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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

NHLFebruary 5, 2026KeyBank Center

PenguinsPittsburghPITWon29-15-12

Penguins 5, Sabres 2

Final
SabresBuffaloBUF32-19-6
Score by period
Team123T
PIT2125
BUF1012

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:28Sidney Crosby Deflected Wide Left
  4. 1:13Icing
  5. 1:13Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  6. 1:46Jason Zucker Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (30), Bowen Byram (18)
  7. 1:46Ben Kindel faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  8. 2:19Isak Rosen hit Ilya Solovyov
  9. 2:30Ryan Shea Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  10. 2:32Goalie Stopped
  11. 2:32Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  12. 4:11Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  13. 4:13Puck in Netting
  14. 4:13Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  15. 4:16Jack Quinn Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  16. 4:19Goalie Stopped
  17. 4:19Jason Zucker faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  18. 4:23Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  19. 4:40Giveaway by Justin Brazeau
  20. 4:42Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  21. 4:42Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  22. 4:44Goalie Stopped
  23. 4:44Thomas Novak faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  24. 4:50Evgeni Malkin Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  25. 4:52Goalie Stopped
  26. 4:52Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  27. 5:19Evgeni Malkin Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  28. 5:20Goalie Stopped
  29. 5:20Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  30. 5:25Sidney Crosby Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  31. 5:36Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  32. 5:42Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  33. 5:48Giveaway by Ryan Shea
  34. 6:05Tage Thompson hit Bryan Rust
  35. 6:27Josh Doan hit Connor Clifton
  36. 6:36Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Rutger McGroarty
  37. 6:45Michael Kesselring hit Ilya Solovyov
  38. 6:46Kevin Hayes Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  39. 6:48Goalie Stopped
  40. 6:48Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  41. 6:52Connor Dewar hit Jason Zucker
  42. 7:31Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  43. 7:32Jack Quinn Tip-In Wide Left
  44. 7:34Goalie Stopped
  45. 7:34Thomas Novak faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  46. 7:40Giveaway by Egor Chinakhov
  47. 7:49Peyton Krebs hit Brett Kulak
  48. 8:11Giveaway by Ryan Shea
  49. 8:15Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  50. 8:31Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  51. 9:00Erik Karlsson hit Beck Malenstyn
  52. 9:04Puck in Benches
  53. 9:04Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  54. 9:07Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  55. 9:10Goalie Stopped
  56. 9:10Rutger McGroarty faceoff won against Konsta Helenius
  57. 9:18Avery Hayes Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ilya Solovyov (5), Rutger McGroarty (3)
  58. 9:18Rutger McGroarty faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  59. 9:59Puck Frozen - Goalie
  60. 9:59Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  61. 10:03Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Parker Wotherspoon
  62. 10:06Puck in Netting
  63. 10:06Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  64. 10:20Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  65. 10:23Goalie Stopped
  66. 10:23Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  67. 10:30Mattias Samuelsson hit Bryan Rust
  68. 11:02Parker Wotherspoon hit Jack Quinn
  69. 11:11Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  70. 11:47Giveaway by Ryan Shea
  71. 11:56Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  72. 11:57Goalie Stopped
  73. 11:57Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  74. 12:13Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
  75. 12:54Rutger McGroarty hit Michael Kesselring
  76. 12:56Giveaway by Michael Kesselring
  77. 12:57Avery Hayes Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  78. 13:03Beck Malenstyn hit Ryan Shea
  79. 13:05Giveaway by Kevin Hayes
  80. 13:13Beck Malenstyn hit Rutger McGroarty
  81. 13:47Bryan Rust shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  82. 13:49Puck in Netting
  83. 13:49Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  84. 14:00Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  85. 14:02Sidney Crosby Tip-In Wide Right
  86. 14:15Parker Wotherspoon hit Ryan McLeod
  87. 14:23Jack Quinn Tip-In Wide Right
  88. 14:42Giveaway by Alex Lyon
  89. 14:52Konsta Helenius hit Connor Clifton
  90. 14:57Ilya Solovyov shot blocked by Owen Power
  91. 14:59Puck in Netting
  92. 14:59Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  93. 15:37Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  94. 15:50Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  95. 15:54Evgeni Malkin High-sticking against Owen Power
  96. 15:54Jason Zucker faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  97. 15:56Connor Clifton hit Rasmus Dahlin
  98. 15:57Parker Wotherspoon Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  99. 16:10Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  100. 17:21Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  101. 17:39Connor Clifton hit Alex Tuch
  102. 17:42Giveaway by Ben Kindel
  103. 18:11Erik Karlsson hit Peyton Krebs
  104. 18:16Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  105. 18:37Avery Hayes hit Mattias Samuelsson
  106. 18:47Avery Hayes Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Mantha (22), Parker Wotherspoon (16)
  107. 18:47Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  108. 18:59Ryan Shea Holding against Jason Zucker
