National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 5, 2020
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Jesse Marquis
Attendance: 18236
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123T
Pittsburgh 2114
Buffalo 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:56 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (EV) Assists: Nick Bjugstad , Jared McCann
9:01 - Sabres Jake McCabe (SH) Unassisted
12:26 - Penguins Marcus Pettersson (EV) Assists: Bryan Rust , Evgeni Malkin
Penalties
7:56 - Sabres Bench (2) Delay of game
 18:29 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
13:32 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Justin Schultz
Penalties
12:31 - Sabres Johan Larsson (2) Goaltender interference
 15:23 - Sabres Lawrence Pilut (2) Slashing
 15:56 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
1:57 - Sabres Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Dominik Kahun , Rasmus Dahlin
6:02 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Jason Zucker
Penalties
7:31 - Penguins Teddy Blueger (2) High sticking
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:53 3:34 4:33 0 0 - - - - -
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 16:02 14:43 0:00 1:19 0 0 1 3 - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 22 16:54 14:15 2:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Marino D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 27 19:58 16:24 0:48 2:46 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 28 24:16 21:53 0:07 2:16 0 0 1 1 - - -
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 10:14 9:21 0:00 0:53 0 0 - 1 2 3 40
Patrick Marleau LW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 24 15:26 13:24 0:22 1:40 0 0 1 1 1 1 50
Brandon Tanev LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 12:41 9:53 0:00 2:48 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 25 20:41 17:29 3:12 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Bryan Rust RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 24 18:21 14:06 2:30 1:45 0 0 1 - - - -
Jared McCann LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 17 11:37 11:13 0:22 0:02 0 0 - 1 1 3 25
Nick Bjugstad C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15 11:02 11:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Marcus Pettersson D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 24 16:23 14:52 0:00 1:31 0 0 - 1 - - -
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 14:31 14:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 12:30 10:32 0:00 1:58 0 0 - - 5 1 83
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 28 24:04 21:55 0:55 1:14 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 E 2 4 22 16:56 13:44 3:12 0:00 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Patric Hornqvist RW 2 0 2 +1 0 4 20 13:01 12:30 0:31 0:00 1 0 - 1 - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 E 0 5 25 19:23 16:11 3:12 0:00 0 0 - - 9 11 45
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jonas Johansson G 0 0 0 0 0 57:37 49:30 4:33 3:34 0 0 - - - - -
Carter Hutton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 23:33 19:48 3:37 0:08 0 0 - - 8 12 40
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 17:29 17:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jimmy Vesey LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 13 8:06 8:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Wayne Simmonds RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 12:40 11:50 0:50 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jake McCabe D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 21 16:50 15:49 0:00 1:01 0 1 - 1 - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 19:03 15:50 2:06 1:07 0 0 2 - 2 1 67
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 18 12:51 12:03 0:00 0:48 0 0 - - 6 6 50
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 20:55 17:43 3:12 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 21 16:50 14:44 0:06 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 22 23:32 20:35 2:57 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16 10:48 8:29 0:00 2:19 0 0 4 - 4 2 67
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 15:25 13:06 0:00 2:19 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -2 0 5 19 17:07 16:07 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 22:40 16:48 3:19 2:33 0 0 3 - - - -
Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 20:26 18:02 0:50 1:34 0 0 2 1 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 16:12 13:31 2:41 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 15:39 13:05 2:07 0:27 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Dominik Kahun LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 11 7:16 7:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray W (20-11-5) 30 28 2 .933 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jonas Johansson L (1-3-1) 32 28 4 .875 0 57:37