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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 on the road.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Buffalo Sabres 3 36-39-7
at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 34-36-12

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 8 12 7 27
Pittsburgh Penguins 9 10 10 29

Three stars

  1. A. Wahlberg, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  2. K. Hayes, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. T. Tullio, Buffalo Sabres (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Jack St. Ivany (1) Marc Johnstone (1) Even strength BUF 0, PIT 1
1st 12:43 Buffalo Sabres Graham Slaggert (1) Zach Metsa (1), Brendan Warren (1) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 1
1st 14:39 Buffalo Sabres Nikita Novikov (1) Josh Dunne (1), Tyler Tullio (1) Even strength BUF 2, PIT 1
2nd 04:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Hayes (1) Cody Glass (1), Ryan Shea (1) Even strength BUF 2, PIT 2
2nd 06:42 Buffalo Sabres Anton Wahlberg (1) Tyler Tullio (2) Power play BUF 3, PIT 2

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 27 29
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 4
Hits 19 32
Blocked shots 19 12
Giveaways 16 12
Takeaways 7 8
Faceoffs won 15/53 (28.3%) 38/53 (71.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
36 N. Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16.7% 15:54
42 B. Warren L 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 09:39
44 J. Dunne C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 31.3% 16:34
49 M. Jobst C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 42.9% 18:05
52 A. Kisakov L 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 1 0 10:39
54 O. Nadeau R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% 08:37
57 B. Murray L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 17:34
59 T. Tullio R 0 2 2 +1 0 2 1 0 0 100% 14:23
63 I. Rosen R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 19:29
67 G. Slaggert C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 11:44
92 A. Wahlberg C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 14:22
94 K. Helenius C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 0 0 36.4% 18:30
3 J. Rathbone D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 20:15
5 E. Prow D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 17:27
33 R. Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 2 0 18:27
73 Z. Metsa D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 2 0 20:29
76 V. Komarov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:37
91 N. Novikov D 1 0 1 +1 4 2 2 2 0 21:15
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31 M. Houser 19 17 2 .895 40:00 Win
34 S. Ratzlaff 10 10 0 1.000 20:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
2 R. McGroarty R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 19:35
9 M. Johnstone R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 0 12:36
13 K. Hayes R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 76.2% 20:09
14 B. Imama L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 10:02
15 J. Koppanen L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 10:48
19 C. Glass C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 100% 19:22
22 S. Poulin R 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 2 0 50% 17:29
44 J. Gruden L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 1 0 09:05
46 B. Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 100% 15:01
55 N. Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 90.9% 19:25
72 A. Beauvillier R 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 19:30
85 A. Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 0 0 14:39
3 J. St. Ivany D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 1 0 23:36
5 R. Shea D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 2 0 16:37
25 S. Aho D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 22:15
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 22:05
38 O. Pickering D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 11:01
82 F. Kral D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14:46
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 J. Blomqvist 11 11 0 1.000 27:33
39 A. Nedeljkovic 16 13 3 .813 30:46 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:34 Buffalo Sabres Nikita Novikov Holding 2
1st 16:44 Buffalo Sabres Mason Jobst Ps hooking on breakaway (penalty shot) 0
1st 17:01 Buffalo Sabres Nikita Novikov Interference 2
2nd 05:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Sam Poulin Interference 2
2nd 12:34 Buffalo Sabres Aleksandr Kisakov Holding 2
2nd 18:55 Buffalo Sabres Konsta Helenius Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 09:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Sam Poulin Cross checking 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Kendrick Nicholson, Liam Maaskant
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Dan Kelly
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, James Reimer, Jason Zucker, Connor Clifton, Alex Tuch, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Sam Lafferty, Jordan Greenway, Felix Sandstrom, Dennis Gilbert, Kale Clague, Beck Malenstyn, Tage Thompson, Vasily Glotov, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jacob Bryson, Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peter Tischke, Peyton Krebs, Bowen Byram, Dylan Cozens, Lukas Rousek, Colton Poolman, Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka, Robert Calisti, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Owen Power, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Noah Laaouan, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Viktor Neuchev, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Zach Benson, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Maxim Strbak, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Ty Cheveldayoff, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Ryerson Leenders, Vasily Zelenov
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Lars Eller, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust, Matt Nieto, Rickard Rakell, Matt Grzelcyk, Ryan Segalla, Tristan Jarry, Marcus Pettersson, Michael Bunting, Dan Renouf, Jesse Puljujarvi, Filip Larsson, Joseph Masonius, Nathan Clurman, Emil Bemstrom, Luke Richardson, Mac Hollowell, Samuel Houde, John Ludvig, Jimmy Huntington, Taylor Gauthier, Valtteri Puustinen, Filip Lindberg, Nikolai Knyzhov, Drew O'Connor, Vasily Ponomarev, Chase Yoder, Raivis Ansons, Tristan Broz, Jack Beck, Ville Koivunen, Isaac Belliveau, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch, Bennett MacArthur, Gabe Klassen, Corey Andonovski, Mats Lindgren, Cruz Lucius, Zam Plante, Sergei Murashov, Luke Devlin, Beau Jelsma, Atley Calvert, Justin Lee, Mikhail Ilyin, Cooper Foster, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Finn Harding, Caeden Carlisle, Charlie Schenkel, Donovan McCoy, Philip Waugh, Scooter Brickey, Harrison Brunicke, Tanner Howe, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Logan Pietila, Chase Pietila, Joona Väisänen, Mac Swanson, William Gerrior, Owen Van Steensel, Calem Mangone, Justin Cloutier, Christopher Brown

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
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