3 Pittsburgh 7th Metropolitan34-36-6-6

7 Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2

FINAL 3 FINAL 7 7:00PM ET · Mar 27, 2025

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Penguins vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
PIT Pittsburgh	1	0	2	3	Tristan Jarry
BUF Buffalo	2	5	0	7	-

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Jake Brenk , Stephen Hiff

Linesmen Kyle Flemington, Joseph Mahon

Attendance 16,418 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
0:27		T. Thompson Assisted by: Z. Benson , R. Dahlin
4:44		P. Krebs Assisted by: A. Tuch , C. Clifton
11:11		S. Crosby Assisted by: M. Grzelcyk , R. Rakell
Scoring - Period 2
3:36		J. Kulich Assisted by: B. Byram , T. Thompson
5:20		M. Samuelsson Assisted by: R. Dahlin , I. Rosen
11:34		J. Kulich Assisted by: J. Quinn , B. Byram
12:02		T. Kozak Assisted by: P. Krebs , B. Malenstyn
19:34		A. Tuch Assisted by: T. Kozak , O. Power
Scoring - Period 3
2:16		B. Lizotte Unassisted
13:54		K. Hayes Assisted by: R. Graves , C. Timmins

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
6:41		S. Crosby (2:00) Slashing
14:18		Z. Benson (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Period 2
6:23		C. Clifton (2:00) Interference
9:32		B. Lizotte (2:00) High Sticking
18:05		R. Dahlin (2:00) Roughing
18:05		C. Dewar (2:00) Roughing
Penalties - Period 3
5:53		E. Bemstrom (2:00) Roughing
5:53		C. Dewar (5:00) Fighting
5:53		J. Bernard-Docker (5:00) Fighting
14:54		V. Kolyachonok (2:00) Delay Of Game
15:01		J. Kulich (2:00) Tripping

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Pittsburgh	7	12	6	25
Buffalo	10	12	8	30

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Pittsburgh	3	25	12.00	0.00	100.00	37	6	15
Buffalo	7	30	23.33	0.00	100.00	27	5	13

Goaltending

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
T. Jarry	12	8	4	.667	0	25:20
A. Nedeljkovic	18	15	3	.833	0	34:22

