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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Friday, October 6, 2023 on the road.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 38-32-12
at Buffalo Sabres 4 39-37-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 4 2 7
Buffalo Sabres 1 2 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 13 11 35
Buffalo Sabres 10 16 11 37

Three stars

  1. D. O'Connor, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. C. Mittelstadt, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. M. Pettersson, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:20 Pittsburgh Penguins Drew O'Connor (3) Sidney Crosby (2) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 0
1st 09:46 Buffalo Sabres Victor Olofsson (1) JJ Peterka (2) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 1
2nd 02:06 Buffalo Sabres Zach Benson (4) Jordan Greenway (3), Casey Mittelstadt (3) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 2
2nd 05:08 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka (2) Victor Olofsson (3), Casey Mittelstadt (4) Power play PIT 1, BUF 3
2nd 07:17 Pittsburgh Penguins Marcus Pettersson (1) Rickard Rakell (1), Reilly Smith (1) Even strength PIT 2, BUF 3
2nd 08:42 Pittsburgh Penguins Lars Eller (1) Ryan Graves (1), Kris Letang (1) Even strength PIT 3, BUF 3
2nd 09:31 Pittsburgh Penguins Drew O'Connor (4) Bryan Rust (2), Ryan Graves (2) Even strength PIT 4, BUF 3
2nd 15:44 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (1) Erik Karlsson (1) Power play PIT 5, BUF 3
3rd 01:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Jeff Carter (1) Noel Acciari (2), Marcus Pettersson (2) Even strength PIT 6, BUF 3
3rd 06:38 Buffalo Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (1) Zach Benson (3), Owen Power (1) Even strength PIT 6, BUF 4
3rd 15:13 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (1) Sidney Crosby (3), Rickard Rakell (2) Power play PIT 7, BUF 4

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 35 37
Power play 2 of 3 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 11 11
Hits 9 10
Blocked shots 12 11
Giveaways 2 12
Takeaways 6 6
Faceoffs won 31/60 (51.7%) 29/60 (48.3%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
10 D. O'Connor L 2 0 2 +1 0 5 2 0 0 14:39
17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 0 0 100% 16:41
19 R. Smith R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 15:16
20 L. Eller C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 61.5% 14:28
36 C. White C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 11:47
43 J. Harkins C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 11:35
55 N. Acciari C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 2 0 27.3% 13:54
67 R. Rakell R 0 2 2 +1 2 2 1 1 0 16:41
71 E. Malkin C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 41.7% 17:03
77 J. Carter C 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 100% 13:20
83 M. Nieto L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 14:05
87 S. Crosby C 0 2 2 -1 7 1 0 1 0 60% 15:28
2 C. Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:34
27 R. Graves D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 1 0 24:39
28 M. Pettersson D 1 1 2 -1 0 1 2 1 0 19:32
58 K. Letang D 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 2 1 25:08
65 E. Karlsson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 20:46
73 P. Joseph D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 2 0 15:06
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35 T. Jarry 37 33 4 .892 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 Z. Benson L 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 1 0 15:46
12 J. Greenway L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:20
17 T. Jost C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 0 12:10
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 40% 15:00
24 D. Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 41.7% 17:05
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 10:46
37 C. Mittelstadt C 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 73.3% 13:39
53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 0 0 100% 18:00
71 V. Olofsson L 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 15:12
72 T. Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 27.3% 15:58
77 J. Peterka R 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:22
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 16:12
6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:29
10 H. Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 1 0 18:16
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 2 0 17:07
25 O. Power D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 21:39
26 R. Dahlin D 0 0 0 -4 2 4 0 1 0 22:12
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 1 0 19:09
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
27 D. Levi 35 28 7 .800 60:00 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 13:32 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 03:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Cross checking 2
2nd 03:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Fighting (major) 5
2nd 03:50 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Fighting (major) 5
2nd 15:13 Buffalo Sabres Henri Jokiharju Tripping 2
3rd 02:35 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell Tripping 2
3rd 08:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Pierre-Olivier Joseph Slashing 2
3rd 14:06 Buffalo Sabres Mattias Samuelsson Interference 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Referees
Kevin Pollock, Justin Kea
Linesmen
James Tobias, David Brisebois
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, Ryan Shea, Alex Nylander, Rem Pitlick, Joona Koppanen, Joseph Masonius, Jonathan Gruden, Ty Smith, Jack St. Ivany, Taylor Gauthier, Dillon Hamaliuk, Sam Poulin, Valtteri Puustinen, Filip Lindberg, Thimo Nickl, 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, Mikhail Ilyin, Cooper Foster, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Matthew Soto, Mathis Aguilar, Ty Higgins, Andre Anania
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Kyle Okposo, Dustin Tokarski, Connor Hurley, Eric Comrie, Joseph Cecconi, Ivan Chukarov, Kale Clague, Riley Stillman, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Jeremy Davies, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Ryan Johnson, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Brandon Biro, Jack Quinn, Justin Richards, Matteo Costantini, Devin Cooley, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Lawson Sherk, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Mats Lindgren, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Matt Savoie, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Anton Wahlberg, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Josh Fleming

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Preseason Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Preseason Game page

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