  109. 18:59Jason Zucker faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  110. 19:01Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  111. 19:03Goalie Stopped
  112. 19:03Connor Dewar faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  113. 19:43Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Bryan Rust
  114. 19:58Jason Zucker shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  115. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Jason Zucker faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  3. 0:30Parker Wotherspoon hit Josh Doan
  4. 0:44Jack Quinn Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  5. 1:05Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  6. 1:27Giveaway by Owen Power
  7. 1:58Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  8. 2:00Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  9. 2:03Goalie Stopped
  10. 2:03Thomas Novak faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  11. 2:20Beck Malenstyn hit Erik Karlsson
  12. 2:29Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  13. 2:31Goalie Stopped
  14. 2:31Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  15. 2:49Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  16. 2:55Evgeni Malkin Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  17. 3:35Michael Kesselring hit Ilya Solovyov
  18. 3:47Puck in Benches
  19. 3:47Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  20. 3:53Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  21. 4:37Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  22. 4:55Takeaway by Rutger McGroarty
  23. 5:20Puck in Benches
  24. 5:20Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  25. 5:30Tyson Kozak hit Ryan Shea
  26. 5:49Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
  27. 5:57Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  28. 5:59Puck in Crowd
  29. 5:59Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  30. 6:06Icing
  31. 6:06Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  32. 6:18Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  33. 6:18Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  34. 6:37Bryan Rust hit Jack Quinn
  35. 6:44Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
  36. 7:21Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  37. 7:28Icing
  38. 7:28Connor Dewar faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  39. 7:34Icing
  40. 7:34Tage Thompson faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  41. 7:38Takeaway by Ben Kindel
  42. 7:44Ben Kindel Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  43. 7:44Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  44. 7:51Kevin Hayes hit Mattias Samuelsson
  45. 8:15Ilya Solovyov hit Isak Rosen
  46. 8:17Connor Clifton hit Noah Ostlund
  47. 8:55Tyson Kozak Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  48. 8:59Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  49. 9:48Peyton Krebs hit Parker Wotherspoon
  50. 9:50Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  51. 9:51Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  52. 9:58Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
  53. 10:03Sidney Crosby Cross-checking against Rasmus Dahlin
  54. 10:03TV Timeout
  55. 10:03Connor Dewar faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  56. 10:21Jack Quinn Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  57. 10:46Tage Thompson shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  58. 10:52Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  59. 11:16Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  60. 11:30Tage Thompson shot blocked by Bryan Rust
  61. 12:27Bowen Byram Tip-In Wide Right
  62. 12:53Ilya Solovyov shot blocked by Owen Power
  63. 13:17Beck Malenstyn hit Thomas Novak
  64. 13:40Connor Clifton hit Mattias Samuelsson
  65. 13:44Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Right
  66. 13:44Connor Clifton hit Beck Malenstyn
  67. 13:52Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  68. 14:11Giveaway by Josh Doan
  69. 14:20Josh Doan shot blocked by Parker Wotherspoon
  70. 14:50Icing
  71. 14:50Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  72. 14:52Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  73. 15:07Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  74. 15:10Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  75. 15:27Off-side
  76. 15:27Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  77. 15:36Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  78. 15:53Connor Dewar Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  79. 16:08Off-side
  80. 16:08Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  81. 16:19Thomas Novak Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  82. 16:24Goalie Stopped
  83. 16:24Tage Thompson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  84. 16:30Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  85. 16:35Goalie Stopped
  86. 16:35Tage Thompson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  87. 16:51Alex Tuch Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  88. 17:54Alex Tuch Tripping against Arturs Silovs
  89. 17:54TV Timeout
  90. 17:54Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  91. 18:17Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  92. 18:25Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  93. 19:05Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  94. 19:06Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  95. 19:10Puck in Netting
  96. 19:10Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  97. 19:31Erik Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  98. 19:55Ben Kindel hit Bowen Byram
  99. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  3. 0:05Puck in Benches
  4. 0:05Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  5. 0:25Josh Doan Wrist Shot Short
  6. 0:36Icing
  7. 0:36Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  8. 1:09Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  9. 1:14Evgeni Malkin Tripping against Owen Power
