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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

NHLOctober 3, 2025PPG Paints Arena

SabresBuffaloBUF3-2-1

Sabres 4, Penguins 5

Final/OT
PenguinsPittsburghPITWon5-1-1
Score by period
Team123OTT
BUF04004
PIT11215

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Joshua Norris faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  3. 0:16Joshua Norris shot blocked by Ville Koivunen
  4. 0:28Bowen Byram hit Ville Koivunen
  5. 0:35Takeaway by Jack Quinn
  6. 1:15Evgeni Malkin High-sticking - double minor against Jiri Kulich
  7. 1:15Joshua Norris faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  8. 1:22Bowen Byram Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  9. 2:04Kris Letang shot blocked by Joshua Norris
  10. 2:44Justin Brazeau hit Justin Danforth
  11. 2:56Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  12. 3:17Puck in Benches
  13. 3:17Joshua Norris faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  14. 3:32Parker Wotherspoon hit Joshua Norris
  15. 3:52Joshua Norris Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  16. 3:56Puck in Netting
  17. 3:56Tage Thompson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  18. 4:10Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  19. 4:12Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
  20. 4:56Jacob Bryson Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  21. 5:04Jack Quinn Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  22. 5:40Puck Frozen - Goalie
  23. 5:40Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Justin Danforth
  24. 5:47Ryan Johnson Slap Shot Wide Right
  25. 6:03Icing
  26. 6:03Justin Danforth faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  27. 6:09Icing
  28. 6:09Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  29. 6:13Caleb Jones shot blocked by Ryan Johnson
  30. 6:32Giveaway by Conor Timmins
  31. 6:56Bowen Byram hit Philip Tomasino
  32. 6:59Philip Tomasino hit Bowen Byram
  33. 7:06Ben Kindel shot blocked by Vsevolod Komarov
  34. 7:16Thomas Novak Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  35. 7:45Jacob Bryson hit Harrison Brunicke
  36. 7:51Noel Acciari Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  37. 7:54Connor Dewar hit Zach Metsa
  38. 8:17Parker Wotherspoon Wrist Shot Wide Left
  39. 8:19Goalie Stopped
  40. 8:19Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  41. 8:38Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  42. 8:41Ryan Johnson shot blocked by Kris Letang
  43. 8:43Puck in Crowd
  44. 8:43Ben Kindel faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  45. 8:46Jack Quinn hit Connor Clifton
  46. 8:53Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  47. 8:59Philip Tomasino Goal (2) Deflected, assists: Ben Kindel (2)
  48. 8:59Joshua Norris faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  49. 9:06Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  50. 9:08Goalie Stopped
  51. 9:08Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  52. 9:10Zach Metsa shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
  53. 9:58Conor Timmins Wrist Shot Wide Right
  54. 10:02Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Caleb Jones
  55. 10:18Caleb Jones hit Justin Danforth
  56. 10:32Giveaway by Caleb Jones
  57. 10:49Josh Doan hit Connor Clifton
  58. 10:56Jason Zucker Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  59. 11:00Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Left
  60. 11:04Puck in Netting
  61. 11:04Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  62. 11:10Giveaway by Connor Dewar
  63. 11:10Vsevolod Komarov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  64. 11:14Josh Doan hit Connor Clifton
  65. 12:04Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  66. 12:43Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  67. 12:56Caleb Jones shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  68. 13:08Kris Letang shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  69. 13:33Puck in Benches
  70. 13:33Justin Danforth faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  71. 13:46Ryan Johnson shot blocked by Ben Kindel
  72. 13:51Ben Kindel hit Tyson Kozak
  73. 13:53Conor Timmins Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  74. 13:55Goalie Stopped
  75. 13:55Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  76. 13:56Josh Doan Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  77. 13:57Goalie Stopped
  78. 13:57Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  79. 14:20Vsevolod Komarov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  80. 15:03Caleb Jones Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  81. 15:06Caleb Jones Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  82. 15:42Icing
  83. 15:42Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  84. 15:46Evgeni Malkin Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  85. 16:06Justin Brazeau Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  86. 16:09Puck Frozen - Goalie
  87. 16:09Ben Kindel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  88. 17:17Parker Wotherspoon hit Beck Malenstyn
  89. 17:37Connor Dewar hit Zach Metsa
  90. 17:38Noel Acciari hit Tyson Kozak
  91. 17:42Connor Dewar Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  92. 17:43Filip Hallander Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  93. 17:46Puck Frozen - Goalie
  94. 17:46Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  95. 18:21Icing
  96. 18:21Tage Thompson faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  97. 18:58Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot Wide Right
  98. 18:59Goalie Stopped
  99. 18:59Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  100. 19:02Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  101. 19:11Puck in Benches
  102. 19:11Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  103. 19:25Giveaway by Philip Tomasino