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Reimer	25	22	3	.880	0	60:00

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
0	C	C. Dewar	0	0	0	-1	9	2	22	12:31	10:12	0:00	2:19	-	-	-
0	C	P. Tomasino	0	0	0	-2	0	1	12	8:45	7:38	1:07	0:00	-	-	-
0	RW	E. Bemstrom	0	0	0	E	0	0	7	4:20	3:51	0:29	0:00	-	-	-
5	D	R. Shea	0	0	0	-2	0	0	17	11:55	11:26	0:06	0:23	-	-	-
13	C	K. Hayes	1	0	1	E	0	6	21	15:13	12:19	2:54	0:00	10	9	53
15	LW	J. Koppanen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	22	16:08	13:28	0:00	2:40	-	3	0
17	RW	B. Rust	0	0	0	-1	0	5	29	23:32	18:54	3:00	1:38	-	-	-
21	D	C. Timmins	0	1	1	1	0	1	26	18:24	15:37	0:00	2:47	-	-	-
27	D	R. Graves	0	1	1	E	0	0	18	12:39	12:32	0:07	0:00	-	-	-
43	LW	D. Heinen	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	10:52	9:46	1:06	0:00	-	-	-
44	D	V. Kolyachonok	0	0	0	-1	2	0	14	8:30	8:29	0:01	0:00	-	-	-
46	C	B. Lizotte	1	0	1	-2	2	2	27	19:00	17:12	0:01	1:47	4	-	100
48	D	M. Grzelcyk	0	1	1	-3	0	1	27	23:12	17:08	2:51	3:13	-	-	-
55	C	N. Acciari	0	0	0	-2	0	0	26	16:26	12:40	0:00	3:46	9	7	56
58	D	K. Letang	0	0	0	-3	0	3	29	23:13	18:48	1:07	3:18	-	-	-
65	D	E. Karlsson	0	0	0	E	0	2	27	19:27	15:45	1:09	2:33	-	-	-
67	RW	R. Rakell	0	1	1	-2	0	0	27	23:16	20:16	3:00	0:00	-	-	-
87	C	S. Crosby	1	0	1	-1	2	2	28	22:55	19:14	3:37	0:04	14	8	64
33	G	A. Nedeljkovic	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	34:22	28:08	2:07	4:07	-	-	-
35	G	T. Jarry	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	25:20	21:20	2:00	2:00	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	2	2	2	0	1	28	24:01	19:31	2:46	1:44	-	-	-
5	D	J. Bernard-Docker	0	0	0	1	5	0	24	16:49	16:42	0:07	0:00	-	-	-
9	LW	Z. Benson	0	1	1	3	2	3	26	16:31	13:54	2:37	0:00	-	-	-
19	C	P. Krebs	1	1	2	2	0	2	21	15:02	13:16	0:00	1:46	5	4	56
20	C	J. Kulich	2	0	2	3	2	4	30	19:07	17:01	2:06	0:00	7	13	35
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	1	1	E	0	1	21	14:43	12:24	2:19	0:00	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	1	0	1	1	0	1	27	17:48	15:28	0:00	2:20	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	1	1	1	0	0	24	17:19	13:17	2:24	1:38	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	2	2	1	2	3	26	20:33	15:35	3:36	1:22	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	1	1	E	0	2	16	8:55	7:46	0:00	1:09	-	-	-
44	C	J. Dunne	0	0	0	-1	0	0	13	6:55	6:55	0:00	0:00	1	3	25
48	C	T. Kozak	1	1	2	1	0	2	17	9:07	9:01	0:00	0:06	4	4	50
63	F	I. Rosen	0	1	1	1	0	2	19	11:25	11:25	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	0	-1	0	1	24	16:58	11:19	3:18	2:21	10	9	53
72	C	T. Thompson	1	1	2	2	0	3	26	19:53	16:01	3:51	0:01	-	3	0
75	D	C. Clifton	0	1	1	2	2	2	24	20:28	19:19	0:00	1:09	-	-	-
77	RW	J. Peterka	0	0	0	-1	0	2	22	18:45	14:44	4:00	0:01	-	-	-
89	RW	A. Tuch	1	1	2	2	0	1	23	17:41	11:19	3:31	2:51	-	1	0
0	G	J. Reimer	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	49:46	6:07	4:07	-	-	-

PIT vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
PIT	29-33-11	37-36-0	39-32-2	11-19-6	18-14-5
BUF	29-35-6	35-35-0	40-25-5	11-21-3	18-14-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

4-5-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Jan 17, '25	BUF	5 - 2	PIT -105	o6.0	42	19	1-5	3-4
Oct 16, '24	PIT	6 - 5 (OT)	PIT -114	o6.5	43	33	2-5	0-1
Jan 06, '24	PIT	3 - 1	BUF +143	u7.0	41	32	1-5	0-3
Nov 24, '23	BUF	3 - 2	BUF +110	u6.5	34	33	1-4	0-2
Nov 11, '23	PIT	4 - 0	PIT -191	u7.0	39	35	1-3	0-2
Dec 10, '22	PIT	3 - 1	PIT -187	u6.5	31	38	1-3	0-3
Dec 09, '22	BUF	4 - 3 (OT)	PIT -147	P7.0	31	33	1-4	2-5
Nov 02, '22	BUF	6 - 3	BUF +102	o6.5	33	21	1-4	1-3
Mar 23, '22	BUF	4 - 3 (SO)	BUF +200	o6.0	33	26	0-3	2-2
Dec 17, '21	PIT	3 - 2 (OT)	PIT -288	u5.5	48	21	1-4	0-3

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-4-0-1

Over / Under

6-4-0

$90

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 25, '25	@ TB	L 1 - 6	L +262	o6.5	15	27	0-1	1-4
Mar 23, '25	@ FLA	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L +224	o5.5	27	31	2-3	1-2
Mar 21, '25	CLB	W 6 - 3	W -111	o6.5	34	47	0-1	0-2
Mar 18, '25	NYI	L 2 - 4	L -101	o5.5	21	37	0-3	0-1
Mar 15, '25	NJ	W 7 - 3	W +117	o5.5	24	27	1-3	2-6
Mar 13, '25	STL	W 5 - 3	W +113	o5.5	22	35	0-0	2-2
Mar 11, '25	VEG	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W +149	u6.5	17	37	1-4	1-1
Mar 09, '25	@ MIN	W 3 - 1	W +121	u6.0	22	30	1-2	1-6
Mar 07, '25	@ VEG	L 0 - 4	L +202	u6.5	22	27	0-0	0-3
Mar 04, '25	@ COL	L 1 - 4	L +231	u6.5	33	23	0-2	1-1

