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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

NHLMarch 5, 2026PPG Paints Arena

SabresBuffaloBUFWon37-19-6

Sabres 5, Penguins 1

Final
PenguinsPittsburghPIT31-17-13
Score by period
Team123T
BUF1315
PIT1001

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  3. 0:11Off-side
  4. 0:11Thomas Novak faceoff won against Josh Norris
  5. 0:27Giveaway by Egor Chinakhov
  6. 0:36Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  7. 0:39Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  8. 0:52Peyton Krebs hit Connor Clifton
  9. 1:33Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  10. 1:40Connor Dewar Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  11. 2:16Alex Tuch hit Noel Acciari
  12. 2:18Owen Power hit Blake Lizotte
  13. 2:29Giveaway by Kris Letang
  14. 2:36Justin Brazeau Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  15. 2:38Goalie Stopped
  16. 2:38Josh Dunne faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  17. 2:57Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  18. 3:10Anthony Mantha Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  19. 3:10Beck Malenstyn hit Samuel Girard
  20. 3:12Goalie Stopped
  21. 3:12Thomas Novak faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  22. 3:14Thomas Novak shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  23. 3:19Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  24. 3:20Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  25. 3:22Peyton Krebs Hooking against Evgeni Malkin
  26. 3:22Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  27. 3:44Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  28. 3:53Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  29. 4:35Off-side
  30. 4:35Ben Kindel faceoff won against Zach Benson
  31. 5:10Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  32. 5:53Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  33. 5:57Josh Doan Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  34. 5:59Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  35. 6:00Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Right
  36. 6:14Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  37. 6:19Noah Ostlund Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  38. 6:48Zach Metsa hit Avery Hayes
  39. 7:00Peyton Krebs hit Ryan Shea
  40. 7:45Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide Right
  41. 8:15Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  42. 8:16Erik Karlsson Holding against Jack Quinn
  43. 8:16TV Timeout
  44. 8:16Noel Acciari faceoff won against Josh Norris
  45. 8:54Josh Norris Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  46. 9:38Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  47. 9:57Alex Tuch shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  48. 10:08Ryan McLeod Slap Shot Wide Left
  49. 10:24Too many men/ice served by Jack Quinn
  50. 10:24TV Timeout
  51. 10:24Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  52. 10:39Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  53. 11:55Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  54. 12:00Ryan McLeod Goal (12) Backhand, assists: none
  55. 12:00Beck Malenstyn faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  56. 12:18Beck Malenstyn hit Kris Letang
  57. 12:27Ben Kindel shot blocked by Justin Brazeau
  58. 13:25Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot Wide Left
  59. 13:27Puck in Netting
  60. 13:27Tage Thompson faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  61. 14:01Tage Thompson shot blocked by Blake Lizotte
  62. 14:04Noel Acciari Holding against Tage Thompson
  63. 14:04TV Timeout
  64. 14:04Ben Kindel faceoff won against Josh Norris
  65. 14:48Bryan Rust Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Ben Kindel (15)
  66. 14:48Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  67. 15:33Bowen Byram shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
  68. 16:17Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  69. 16:17Zach Benson hit Kris Letang
  70. 16:25Josh Dunne hit Samuel Girard
  71. 16:26Beck Malenstyn hit Rickard Rakell
  72. 16:30Zach Benson hit Noel Acciari
  73. 16:32Beck Malenstyn hit Bryan Rust
  74. 16:52Egor Chinakhov Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  75. 17:20Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  76. 17:33Zach Metsa shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  77. 17:57Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  78. 18:12Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  79. 18:14Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  80. 18:19Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  81. 18:37Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Short
  82. 18:57Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  83. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  3. 0:06Connor Clifton hit Josh Norris
  4. 0:19Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  5. 0:38Rasmus Dahlin Cross-checking against Evgeni Malkin
  6. 0:38Evgeni Malkin Cross-checking against Rasmus Dahlin
  7. 0:38Evgeni Malkin Slashing against Rasmus Dahlin served by Justin Brazeau
  8. 0:38Evgeni Malkin Game Misconduct
  9. 0:38Noel Acciari faceoff won against Josh Norris
  10. 1:18Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  11. 1:34Bowen Byram shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  12. 1:43Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  13. 1:46Connor Dewar hit Jason Zucker
  14. 1:50Tage Thompson Slap Shot Short
  15. 2:36Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Wide Left
  16. 3:09Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  17. 4:07Josh Doan Deflected saved by Arturs Silovs
  18. 4:10Josh Norris Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Doan (23), Bowen Byram (22)
  19. 4:10Challenge Hm - goal interference - goal
  20. 4:10Delaying Game - Unsucc. chlg served by Egor Chinakhov
  21. 4:10Jason Zucker faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  22. 4:45Takeaway by Blake Lizotte
  23. 5:06Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  24. 5:09Puck in Netting
  25. 5:09Josh Norris faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  26. 5:17Tage Thompson shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  27. 5:19Puck in Netting
  28. 5:19Noel Acciari faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  29. 5:25Ryan McLeod Slashing against Noel Acciari
  30. 5:25Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  31. 5:37Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  32. 5:45Blake Lizotte Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  33. 5:47Goalie Stopped
  34. 5:47Alex Tuch faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  35. 6:18Alex Tuch Goal (25) Tip-In, assists: Owen Power (15), Tage Thompson (32)
  36. 6:18Beck Malenstyn faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  37. 7:05Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  38. 7:07Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Zach Benson
  39. 7:13Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  40. 7:42Samuel Girard hit Michael Kesselring
  41. 8:14Avery Hayes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 8:16Goalie Stopped
  43. 8:16Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  44. 8:31Bryan Rust Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  45. 8:32Rickard Rakell Batted Wide Left
  46. 8:37Rickard Rakell Tip-In Hit Left Post
  47. 9:00Rickard Rakell hit Ryan McLeod
  48. 9:10Avery Hayes shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  49. 9:17Off-side
  50. 9:17Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  51. 9:28Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  52. 9:30Egor Chinakhov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  53. 9:36Thomas Novak shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  54. 9:38Puck in Netting
  55. 9:38Josh Norris faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  56. 9:46Icing
  57. 9:46Thomas Novak faceoff won against Josh Norris
  58. 10:14Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  59. 10:20Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  60. 10:30Owen Power Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (13), Noah Ostlund (12)