  104. 19:41Josh Doan hit Parker Wotherspoon
  105. 19:55Giveaway by Tommy Novak
  106. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Joshua Norris faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  3. 0:25Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left
  4. 0:54Caleb Jones hit Jack Quinn
  5. 0:59Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  6. 1:19Alex Tuch Tip-In Wide Right
  7. 1:38Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
  8. 1:45Ryan Johnson shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
  9. 1:52Icing
  10. 1:52Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  11. 2:36Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Caleb Jones
  12. 2:52Zach Metsa shot blocked by Caleb Jones
  13. 3:38Giveaway by Ben Kindel
  14. 3:40Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  15. 3:41Beck Malenstyn hit Connor Clifton
  16. 3:47Takeaway by Josh Norris
  17. 3:53Tage Thompson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Joshua Norris (4)
  18. 3:53Joshua Norris faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  19. 4:24Tage Thompson hit Connor Dewar
  20. 4:33Noel Acciari hit Ryan Johnson
  21. 4:36Giveaway by Noel Acciari
  22. 5:09Peyton Krebs hit Connor Clifton
  23. 5:12Kris Letang shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  24. 5:49Connor Clifton hit Josh Doan
  25. 5:52Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  26. 6:10Off-side
  27. 6:10Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  28. 6:18Puck in Netting
  29. 6:18Ben Kindel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  30. 6:26Icing
  31. 6:26Ben Kindel faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  32. 7:05Icing
  33. 7:05Joshua Norris faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  34. 7:40Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  35. 7:42Jiri Kulich Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Alex Tuch (2), Jacob Bryson (1)
  36. 7:42Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  37. 7:51Jiri Kulich hit Noel Acciari
  38. 8:05Peyton Krebs hit Harrison Brunicke
  39. 8:10Jacob Bryson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  40. 8:11Harrison Brunicke hit Peyton Krebs
  41. 8:44Giveaway by Jacob Bryson
  42. 8:44Rickard Rakell hit Jacob Bryson
  43. 8:46Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Vsevolod Komarov
  44. 9:11Giveaway by Vsevolod Komarov
  45. 9:18Rickard Rakell hit Bowen Byram
  46. 9:24Sidney Crosby Slashing against Vsevolod Komarov
  47. 9:24Joshua Norris faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  48. 9:27Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  49. 9:33Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  50. 9:52Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
  51. 10:01Bowen Byram Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  52. 10:05Jason Zucker Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (2), Tage Thompson (3)
  53. 10:05Timeout - Home
  54. 10:05Jason Zucker faceoff won against Anthony Mantha
  55. 10:14Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
  56. 10:17Goalie Stopped
  57. 10:17Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  58. 10:45Icing
  59. 10:45Ben Kindel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  60. 10:46Connor Clifton Slap Shot Hit Left Post
  61. 11:03Beck Malenstyn hit Philip Tomasino
  62. 11:12Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  63. 11:19Philip Tomasino hit Zach Metsa
  64. 12:12Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  65. 12:15Goalie Stopped
  66. 12:15Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  67. 12:22Off-side
  68. 12:22Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  69. 12:35Anthony Mantha Backhand Wide Right
  70. 12:40Peyton Krebs hit Kris Letang
  71. 12:48Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Anthony Mantha
  72. 12:52Vsevolod Komarov hit Justin Brazeau
  73. 13:00Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  74. 13:01Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
  75. 13:25Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  76. 13:30Takeaway by Josh Norris
  77. 13:36Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  78. 13:39Goalie Stopped
  79. 13:39Tage Thompson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  80. 13:53Harrison Brunicke Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (1), Filip Hallander (4)
  81. 13:53Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  82. 13:57Puck in Benches
  83. 13:57Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Philip Tomasino
  84. 14:29Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  85. 15:25Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  86. 15:53Ryan Johnson shot blocked by Kris Letang
  87. 16:15Off-side
  88. 16:15Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  89. 16:27Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  90. 16:33Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  91. 16:37Jiri Kulich Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (3), Peyton Krebs (3)
  92. 16:37Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  93. 17:07Parker Wotherspoon shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  94. 17:11Justin Brazeau Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  95. 17:13Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Vsevolod Komarov
  96. 17:43Puck Frozen - Goalie
  97. 17:43Noel Acciari faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  98. 17:46Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  99. 17:49Goalie Stopped
  100. 17:49Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  101. 18:16Connor Dewar hit Jason Zucker
  102. 18:28Ryan Johnson Holding against Connor Dewar
  103. 18:28Justin Danforth faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  104. 19:51Ville Koivunen Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  105. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Justin Danforth
