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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 34-36-12
at Buffalo Sabres 7 36-39-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 2 3
Buffalo Sabres 1 5 1 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 5 6 18
Buffalo Sabres 16 19 8 43

Three stars

  1. J. Peterka, Buffalo Sabres (3 goals)
  2. H. Jokiharju, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. S. Lafferty, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:08 Pittsburgh Penguins Jesse Puljujarvi (1) Ville Koivunen (1), Tristan Broz (1) Power play PIT 1, BUF 0
1st 03:25 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka (1) Jack Quinn (1), Henri Jokiharju (1) Power play PIT 1, BUF 1
2nd 00:46 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka (2) Alex Tuch (1), Henri Jokiharju (2) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 2
2nd 02:29 Buffalo Sabres Owen Power (1) Bowen Byram (1), Jiri Kulich (1) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 3
2nd 03:29 Buffalo Sabres Henri Jokiharju (1) Dylan Cozens (1), Zach Benson (1) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 4
2nd 04:20 Buffalo Sabres Sam Lafferty (1) Beck Malenstyn (1), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 5
2nd 05:26 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka (3) Tage Thompson (1), Owen Power (1) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 6
3rd 03:42 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Cozens (1) Unassisted Even strength PIT 1, BUF 7
3rd 08:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Jesse Puljujarvi (2) Rutger McGroarty (1), Drew O'Connor (1) Power play PIT 2, BUF 7
3rd 08:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Jesse Puljujarvi (3) Avery Hayes (1), Tristan Broz (2) Even strength PIT 3, BUF 7

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 18 43
Power play 2 of 2 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 12 10
Hits 13 15
Blocked shots 17 12
Giveaways 14 24
Takeaways 7 10
Faceoffs won 30/68 (44.1%) 38/68 (55.9%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
2 R. McGroarty R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 16:24
10 D. O'Connor L 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 1 0 43.8% 18:47
11 V. Ponomarev C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 21.4% 14:39
16 J. Huntington C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 13:46
18 J. Puljujarvi R 3 0 3 -2 2 3 1 0 2 16:06
19 C. Glass C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 50% 17:16
26 T. Broz C 0 2 2 -1 0 1 3 0 0 57.9% 13:35
41 V. Koivunen R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 2 0 13:07
48 V. Puustinen R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 1 0 14:02
52 E. Bemstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 11:58
74 T. Howe L 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 2 0 11:23
85 A. Hayes R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14:42
4 N. Clurman D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 21:46
5 R. Shea D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 21:35
7 J. Ludvig D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 1 0 18:12
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 1 0 18:54
45 H. Brunicke D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 2 0 20:19
81 M. Hollowell D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 3 0 17:23
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 J. Blomqvist 24 18 6 .750 25:26 Loss
31 F. Larsson 19 18 1 .947 34:34

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 Z. Benson L 0 1 1 +2 2 1 0 2 0 14:14
13 L. Rousek R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:37
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 76.9% 14:13
20 J.Kulich C 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 50% 16:52
22 J. Quinn R 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 16:57
24 D. Cozens C 1 1 2 +2 2 3 4 1 0 50% 16:30
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 12:41
72 T. Thompson C 0 1 1 +2 2 2 0 0 0 50% 15:12
77 J. Peterka R 3 0 3 +2 0 3 0 1 1 15:45
81 S. Lafferty C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 1 0 0 41.7% 13:45
89 A. Tuch R 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 80% 16:31
96 N. Aube-Kubel R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 4 0 0 100% 13:25
4 B. Byram D 0 1 1 +2 2 4 1 0 0 19:47
10 H. Jokiharju D 1 2 3 +2 0 4 0 0 0 19:31
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 2 0 19:55
25 O. Power D 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 0 0 21:57
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 2 0 19:02
78 J. Bryson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 18:08
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 U. Luukkonen 18 15 3 .833 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:28 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson Tripping 2
1st 03:19 Pittsburgh Penguins Tanner Howe High sticking double minor 4
1st 05:25 Pittsburgh Penguins John Ludvig Hooking 2
3rd 07:15 Buffalo Sabres Sam Lafferty Roughing 2
3rd 07:15 Buffalo Sabres Zach Benson Roughing 2
3rd 07:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Mac Hollowell Roughing 2
3rd 07:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Graves Roughing 2
3rd 07:15 Buffalo Sabres Bowen Byram Roughing 2
3rd 12:44 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Cozens Roughing 2
3rd 12:44 Pittsburgh Penguins Jesse Puljujarvi Roughing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Furman South, Chris Lee
Linesmen
James Tobias, Brad Kovachik
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Lars Eller, Erik Karlsson, Kevin Hayes, Bryan Rust, Matt Nieto, Rickard Rakell, Matt Grzelcyk, Ryan Segalla, Tristan Jarry, Alex Nedeljkovic, Marcus Pettersson, Michael Bunting, Bokondji Imama, Anthony Beauvillier, Noel Acciari, Dan Renouf, Joona Koppanen, Joseph Masonius, Sebastian Aho, Luke Richardson, Filip Kral, Jonathan Gruden, Samuel Houde, Jack St. Ivany, Blake Lizotte, Taylor Gauthier, Sam Poulin, Filip Lindberg, Nikolai Knyzhov, Chase Yoder, Raivis Ansons, Jack Beck, Isaac Belliveau, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch, Bennett MacArthur, Gabe Klassen, Corey Andonovski, Marc Johnstone, Mats Lindgren, Cruz Lucius, Owen Pickering, Zam Plante, Sergei Murashov, Luke Devlin, Beau Jelsma, Atley Calvert, Emil Pieniniemi, Justin Lee, Mikhail Ilyin, Cooper Foster, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Finn Harding, Caeden Carlisle, Charlie Schenkel, Donovan McCoy, Philip Waugh, Scooter Brickey, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Logan Pietila, Chase Pietila, Joona Väisänen, Mac Swanson, William Gerrior, Owen Van Steensel, Calem Mangone, Frankie Marrelli, Justin Cloutier, Jackson Parsons, Christopher Brown
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Jason Zucker, Michael Houser, Jordan Greenway, Brendan Warren, Felix Sandstrom, Dennis Gilbert, Ethan Prow, Kale Clague, Brett Murray, Vasily Glotov, Jack Rathbone, Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlin, Peter Tischke, Mason Jobst, Ryan Johnson, Colton Poolman, Tyler Tullio, Robert Calisti, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Josh Dunne, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Noah Laaouan, Topias Leinonen, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Graham Slaggert, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Anton Wahlberg, Zach Metsa, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Ty Cheveldayoff, Brodie Ziemer, Konsta Helenius, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Ryerson Leenders, Vasily Zelenov, Jack Bodin

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Buffalo Sabres 7 Final Preseason Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Preseason Game page

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