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 30, '25	OTT	L 2-3	L +102	u6.5
Apr 03, '25	@ STL	W 6-3	W -104	o6.5
Apr 05, '25	@ DAL	L 2-3 (SO)	L +152	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-5-0-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

$311

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 25, '25	OTT	W 3 - 2	W +140	u6.0	24	32	0-1	2-4
Mar 23, '25	@ WIN	W 5 - 3	W +244	o6.0	17	36	1-3	1-3
Mar 22, '25	@ MIN	L 1 - 4	L +126	u5.5	21	20	0-2	0-2
Mar 20, '25	@ UTAH	L 2 - 5	L +168	o6.5	27	30	1-5	0-4
Mar 17, '25	@ BOS	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -113	u6.0	30	20	2-4	0-2
Mar 15, '25	VEG	W 4 - 3 (SO)	W +177	o6.5	37	19	1-2	0-1
Mar 12, '25	@ DET	L 3 - 7	L +130	o6.5	26	29	1-3	3-6
Mar 10, '25	EDM	W 3 - 2	W +162	u6.5	23	34	0-2	1-4
Mar 08, '25	@ FLA	L 0 - 4	L +224	u6.0	21	35	0-2	0-1
Mar 06, '25	@ TB	L 5 - 6	L +205	o6.5	33	26	1-4	1-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 29, '25	@ PHI	W 5-2	W -138	o6.0
Mar 30, '25	@ WAS	W 4-3 (SO)	W -122	o6.5
Apr 01, '25	@ OTT	W 3-2 (OT)	W +140	u6.0

PIT vs BUF Preview

Pittsburgh at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Jan 17, 2025 ) Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 2

If the Pittsburgh Penguins hope to complete a season sweep of the Buffalo Sabres for the first time since 2017-18, they'll need to play much better than they did in the last game.

The Penguins are set to visit the Sabres on Thursday night in the finale of a three-game road trip.

Pittsburgh (29-33-11, 69 points) lost the opener of the trip, 4-3, in a shootout against the Florida Panthers on Sunday, got the day off on Monday, and then played one of its worst games of the season on Tuesday night in a 6-1 defeat against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

"We were working hard, but we were working in the wrong ways," Penguins forward Rickard Rakell said. "We were chasing the game too much, and they're stretching us out and finding the open ice. It's just not good enough."

The Penguins also played without center Evgeni Malkin (upper body), who was a full participant in Tuesday's morning skate, but then was a late scratch before the game.

"He's being evaluated for an upper-body injury," Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said after the game.

Sidney Crosby assisted on the only goal against Tampa Bay to give him 79 points on the season. With one more point, he'll be assured to average at least one point a game for a 20th season, breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Crosby has 85 points (29 goals, 56 assists) in 61 career games against the Sabres. He had a goal and two assists in a 6-5 overtime win against Buffalo on Oct. 16 and went scoreless in a 5-2 win on Jan. 17.

Reaching that milestone will be memorable, but the Penguins will be more focused on playing better hockey against the Sabres.

"Just got to reset and look at the next game, learn from our mistakes (against the Lightning) and then just restart," Rakell said. "New game for us, new chance for us to prove ourselves."

The Sabres (29-35-6, 64 points) have been playing well lately, especially at home.

They've won four of their past six overall and nine of 11 at home, most recently beating the visiting Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday.

The victory represented the 600th win for coach Lindy Ruff with the organization. He's just the second coach in NHL history to win at least 600 games with a single franchise.

The 65-year-old is in the first season of his second stint with the Sabres after coaching them from 1997-2013.

"I really wasn't aware of it, but obviously it feels good. Just to get the win (against Ottawa)," Ruff said. "I've been fortunate, a lot of good people around me that have helped throughout the years, and unbelievable fan support here in this building."