  3. 0:41Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  4. 0:55Kris Letang hit Ryan Johnson
  5. 0:59Jacob Bryson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  6. 1:14Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  7. 1:46Connor Clifton hit Joshua Norris
  8. 2:20Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  9. 2:22Bowen Byram Backhand saved by Sergei Murashov
  10. 2:31Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  11. 3:05Rickard Rakell Tip-In saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  12. 3:23Giveaway by Ryan Johnson
  13. 3:39Beck Malenstyn Snap Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  14. 3:58Jacob Bryson hit Evgeni Malkin
  15. 4:13Zach Metsa Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  16. 4:59Ben Kindel Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  17. 5:33Filip Hallander Snap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  18. 5:43Filip Hallander Tip-In Hit Left Post
  19. 5:46Harrison Brunicke Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  20. 5:48Goalie Stopped
  21. 5:48Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  22. 6:13Puck in Crowd
  23. 6:13Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  24. 6:15Kris Letang shot blocked by Joshua Norris
  25. 6:25Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  26. 6:31Too many men/ice served by Tyson Kozak
  27. 6:31Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  28. 6:44Evgeni Malkin Tip-In saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  29. 6:45Rickard Rakell Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (1), Kris Letang (2)
  30. 6:45Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  31. 6:55Peyton Krebs hit Harrison Brunicke
  32. 7:18Icing
  33. 7:18Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  34. 7:21Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  35. 7:23Goalie Stopped
  36. 7:23Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  37. 7:45Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  38. 7:49Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  39. 8:02Icing
  40. 8:02Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Justin Danforth
  41. 8:04Kris Letang shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  42. 8:19Ville Koivunen Holding against Justin Danforth
  43. 8:19Noel Acciari faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  44. 8:53Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Sergei Murashov
  45. 9:27Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  46. 9:32Noel Acciari Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  47. 9:34Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  48. 9:36Noel Acciari Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  49. 9:37Goalie Stopped
  50. 9:37Connor Dewar faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  51. 9:51Connor Clifton hit Ryan McLeod
  52. 10:30Puck in Benches
  53. 10:30Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Justin Danforth
  54. 10:46Sidney Crosby hit Justin Danforth
  55. 10:58Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  56. 11:07Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  57. 11:56Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  58. 11:58Goalie Stopped
  59. 11:58Joshua Norris faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  60. 12:01Justin Brazeau hit Jacob Bryson
  61. 12:17Justin Brazeau Tip-In Wide Left
  62. 12:27Tage Thompson Holding the stick against Evgeni Malkin
  63. 12:27Justin Danforth faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  64. 12:55Giveaway by Rickard Rakell
  65. 13:06Evgeni Malkin Tip-In Wide Left
  66. 13:29Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  67. 13:54Sidney Crosby Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Rickard Rakell (1), Erik Karlsson (2)
  68. 13:54Joshua Norris faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  69. 14:04Noel Acciari hit Joshua Norris
  70. 14:21Giveaway by Harrison Brunicke
  71. 14:21Jacob Bryson shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  72. 14:27Zach Metsa shot blocked by Connor Dewar
  73. 14:32Connor Clifton hit Zach Metsa
  74. 14:42Tage Thompson shot blocked by Harrison Brunicke
  75. 15:02Giveaway by Kris Letang
  76. 15:16Philip Tomasino Tip-In Short
  77. 15:28Giveaway by Conor Timmins
  78. 15:56Giveaway by Caleb Jones
  79. 16:07Kris Letang hit Jiri Kulich
  80. 16:09Vsevolod Komarov shot blocked by Caleb Jones
  81. 16:28Alex Tuch Tip-In Off Crossbar
  82. 16:42Parker Wotherspoon shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  83. 16:52Giveaway by Jiri Kulich
  84. 16:58Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  85. 17:05Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  86. 17:14Off-side
  87. 17:14Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  88. 17:30Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  89. 17:31Goalie Stopped
  90. 17:31Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  91. 18:09Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Sergei Murashov
  92. 18:11Goalie Stopped
  93. 18:11Noel Acciari faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  94. 18:15Connor Clifton hit Josh Doan
  95. 18:18Giveaway by Harrison Brunicke
  96. 18:18Vsevolod Komarov shot blocked by Connor Dewar
  97. 18:23Connor Clifton hit Jason Zucker
  98. 18:29Connor Clifton hit Vsevolod Komarov
  99. 18:43Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Harrison Brunicke
  100. 19:32Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  101. 19:33Goalie Stopped
  102. 19:33Justin Danforth faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  103. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  3. 0:09Sidney Crosby Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Karlsson (3)
  4. 0:09End of OT
  5. 0:09Game End

