National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 2800
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1012
Pittsburgh 2215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:36 - Penguins Evan Rodrigues (EV) Assists: Sam Lafferty , Mark Jankowski
15:44 - Penguins Kris Letang (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Bryan Rust
17:17 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Brandon Montour , Taylor Hall
Penalties
19:34 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
17:29 - Penguins John Marino (EV) Assists: Jared McCann , Zach Aston-Reese
19:36 - Penguins Zach Aston-Reese (SH) Assists: Frederick Gaudreau
Penalties
5:41 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Interference
 13:55 - Penguins John Marino (2) Hooking
 14:31 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Tripping
 19:04 - Penguins Mark Jankowski (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
3:57 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Mike Matheson
14:35 - Sabres Victor Olofsson (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
2:19 - Sabres Jacob Bryson (2) Hooking
 3:17 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Hooking
 18:30 - Sabres Eric Staal (2) Cross checking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Dustin Tokarski G 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:22 3:34 7:04 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Houser G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Taylor Hall LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 22 18:13 16:15 1:58 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16 13:47 12:56 0:00 0:51 0 0 2 - - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 24 18:33 17:05 1:28 0:00 0 0 1 1 12 9 57
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 16:58 11:51 0:08 4:59 0 0 1 1 3 1 75
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 12:52 9:39 0:00 3:13 0 0 - 1 3 9 25
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 E 0 5 23 18:23 16:25 1:58 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 17:19 15:51 1:28 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 5 38
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 -2 2 2 19 15:29 13:31 1:58 0:00 0 0 5 1 - - -
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 14:56 10:50 0:08 3:58 0 0 3 1 4 7 36
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -2 0 22 17:36 14:13 1:36 1:47 0 0 4 2 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 26 16:24 13:03 1:16 2:05 0 0 - - 4 1 80
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 16:06 10:40 0:08 5:18 0 0 4 3 - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 20:30 18:59 1:28 0:03 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 25 22:06 18:46 2:18 1:02 0 0 5 2 - - -
Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 E 0 5 20 18:20 14:04 0:00 4:16 0 0 2 - - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 1 0 1 -2 0 1 20 15:20 13:32 1:48 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 E 0 0 3 2:00 2:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 15:24 14:23 0:10 0:51 0 0 1 3 - - -
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 - - - - -
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 59:35 48:57 7:04 3:34 0 0 - - - - -
Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 +1 0 24 16:55 14:22 0:00 2:33 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21 13:49 13:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
John Marino D 1 0 1 +2 2 3 25 21:26 18:01 2:24 1:01 0 0 - - - - -
Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 12:00 9:51 0:00 2:09 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 23 20:15 17:39 0:03 2:33 0 0 1 - - - -
Evan Rodrigues LW 1 0 1 E 0 8 23 16:00 13:10 1:51 0:59 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Frederick Gaudreau C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 21 12:35 9:31 1:33 1:31 0 0 - 1 5 8 38
Zach Aston-Reese LW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 26 16:20 14:55 0:00 1:25 0 1 2 - - - -
Mark Jankowski C 0 1 1 E 2 1 23 15:49 14:45 0:00 1:04 0 0 3 - 1 6 14
Bryan Rust RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 18:57 13:56 5:01 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 1 1 E 0 0 21 13:36 13:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 3 50
Jared McCann LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 20 14:36 11:38 2:58 0:00 0 0 - - 9 5 64
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 22 18:40 18:27 0:03 0:10 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kasperi Kapanen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 10:46 7:04 3:42 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Anthony Angello C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 8:16 8:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Kris Letang D 1 0 1 +1 2 3 28 24:10 16:36 6:43 0:51 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 25 20:13 14:42 5:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +2 0 7 25 20:02 14:31 5:31 0:00 0 0 - - 14 5 74
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dustin Tokarski L (0-2-0) 42 37 5 .881 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry W (13-8-2) 28 26 2 .929 0 59:35