National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3, Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 6, 2024
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Furman South
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Brandon Grillo
Attendance: 18256
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1023
Pittsburgh 0011
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:53 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Connor Clifton , Tage Thompson
Penalties
None.
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
0:26 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Tripping
 9:07 - Sabres Henri Jokiharju (2) Holding
 12:51 - Penguins Noel Acciari (2) Hooking
 19:15 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (2) Boarding
 19:40 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
7:49 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (PP) Assists: Erik Karlsson , Evgeni Malkin
15:22 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Eric Robinson , Mattias Samuelsson
18:24 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
3:04 - Penguins Jansen Harkins (2) Delay of game
 5:57 - Sabres Connor Clifton (2) Interference
 5:57 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (2) Slashing
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:10 4:25 6:25 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 13:52 9:54 0:00 3:58 0 0 3 1 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:42 12:01 1:41 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 28 17:05 16:20 0:45 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 20:19 15:26 0:25 4:28 0 0 - 3 1 0 100
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 14 10:22 10:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 2 3 1 75
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 12:42 9:40 1:41 1:21 0 0 2 1 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 +2 2 1 27 22:59 19:30 0:13 3:16 0 0 4 3 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 14:49 10:16 1:41 2:52 0 0 - - 9 6 60
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 3 25 18:36 13:37 1:36 3:23 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 31 24:11 21:12 2:51 0:08 0 0 2 3 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 17 8:28 8:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 16:59 14:40 2:19 0:00 0 0 - 1 3 13 19
Eric Robinson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15 8:15 8:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 0 - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 +2 0 3 21 17:53 15:34 2:19 0:00 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 +2 0 4 26 19:24 15:45 2:19 1:20 0 0 1 - 9 6 60
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +2 2 1 25 20:14 18:06 0:03 2:05 0 0 4 1 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:12 9:19 1:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 1 0 1 +2 2 4 24 19:06 15:50 2:19 0:57 0 0 5 1 0 2 0
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 58:18 47:28 6:25 4:25 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 11:53 10:17 0:00 1:36 0 0 - 1 - - -
Drew O'Connor LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 13:23 11:22 0:00 2:01 0 0 1 2 - - -
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 23 17:02 13:01 2:04 1:57 0 0 2 1 - - -
Reilly Smith RW 0 0 0 E 0 6 16 13:14 11:25 1:49 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 13:59 9:57 1:48 2:14 0 0 - 1 6 5 55
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:52 10:18 0:00 1:34 0 0 3 1 - - -
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 E 0 3 25 23:18 20:19 0:08 2:51 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jansen Harkins C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 14 9:39 9:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Valtteri Puustinen RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 5:31 5:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 19 13:22 12:06 0:00 1:16 0 0 4 1 6 6 50
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 27 26:26 21:48 1:49 2:49 0 0 3 1 - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 23 22:23 17:37 4:38 0:08 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 26 23:11 18:35 4:36 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 1 0 1 -3 0 4 22 20:22 16:02 4:20 0:00 1 0 3 2 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 E 0 2 21 20:51 16:13 4:38 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 -2 0 24 16:22 16:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jeff Carter RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 12:08 9:24 1:39 1:05 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 22 20:46 16:01 4:36 0:09 0 0 1 - 13 9 59
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W (13-13-2) 41 40 1 .976 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry L (14-16-4) 32 29 3 .906 0 58:18