1st

  1. 8:59BUF 0, PIT 1Philip Tomasino Goal (2) Deflected, assists: Ben Kindel (2)

2nd

  1. 3:53BUF 1, PIT 1Tage Thompson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Joshua Norris (4)
  2. 7:42BUF 2, PIT 1Jiri Kulich Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Alex Tuch (2), Jacob Bryson (1)
  3. 10:05BUF 3, PIT 1Jason Zucker Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (2), Tage Thompson (3)
  4. 13:53BUF 3, PIT 2Harrison Brunicke Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (1), Filip Hallander (4)
  5. 16:37BUF 4, PIT 2Jiri Kulich Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (3), Peyton Krebs (3)

3rd

  1. 6:45BUF 4, PIT 3Rickard Rakell Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (1), Kris Letang (2)
  2. 13:54BUF 4, PIT 4Sidney Crosby Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Rickard Rakell (1), Erik Karlsson (2)

OT

  1. 0:09BUF 4, PIT 5Sidney Crosby Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Karlsson (3)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

PenguinsPittsburgh

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Jiri Kulich C202013015:5022.2372101019214:351:150:00
Jason Zucker LW100000016:33100.0301001017212:054:280:00
Tage Thompson C11-2010219:13100.0503111024413:404:321:01
Alex Tuch RW022002021:290.0500003022014:514:262:12
Beck Malenstyn LW00002009:440.020010001219:160:000:28
Jack Quinn RW00-1011014:520.0000001120112:372:150:00
Josh Doan RW000030014:310.0200000018112:172:140:00
Josh Norris C01-2002018:0752.61910000224312:574:230:47
Justin Danforth RW000000012:0555.604500001709:480:481:29
Peyton Krebs C012040014:420.0100001017014:420:000:00
Ryan McLeod C000000014:4152.61910102020011:042:121:25
Tyson Kozak C000001010:5050.0011000012010:470:030:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D01-1020026:1830010100.028118:464:522:40
Conor Timmins D00-1001020:4710020100.023017:530:002:54
Jacob Bryson D012020018:2120010100.023015:291:511:01
Ryan Johnson D00-1001216:3100011100.020016:310:000:00
Vsevolod Komarov D000013017:3120010000.020017:310:000:00
Zach Metsa D002000014:4110010000.020013:480:060:47
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Alexandar Georgiev G17314.82420:090092300
Alex Lyon G13211.84640:0000101000

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