Jacob Bernard-Docker is off to a good start with the Sabres in three games since the 24-year-old defenseman was traded with Josh Norris from the Senators to the Sabres in exchange for Dylan Cozens, Dennis Gilbert and a 2026 second-round draft pick.

Bernard-Docker scored against Ottawa to give him three points (one goal, two assists) in three games with Buffalo.

He was quick to credit forwards Tyson Kozak and Peyton Krebs with his goal against his former team.

"They don't cheat the game," Bernard-Docker. "It's impressive how they play."

--Field Level Media

PIT vs BUFInjury report

Pittsburgh's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
K. Hayes	C	Out - Upper-body( Sep 18, '25)	Sep 18, '25
The Penguins said on Friday (Sept. 19) that Hayes will miss the start of the regular season and will be re-evaluated in a month.

Pittsburgh Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	0	Valtteri Puustinen
RW	2	Rutger McGroarty
RW	8	Sam Poulin
C	11	Vasily Ponomarev
C	13	Kevin Hayes
LW	14	Bokondji Imama
LW	15	Joona Koppanen
RW	17	Bryan Rust
C	18	Tommy Novak
LW	41	Ville Koivunen
C	46	Blake Lizotte
C	55	Noel Acciari
RW	67	Rickard Rakell
C	71	Evgeni Malkin
C	87	Sidney Crosby

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	0	Filip Kral
D	5	Ryan Shea
D	27	Ryan Graves
G	33	Alex Nedeljkovic
G	35	Tristan Jarry
D	48	Matt Grzelcyk
D	58	Kris Letang

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
C	24	Sam Lafferty
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
RW	63	Isak Rosen
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
RW	77	JJ Peterka
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	75	Connor Clifton
D	78	Jacob Bryson

GoaltendersLast 5

Pittsburgh
Buffalo

W/L

2-2-0-1

GAA

3.00

Save %

.829

Pittsburgh Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
T.Jarry	Mar 25, 2025	TB 6 - PIT 1	L	4	7	.429	-	L +262	o6.5
A.Nedeljkovic	Mar 25, 2025	TB 6 - PIT 1	-	2	20	.900	-	L +262	o6.5
T.Jarry	Mar 23, 2025	FLA 4 - PIT 3 (SO)	-	3	31	.903	-	L +224	o5.5
A.Nedeljkovic	Mar 21, 2025	PIT 6 - CLB 3	W	3	47	.936	-	W -111	o6.5
T.Jarry	Mar 18, 2025	PIT 2 - NYI 4	L	3	37	.919	-	L -101	o5.5
T.Jarry	Mar 15, 2025	PIT 7 - NJ 3	W	3	27	.889	-	W +117	o5.5

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

2.60

Save %

.901

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Reimer	Mar 25, 2025	BUF 3 - OTT 2	W	2	32	.938	-	W +140	u6.0
J.Reimer	Mar 23, 2025	WIN 3 - BUF 5	W	3	36	.917	-	W +244	o6.0
U.Luukkonen	Mar 22, 2025	MIN 4 - BUF 1	L	3	20	.850	-	L +126	u5.5
J.Reimer	Mar 20, 2025	UTAH 5 - BUF 2	L	3	30	.900	-	L +168	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Mar 17, 2025	BOS 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	W	2	20	.900	-	W -113	u6.0

PIT vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

PITPittsburgh Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.93	Total	3.51
0.84	1st Period	0.84
0.96	2nd Period	1.31
1.01	3rd Period	1.27
0.11	OT	0.07

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.14	Total	28.84
8.74	1st Period	9.11
9.90	2nd Period	10.50
8.63	3rd Period	9.04
0.40	OT	0.20

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.10	Total	0.88
0.10	1st Period	0.91
0.10	2nd Period	0.87
0.12	3rd Period	0.86
0.28	OT	0.64

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
48 - 197	G/Att vs. GA/Att	50 - 212
24.37	PP % vs. PK %	76.42

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Pittsburgh Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Joel Blomqvist	425	376	0.885	4-9-1
Tristan Jarry	800	712	0.890	12-10-5
Filip Larsson	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Alex Nedeljkovic	986	881	0.894	13-14-5

Penguins vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

PIT vs BUFRecords

PIT vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

PIT vs BUF Preview

PIT vs BUFInjury report

Pittsburgh's Injuries

Pittsburgh Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

PIT vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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