puustinen (2), Kasperi Kapanen (1)	Even strength	PIT 1, BUF 2
3rd	19:37	Buffalo Sabres	Jack Quinn (2)	Tage Thompson (1), Victor Olofsson (1)	Even strength, Empty net	PIT 1, 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	33	35
Power play	0 of 3	0 of 6
Penalty minutes	14	8
Hits	8	4
Blocked shots	9	10
Giveaways	5	7
Takeaways	2	2
Faceoffs won	25/57 (43.9%)	32/57 (56.1%)

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	-1	0	3	0	0	50%	20:22
Number 18 D. Caggiula	L	1	0	1	-1	2	4	0	0		14:47
Number 19 A. Nylander	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	37.5%	13:56
Number 25 R. Poehling	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	47.4%	14:59
Number 27 C. Andonovski	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0		07:53
Number 34 N. Legare	R	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0		12:42
Number 36 F. Hallander	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:10
Number 42 K. Kapanen	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		22:00
Number 57 J. Devane	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		06:59
Number 63 R. Zohorna	L	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	42.9%	17:41
Number 75 K. Olson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	62.5%	09:27
Number 76 V. Puustinen	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		15:33
Number 2 C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		21:25
Number 24 T. Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		22:52
Number 52 M. Friedman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3		21:02
Number 61 X. Ouellet	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		16:23
Number 62 C. Swoyer	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		12:15
Number 73 P. Joseph	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		22:06

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 T. Jarry	34	32	2	.941	58:28	Loss

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 15 A. Bjork	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2		12:35
Number 19 P. Krebs	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50%	16:24
Number 22 J. Quinn	R	1	0	1	+2	0	5	0	0	33.3%	17:21
Number 24 D. Cozens	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	66.7%	17:36
Number 29 V. Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	100%	13:31
Number 65 L. Weissbach	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		09:20
Number 71 V. Olofsson	L	1	1	2	+3	0	2	1	0		18:22
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	0	56.3%	17:49
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	1	40%	16:55
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		17:19
Number 81 B. Murray	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:26
Number 93 M. Savoie	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	55.6%	10:22
Number 4 J. Davies	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3		17:35
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		20:19
Number 25 O. Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2		21:12
Number 33 C. Priskie	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		17:11
Number 38 K. Clague	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0		16:03
Number 46 I. Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		18:02

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 U. Luukkonen	33	32	1	.970	59:38	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	08:02	Buffalo Sabres	Jeremy Davies	Slashing	2
1st	08:02	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nathan Legare	Slashing	2
1st	10:48	Pittsburgh Penguins	Xavier Ouellet	Cross checking	2
2nd	07:02	Buffalo Sabres	Anders Bjork	Cross checking	2
2nd	07:27	Pittsburgh Penguins	Radim Zohorna	High sticking	2
2nd	10:09	Pittsburgh Penguins	Radim Zohorna	Holding	2
2nd	15:15	Buffalo Sabres	JJ Peterka	Slashing	2
3rd	03:12	Pittsburgh Penguins	Corey Andonovski	High sticking	2
3rd	08:25	Pittsburgh Penguins	Drake Caggiula	Holding	2
3rd	12:58	Pittsburgh Penguins	Corey Andonovski	Hooking	2
3rd	15:30	Buffalo Sabres	Vinnie Hinostroza	Hooking	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen: Ryan Jackson, Devin Berg
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Jeff Carter, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Jeff Petry, Alexander Pechurskiy, Brian Dumoulin, Jason Zucker, Bryan Rust, Taylor Fedun, Josh Archibald, Rickard Rakell, Teddy Blueger, Brock McGinn, Ryan Segalla, Jake Guentzel, Marcus Pettersson, Danton Heinen, Casey DeSmith, Joseph Masonius, Jan Rutta, Jonathan Gruden, Jack St. Ivany, Taylor Gauthier, Judd Caulfield, Sam Poulin, Santeri Airola, Filip Lindberg, Chase Yoder, Josh Maniscalco, Joel Blomqvist, Lukas Svejkovsky, Raivis Ansons, Tristan Broz, Isaac Belliveau, Ryan McCleary, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch, Jordan Frasca, Owen Pickering, Zam Plante, Ty Glover, Sergei Murashov, Luke Devlin, Nolan Collins
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Craig Anderson, Artem Kriukov, Ben Bishop, Kyle Okposo, Riley Sheahan, Jeff Skinner, Zemgus Girgensons, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Eric Comrie, Alex Tuch, Ivan Chukarov, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Casey Mittelstadt, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Matej Pekar, Lawrence Pilut, Ryan Johnson, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Brandon Biro, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Declan McDonnell, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, Josh Bloom, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Ethan Ritchie, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Mats Lindgren, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Spencer Sova, Francois-James Buteau, Atley Calvert, Nolan Burke, Emmett Sproule, Chas Sharpe, Tomas Suchanek

2022-2023 season series

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2022-2023 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, Fri, Oct 7, 2022

Other NHL games on Oct 1

Other NHL games on Saturday, October 1, 2022
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Philadelphia Flyers 0 at Boston Bruins 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Boston Bruins, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Ottawa Senators 5	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Washington Capitals 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Dallas Stars 5 at St. Louis Blues 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Winnipeg Jets 2	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Winnipeg Jets, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
Vancouver Canucks 0 at Seattle Kraken 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken, Sat, Oct 1, 2022