Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 7:00 PM ET PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Buffalo Sabres	1	39-37-6
at Pittsburgh Penguins	3	38-32-12

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	7	7	11	25
Pittsburgh Penguins	6	11	13	30

Three stars

D. O'Connor, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
R. Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	11:27	Pittsburgh Penguins	Rickard Rakell (1)	Sidney Crosby (1), Bryan Rust (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, PIT 1
2nd	19:19	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson (1)	Jordan Greenway (2)	Even strength	BUF 1, PIT 1
3rd	08:48	Pittsburgh Penguins	Drew O'Connor (1)	Lars Eller (1), Marcus Pettersson (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, PIT 2
3rd	19:06	Pittsburgh Penguins	Drew O'Connor (2)	Noel Acciari (1)	Even strength, Empty net	BUF 1, PIT 3

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal	25	30
Power play	0 of 4	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	6	8
Hits	6	15
Blocked shots	12	5
Giveaways	3	2
Takeaways	6	5
Faceoffs won	24/46 (52.2%)	22/46 (47.8%)

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 9 Z. Benson	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:15
Number 12 J. Greenway	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50%	17:15
Number 15 B. Biro	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	100%	20:19
Number 20 J.Kulich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	50%	12:31
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		11:32
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	35.7%	21:32
Number 48 T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	60%	09:48
Number 49 F. Cederqvist	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50%	11:38
Number 63 I. Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		11:55
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	58.3%	18:26
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		21:44
Number 79 V. Neuchev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		07:36
Number 33 R. Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		19:36
Number 38 K. Clague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		18:20
Number 61 R. Stillman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		18:55
Number 73 Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		19:01
Number 78 J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		19:07
Number 91 N. Novikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		18:45

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 E. Comrie	29	27	2	.931	58:45	Loss

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	2	0	2	+2	2	5	2	0	100%	13:05
Number 11 A. Nylander	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:54
Number 17 B. Rust	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0		16:10
Number 19 R. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:54
Number 20 L. Eller	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	27.3%	13:30
Number 25 A. Wagner	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		09:36
Number 55 N. Acciari	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	1	57.1%	11:07
Number 67 R. Rakell	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		19:06
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	42.9%	17:42
Number 77 J. Carter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	75%	10:23
Number 83 M. Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0		11:17
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	50%	18:35
Number 2 C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:04
Number 5 R. Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:32
Number 27 R. Graves	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		23:52
Number 28 M. Pettersson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0		21:52
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1		24:44
Number 65 E. Karlsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		19:37

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 T. Jarry	25	24	1	.960	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	08:53	Buffalo Sabres	Casey Mittelstadt	Tripping	2
2nd	04:31	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bryan Rust	Hooking	2
2nd	08:34	Pittsburgh Penguins	Drew O'Connor	Holding	2
2nd	09:11	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson	Tripping	2
3rd	03:56	Pittsburgh Penguins	Erik Karlsson	Tripping	2
3rd	05:13	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Comrie	Delaying game illegal play by goalie	2
3rd	14:10	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Nieto	Tripping	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Referees: Thomas John Luxmore, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Mark Shewchyk
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Erik Johnson, Kyle Okposo, Dustin Tokarski, Jeff Skinner, Connor Clifton, Connor Hurley, Alex Tuch, Victor Olofsson, Joseph Cecconi, Ivan Chukarov, Tyson Jost, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Jeremy Davies, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Linus Weissbach, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peyton Krebs, Dylan Cozens, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Jack Quinn, Justin Richards, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Devin Cooley, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Stiven Sardarian, Nicolas Savoie, Lawson Sherk, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Topias Leinonen, Mats Lindgren, Noah Ostlund, Matt Savoie, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Dominick Mersch, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Scott Ratzlaff, Anton Wahlberg, Chris Jandric, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Josh Fleming
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Alexander Pechurskiy, Taylor Fedun, Magnus Hellberg, Xavier Ouellet, Vinnie Hinostroza, Andreas Johnsson, Ryan Segalla, Will Butcher, Jake Guentzel, Mark Friedman, Rem Pitlick, Joona Koppanen, Joseph Masonius, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Jonathan Gruden, Ty Smith, Jack St. Ivany, Taylor Gauthier, Dillon Hamaliuk, Sam Poulin, Valtteri Puustinen, Filip Lindberg, Thimo Nickl, Evan Vierling, Chase Yoder, Radim Zohorna, Joel Blomqvist, Lukas Svejkovsky, Raivis Ansons, Tristan Broz, Isaac Belliveau, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch, Avery Hayes, Jordan Frasca, Michael Simpson, Corey Andonovski, Marc Johnstone, Pano Fimis, Owen Pickering, Zam Plante, Ty Glover, Sergei Murashov, Luke Devlin, Nolan Collins, Atley Calvert, Max Namestnikov, Emil Pieniniemi, Brayden Yager, Jagger Joshua, Justin Lee, Mikhail Ilyin, Cooper Foster, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Matthew Soto, Mathis Aguilar, Ty Higgins, Andre Anania

2023-2024 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Sep 28, 2023
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Oct 6, 2023

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