  10. 1:14Jason Zucker faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  11. 1:55Tage Thompson Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (25), Rasmus Dahlin (37)
  12. 1:55Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  13. 2:19Giveaway by Avery Hayes
  14. 2:30Takeaway by Avery Hayes
  15. 2:31Avery Hayes Snap Shot Wide Left
  16. 2:53Justin Brazeau Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  17. 2:55Puck in Netting
  18. 2:55Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  19. 3:22Takeaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  20. 4:13Michael Kesselring Hooking against Bryan Rust
  21. 4:13Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  22. 4:18Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Owen Power
  23. 4:36Sidney Crosby Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  24. 4:38Goalie Stopped
  25. 4:38Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  26. 4:42Bryan Rust Snap Shot Wide Right
  27. 4:49Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  28. 5:19Erik Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  29. 5:21Goalie Stopped
  30. 5:21Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  31. 6:19Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  32. 6:21Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  33. 6:21Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  34. 6:30Avery Hayes Snap Shot Wide Right
  35. 6:31Rutger McGroarty Backhand Hit Right Post
  36. 6:43Giveaway by Avery Hayes
  37. 6:45Avery Hayes hit Tage Thompson
  38. 6:53Puck in Crowd
  39. 6:53Ben Kindel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  40. 7:08Giveaway by Ryan Shea
  41. 7:14Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  42. 7:31Off-side
  43. 7:31Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  44. 7:51Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  45. 8:06Isak Rosen Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  46. 8:16Isak Rosen shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  47. 8:28Giveaway by Isak Rosen
  48. 8:44Egor Chinakhov Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  49. 8:45Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  50. 8:55Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs
  51. 8:58Goalie Stopped
  52. 8:58Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  53. 9:02Josh Doan Tip-In Wide Right
  54. 9:07Giveaway by Michael Kesselring
  55. 9:11Giveaway by Ben Kindel
  56. 9:16Connor Dewar Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  57. 9:19Goalie Stopped
  58. 9:19Connor Dewar faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  59. 9:34Giveaway by Ben Kindel
  60. 9:36Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  61. 10:33Peyton Krebs Interference - Goalkeeper against Arturs Silovs served by Josh Doan
  62. 10:33Connor Clifton Fighting against Peyton Krebs
  63. 10:33Peyton Krebs Fighting against Connor Clifton
  64. 10:33TV Timeout
  65. 10:33Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  66. 11:11Bryan Rust shot blocked by Ben Kindel
  67. 11:48Puck in Benches
  68. 11:48Thomas Novak faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  69. 12:43Anthony Mantha Snap Shot Wide Left
  70. 12:43Mattias Samuelsson hit Thomas Novak
  71. 13:02Justin Brazeau Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  72. 13:27Avery Hayes Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  73. 14:07Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  74. 14:14Off-side
  75. 14:14Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  76. 14:24Icing
  77. 14:24Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  78. 14:34Takeaway by Sidney Crosby
  79. 14:47Giveaway by Josh Doan
  80. 14:47Parker Wotherspoon hit Josh Doan
  81. 15:11Jason Zucker hit Ryan Shea
  82. 15:30Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  83. 15:33Thomas Novak Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Egor Chinakhov (7), Evgeni Malkin (31)
  84. 15:33Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  85. 15:38Puck in Benches
  86. 15:38Ben Kindel faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  87. 16:03Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot Wide Left
  88. 16:10Owen Power Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  89. 16:19Avery Hayes Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  90. 16:20Avery Hayes Batted saved by Alex Lyon
  91. 16:23High Stick
  92. 16:23Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  93. 17:13Parker Wotherspoon hit Josh Doan
  94. 17:51Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  95. 17:52Goalie Stopped
  96. 17:52Ben Kindel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  97. 17:55Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  98. 18:06Ryan McLeod Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  99. 18:19Ben Kindel Snap Shot Wide Right
  100. 18:30Isak Rosen Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  101. 18:31Goalie Stopped
  102. 18:31Anthony Mantha Hooking against Owen Power
  103. 18:31Connor Dewar faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  104. 18:59Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Bryan Rust
  105. 19:01Josh Doan Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  106. 19:16Alex Tuch Tip-In Wide Left
  107. 19:36Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
  108. 19:42Connor Dewar Snap Shot Wide Left
  109. 19:46Ben Kindel Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (11)
  110. 19:46Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  111. 19:59Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  112. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  113. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 1:46PIT 0, BUF 1Jason Zucker Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (30), Bowen Byram (18)
  2. 9:18PIT 1, BUF 1Avery Hayes Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ilya Solovyov (5), Rutger McGroarty (3)
  3. 18:47PIT 2, BUF 1Avery Hayes Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Mantha (22), Parker Wotherspoon (16)