  61. 10:30Josh Dunne faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  62. 10:45Zach Benson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  63. 11:07Justin Brazeau hit Bowen Byram
  64. 11:19Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  65. 11:34Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  66. 11:55Connor Dewar Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  67. 11:57Goalie Stopped
  68. 11:57Tage Thompson faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  69. 12:23Kris Letang hit Alex Tuch
  70. 12:31Peyton Krebs hit Samuel Girard
  71. 12:37Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  72. 13:00Rickard Rakell Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  73. 13:59Takeaway by Ryan Shea
  74. 14:12Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Justin Brazeau
  75. 14:30Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  76. 14:38Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Anthony Mantha
  77. 14:44Beck Malenstyn Boarding against Parker Wotherspoon
  78. 14:44TV Timeout
  79. 14:44Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  80. 16:02Egor Chinakhov Slap Shot Hit Right Post
  81. 16:15Bryan Rust Slap Shot Wide Left
  82. 17:15Peyton Krebs hit Samuel Girard
  83. 17:36Noel Acciari Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  84. 17:43Noel Acciari shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  85. 17:51Tage Thompson hit Connor Dewar
  86. 18:00Connor Dewar shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  87. 18:02Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Right
  88. 18:10Connor Dewar hit Peyton Krebs
  89. 18:37Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  90. 18:39Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  91. 18:51Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  92. 19:03Erik Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  93. 19:12Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  94. 19:27Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  95. 19:32Off-side
  96. 19:32Ben Kindel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  97. 19:42Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  98. 19:42Ben Kindel hit Peyton Krebs
  99. 19:47Justin Brazeau hit Michael Kesselring
  100. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:25Hand Pass
  4. 0:25Thomas Novak faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  5. 0:50Off-side
  6. 0:50Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  7. 1:06Giveaway by Tommy Novak
  8. 1:17Michael Kesselring hit Thomas Novak
  9. 1:33Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  10. 1:40Icing
  11. 1:40Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  12. 1:46Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  13. 1:53Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  14. 1:54Kris Letang shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  15. 2:09Josh Dunne hit Kris Letang
  16. 2:28Kris Letang hit Zach Benson
  17. 2:37Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  18. 2:40Josh Dunne Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  19. 2:42Goalie Stopped
  20. 2:42Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Josh Norris
  21. 2:57Connor Dewar Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  22. 3:24Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  23. 3:39Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  24. 3:59Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  25. 4:01Goalie Stopped
  26. 4:01Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  27. 4:07Jason Zucker Tip-In Wide Right
  28. 4:28Michael Kesselring Slap Shot Wide Right
  29. 4:56Beck Malenstyn hit Samuel Girard
  30. 5:05Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  31. 5:20Josh Dunne Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  32. 5:25Goalie Stopped
  33. 5:25Josh Norris faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  34. 5:32Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Right
  35. 5:45Blake Lizotte hit Owen Power
  36. 5:54Blake Lizotte Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  37. 5:59Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  38. 6:06Noel Acciari hit Owen Power
  39. 6:29Off-side
  40. 6:29Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  41. 7:04Ben Kindel Holding the stick against Peyton Krebs
  42. 7:04Noel Acciari faceoff won against Josh Norris
  43. 7:29Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  44. 7:32Goalie Stopped
  45. 7:32Josh Norris faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  46. 7:35Tage Thompson shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  47. 7:52Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  48. 8:25Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  49. 8:33Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide Right
  50. 8:42Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Ryan Shea
  51. 9:07Parker Wotherspoon hit Ryan McLeod
  52. 9:08Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Right
  53. 9:20Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  54. 9:26Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  55. 10:07Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot Wide Right
  56. 10:09Goalie Stopped
  57. 10:09Josh Norris faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  58. 10:17Egor Chinakhov hit Noah Ostlund
  59. 10:59Kris Letang Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  60. 11:23Kris Letang hit Peyton Krebs
  61. 11:41Ryan Shea Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  62. 11:52Anthony Mantha Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  63. 11:54Goalie Stopped
  64. 11:54Rasmus Dahlin Slashing against Anthony Mantha
  65. 11:54Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  66. 12:42Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  67. 12:46Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  68. 12:49Goalie Stopped
  69. 12:49Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  70. 13:16Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  71. 13:33Bryan Rust shot blocked by Owen Power
  72. 14:03Justin Brazeau Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  73. 14:05Goalie Stopped
  74. 14:05Noel Acciari faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  75. 14:09Noel Acciari Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  76. 14:19Rickard Rakell hit Jack Quinn
  77. 14:21Hand Pass
  78. 14:21Ben Kindel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  79. 14:35Justin Brazeau Tip-In Wide Left
  80. 14:45Justin Brazeau Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  81. 14:47Puck in Netting
  82. 14:47Tage Thompson faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  83. 14:55Icing
  84. 14:55Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  85. 15:11Tage Thompson hit Rickard Rakell
  86. 15:25Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  87. 15:34Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  88. 15:36Owen Power shot blocked by Josh Doan
  89. 16:06Thomas Novak Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  90. 16:10Rasmus Dahlin hit Justin Brazeau
  91. 16:16Giveaway by Justin Brazeau
  92. 16:36Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  93. 16:49Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  94. 16:53Mattias Samuelsson Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  95. 16:53Josh Dunne faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  96. 17:30Giveaway by Blake Lizotte
  97. 17:41Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  98. 18:11Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Zach Benson
  99. 18:16Connor Clifton hit Ryan McLeod
  100. 18:19Connor Dewar hit Zach Metsa
  101. 18:21Jack Quinn shot blocked by Ryan Shea
  102. 18:31Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  103. 18:44Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  104. 18:45Goalie Stopped
  105. 18:45Josh Norris faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  106. 19:35Giveaway by Tommy Novak
  107. 19:59Avery Hayes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  108. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  109. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 12:00BUF 1, PIT 0Ryan McLeod Goal (12) Backhand, assists: none
  2. 14:48BUF 1, PIT 1Bryan Rust Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Ben Kindel (15)

