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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 3-4-1
at Buffalo Sabres 1 4-3-1

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 9 7 8 24
Buffalo Sabres 11 9 4 24

Three stars

  1. R. McLeod, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  2. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. V. Koivunen, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 09:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (1) Tommy Novak (1), Declan Carlile (1) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 0
1st 10:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Ville Koivunen (1) Hendrix Lapierre (2), Bryan Rust (3) Even strength PIT 2, BUF 0
3rd 11:30 Buffalo Sabres Ryan McLeod (1) Owen Power (4), Noah Ostlund (2) Power play PIT 2, BUF 1
3rd 18:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Robertson (2) Rickard Rakell (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (1) Even strength, Empty net PIT 3, BUF 1

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 24 24
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 2
Hits 18 24
Blocked shots 15 9
Giveaways 20 19
Takeaways 5 2
Faceoffs won 20/59 (33.9%) 39/59 (66.1%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
2 R. McGroarty R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 100% 11:20
11 F. Hallander C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:17
14 N. Robertson L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 3 0 15:34
17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 3 0 50% 08:04
18 T. Novak C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 40% 16:29
22 H. Lapierre C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 2 0 11.1% 18:48
26 T. Broz C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 37.5% 10:07
41 V. Koivunen R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 100% 15:38
59 E. Chinakhov R 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 16:42
67 R. Rakell R 0 1 1 +1 2 2 1 0 0 14:59
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 1 1 0 17:45
87 S. Crosby C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 47.1% 16:03
6 K. Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:45
49 S. Girard D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 20:44
57 T. van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 18:44
58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 17:05
65 E. Karlsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 0 0 18:46
72 D. Carlile D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 3 1 0 22:24
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
37 A. Silovs 24 23 1 .958 59:55 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
6 Z. Benson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 0 0 17:43
9 J. Norris C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 100% 14:38
10 S. Carrick C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 56.3% 13:07
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 50% 15:57
22 J. Quinn R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0 0 16:57
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 12:08
48 T. Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 10:39
71 R. McLeod C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 1 1 63.2% 16:18
72 T. Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 72.7% 19:23
86 N. Ostlund C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 50% 16:10
91 J. Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17:00
94 K. Helenius C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 14:34
21 C. Timmins D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 1 0 16:37
24 M. Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 2 0 16:48
25 O. Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 22:11
26 R. Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 24:44
46 L. Crevier D 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 16:54
73 Z. Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:48
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 U. Luukkonen 17 15 2 .882 43:47 Loss
92 C. Ellis 6 6 0 1.000 15:37

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:25 Pittsburgh Penguins Egor Chinakhov Hooking 2
1st 11:26 Buffalo Sabres Josh Norris Interference 2
2nd 00:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell Hooking 2
3rd 09:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Muse
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Hayden Verbeek, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Tommy Hughes
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Ryan Segalla, Ryan Graves, Caleb Jones, Joseph Masonius, Justin Brazeau, Collin Delia, Cam Johnson, Connor Dewar, David Gustafsson, Hugh McGing, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Blake Lizotte, Elmer Soderblom, Filip Lindberg, Joel Blomqvist, Ilya Solovyov, Brent Johnson, Lucas Ciona, Ryan Mast, Kirill Tankov, Zam Plante, Luke Devlin, Andrei Kuzmenko, Mark Senden, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Harrison Brunicke, Melvin Fernström, Oliver Okuliar, Max Graham, Joona Väisänen, Mac Swanson, Brayden Edwards, Parker Von Richter, Bill Zonnon, Charlton Trethewey, Ben Kindel, William Horcoff, Brady Peddle, David Breazeale, Gabriel D'Aigle, Travis Hayes, Ryan Miller, Quinn Beauchesne, Jordan Charron, Carter Sanderson, Kale Dach, Maleek McGowan, Pierce Mbuyi, Liam Ruck, Markus Ruck, Broten Sabo, Daniel Russell, Matvei Nikonovich, Tyler Duke, Jack Horbach, Tiernan Shoudy, Carter Casey, Benett Kelly, Xavier Wendt
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Jason Zucker, Matthew Peca, Mason Geertsen, Conor Sheary, Brendan Warren, Dennis Gilbert, Alex Lyon, Vasily Glotov, Justin Danforth, Jack Rathbone, Matt Villalta, Carson Meyer, Mattias Samuelsson, Ryan Johnson, Aidan McDonough, Thomas Bordeleau, Matteo Costantini, Trevor Kuntar, Redmond Savage, Prokhor Poltapov, Olen Zellweger, Talyn Boyko, Noah Laaouan, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Graham Slaggert, Jason Polin, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Vasily Zelenov, David Bedkowski, Matous Jan Kucharcik, Samuel Meloche, Noah Laberge, Ashton Schultz, Melvin Novotny, Yevgeni Prokhorov, Ryan Rucinski, Brayden Holberton, Ilia Morozov, Daxon Rudolph, Liam Valente, Olivers Murnieks, Doman Szongoth, Dylan Dumont, Jean-Christoph Lemieux, Sawyer Mayes, Caden Dabrowski, Cohen Bidgood, Kristopher Richards, Eddy Doyle

2026-2027 season series

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

Other NHL games on Sep 26

Matchup Status Details
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Colorado Avalanche 0 at Utah Mammoth 2 Final Preseason Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 1 Final Preseason Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Florida Panthers 2 Final/2OT Preseason Game page
Seattle Kraken 3 at Vancouver Canucks 4 Final Preseason Game page
St. Louis Blues 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final Preseason Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Preseason Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Ottawa Senators 4 Final Preseason Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final Preseason Game page
New Jersey Devils 4 at New York Islanders 1 Final Preseason Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at Edmonton Oilers 4 Final Preseason Game page
San Jose Sharks 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Preseason Game page

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