National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Chris Rooney, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, Tyson Baker
Attendance: 16516
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0101
Pittsburgh 2305
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
17:23 - Penguins Phil Kessel (EV) Unassisted
19:54 - Penguins Phil Kessel (EV) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Carl Hagelin
Penalties
11:45 - Sabres Matt Tennyson (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
6:50 - Sabres Alexander Nylander (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Marco Scandella
7:22 - Penguins Kris Letang (EV) Assists: Patric Hornqvist , Sidney Crosby
16:54 - Penguins Derick Brassard (PP) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Dominik Simon
17:07 - Penguins Matt Cullen (EV) Assists: Bryan Rust , Olli Maatta
Penalties
16:26 - Sabres Nicholas Baptiste (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Scott Wedgewood G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 57:32 0:00 2:28 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 29 17:54 17:26 0:00 0:28 0 0 2 2 - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 29 19:36 18:11 0:00 1:25 0 0 - - - - -
Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 16 12:34 12:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 27 20:39 19:14 0:00 1:25 0 0 2 - 12 10 55
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 15:42 14:39 0:00 1:03 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 9 6:57 5:54 0:00 1:03 0 0 - 2 2 2 50
Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 26 21:26 20:29 0:00 0:57 0 0 - 2 - - -
Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 25 20:06 19:03 0:00 1:03 0 0 - 1 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 15:30 14:05 0:00 1:25 0 0 3 - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 20 14:36 14:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
William Borgen D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 25 19:50 19:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 16:16 16:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 6 6 50
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:33 13:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 15:57 15:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 16:45 16:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 8 33
Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 21:35 20:32 0:00 1:03 0 0 2 - - - -
Alexander Nylander RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 20 15:24 15:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Bailey RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19 13:12 13:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 57:32 2:28 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 +3 0 3 26 19:48 19:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 14:59 14:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Matt Cullen C 1 0 1 E 0 1 16 11:28 11:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 21:29 21:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Dominik Simon LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 17 14:17 13:19 0:58 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 10:53 10:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Bryan Rust RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 17 13:14 13:14 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 E 0 3 18 14:44 13:34 1:10 0:00 1 0 - - 5 4 56
Daniel Sprong RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 12:57 11:35 1:22 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Juuso Riikola D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24 16:19 14:45 1:34 0:00 0 0 6 2 - - -
Kris Letang D 1 0 1 E 0 5 25 23:42 22:48 0:54 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21 17:59 16:25 1:34 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Carl Hagelin LW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 19 16:32 16:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 +2 0 3 19 17:42 16:48 0:54 0:00 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Patric Hornqvist RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 22 17:08 15:38 1:30 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 24 21:02 21:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Phil Kessel RW 2 0 2 +2 0 3 19 17:55 16:49 1:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 17:52 16:34 1:18 0:00 0 0 3 - 8 10 44
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Linus Ullmark L (0-0-0) 32 27 5 .844 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray W (0-0-0) 22 21 1 .955 0 60:00