2nd

  1. 4:10BUF 2, PIT 1Josh Norris Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Doan (23), Bowen Byram (22)
  2. 6:18BUF 3, PIT 1Alex Tuch Goal (25) Tip-In, assists: Owen Power (15), Tage Thompson (32)
  3. 10:30BUF 4, PIT 1Owen Power Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (13), Noah Ostlund (12)

3rd

  1. 16:53BUF 5, PIT 1Mattias Samuelsson Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

PenguinsPittsburgh

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Tuch RW102011017:3725.0331100025259:413:434:13
Josh Norris C110000017:4150.0288001018910:396:580:04
Ryan McLeod C102000218:2353.81671111251210:223:494:12
Beck Malenstyn LW000052214:25100.0002110020510:230:043:58
Jack Quinn RW001000011:490.0200201017129:032:460:00
Jason Zucker LW00-1001014:11100.0101203013166:337:380:00
Josh Doan RW010000018:280.03000060191811:217:070:00
Josh Dunne C00002008:37100.010300101217:370:001:00
Noah Ostlund C012000016:420.01001000191013:133:170:12
Peyton Krebs C000041210:3566.7112010016910:350:000:00
Tage Thompson C010021018:43100.01040031173310:457:500:08
Zach Benson LW001021013:220.001000101878:380:024:42
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Mattias Samuelsson D103003021:1910020110.0241214:490:006:30
Owen Power D113011020:4510000100.021614:091:285:08
Bowen Byram D010000022:3220010000.0221014:065:103:16
Michael Kesselring D000010012:5820000200.018011:430:001:15
Rasmus Dahlin D001010421:2940002100.0251214:044:552:30
Zach Metsa D000010011:0000020000.012211:000:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G28127.96459:2400252000

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