2nd

  1. 7:44PIT 3, BUF 1Ben Kindel Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none

3rd

  1. 1:55PIT 3, BUF 2Tage Thompson Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (25), Rasmus Dahlin (37)
  2. 15:33PIT 4, BUF 2Thomas Novak Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Egor Chinakhov (7), Evgeni Malkin (31)
  3. 19:46PIT 5, BUF 2Ben Kindel Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (11)

Game leaders

PenguinsPittsburgh

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Avery Hayes RW202020010:090.0600202114210:090:000:00
Ben Kindel C202010017:2740.02643011211410:504:242:13
Tommy Novak C100000015:1933.32840000171113:441:350:00
Anthony Mantha RW011000216:300.00000110202015:061:240:00
Bryan Rust RW000013023:310.00001010231913:074:275:57
Connor Dewar C012010015:4145.5165002018139:310:006:10
Egor Chinakhov RW010000013:080.03001000171111:321:330:03
Evgeni Malkin C010000417:5950.05110201191313:234:360:00
Justin Brazeau RW001000011:110.0200100014159:331:380:00
Kevin Hayes RW00101007:0733.314210001236:530:000:14
Rutger McGroarty RW011011010:01100.000200111628:180:001:43
Sidney Crosby C001000220:0552.2611121121212715:424:230:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brett Kulak D000000018:4400000000.025116:400:002:04
Connor Clifton D003052517:1900001100.021111:020:006:17
Erik Karlsson D002020022:4720000000.023418:174:300:00
Ilya Solovyov D011010012:0800000000.017111:150:000:53
Parker Wotherspoon D012052023:3710030010.024318:160:005:21
Ryan Shea D000000219:2910041000.026316:141:301:45
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Arturs Silovs G27225.92659:3800214000

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