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Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: game summary

Final · December 17, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

Shots on goal : BUF 21 — PIT 48 · PPG Paints Arena

Three stars

Buffalo Sabres logo BUF

Game stats

PIT Pittsburgh Penguins logo
21Shots on goal48
45 %Faceoff win %55 %
0/3Power play1/4
18Penalty minutes16
32Hits28
12Blocked shots8
5Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3OTTotal
BUF5105121
PIT211015248

Season series BUF 2 – 1 PIT

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Buffalo Sabres logoBUF 2 / 21 / 303 / 48 / 65 PITPittsburgh Penguins logo →
Missed shot — Sam Lafferty (PIT), P1 05:07 · wristMissed shot — John Marino (PIT), P1 07:20 · snapMissed shot — Henri Jokiharju (BUF), P1 19:35 · wristMissed shot — Mark Jankowski (BUF), P2 00:20 · wristMissed shot — Zachary Aston-Reese (PIT), P2 01:18 · tip-inMissed shot — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 02:30 · wristMissed shot — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P2 04:37 · tip-inMissed shot — Kris Letang (PIT), P2 05:11 · slapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (PIT), P2 06:03 · wristMissed shot — Mike Matheson (PIT), P2 07:49 · snapMissed shot — Mike Matheson (PIT), P2 07:57 · snapMissed shot — Mark Jankowski (BUF), P2 08:37 · tip-inMissed shot — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 18:49 · snapMissed shot — Mark Jankowski (BUF), P2 19:11 · tip-inMissed shot — Colin Miller (BUF), P3 05:11 · slapMissed shot — Brian Dumoulin (PIT), P3 05:23 · slapMissed shot — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P3 05:47 · tip-inMissed shot — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P3 06:21 · backhandMissed shot — Cody Eakin (BUF), P3 07:20 · wristMissed shot — Sam Lafferty (PIT), P3 09:29 · tip-inMissed shot — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P3 10:57 · wristMissed shot — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P3 15:58 · snapMissed shot — Brett Murray (BUF), P3 16:23 · wristMissed shot — Mark Pysyk (BUF), P3 16:48 · wristMissed shot — Victor Olofsson (BUF), OT 01:42 · slapMissed shot — Jeff Carter (PIT), OT 02:11 · wristShot on goal — Casey Fitzgerald (BUF), P1 00:26 · wristShot on goal — Dominik Simon (PIT), P1 02:10 · wristShot on goal — Dominik Simon (PIT), P1 05:11 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P1 05:33 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P1 05:34 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P1 05:35 · wristShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P1 05:36 · snapShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P1 05:37 · snapShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P1 06:59 · snapShot on goal — Kasperi Kapanen (PIT), P1 07:03 · wristShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P1 07:09 · snapShot on goal — John Hayden (BUF), P1 08:13 · backhandShot on goal — Kasperi Kapanen (PIT), P1 09:14 · snapShot on goal — Brock McGinn (PIT), P1 10:11 · snapShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P1 11:17 · snapShot on goal — Sam Lafferty (PIT), P1 11:44 · backhandShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P1 11:52 · wristShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P1 11:58 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P1 14:24 · tip-inShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P1 14:27 · wristShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P1 14:43 · snapShot on goal — Kasperi Kapanen (PIT), P1 15:10 · wristShot on goal — Victor Olofsson (BUF), P1 15:44 · wristShot on goal — John Hayden (BUF), P1 18:04 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 19:49 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 00:45 · wristShot on goal — Brock McGinn (PIT), P2 01:21 · snapShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 02:10 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 02:23 · wristShot on goal — Cody Eakin (BUF), P2 04:08 · wristShot on goal — Mike Matheson (PIT), P2 06:45 · wristShot on goal — Vinnie Hinostroza (BUF), P2 07:32 · wristShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P2 07:43 · wristShot on goal — Mike Matheson (PIT), P2 08:14 · wristShot on goal — John Hayden (BUF), P2 08:40 · wristShot on goal — John Hayden (BUF), P2 08:41 · wristShot on goal — Casey Fitzgerald (BUF), P2 12:34 · wristShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P2 13:29 · wristShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P2 14:39 · wristShot on goal — Kasperi Kapanen (PIT), P2 14:48 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 16:22 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Asplund (BUF), P2 17:00 · wristShot on goal — Kyle Okposo (BUF), P2 17:42 · snapShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P3 00:42 · wristShot on goal — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P3 01:26 · snapShot on goal — Mike Matheson (PIT), P3 02:18 · snapShot on goal — Henri Jokiharju (BUF), P3 03:18 · wristShot on goal — Mark Pysyk (BUF), P3 05:06 · snapShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P3 06:15 · slapShot on goal — Kasperi Kapanen (PIT), P3 06:35 · wristShot on goal — John Marino (PIT), P3 07:11 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P3 08:45 · snapShot on goal — Danton Heinen (PIT), P3 09:09 · wristShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P3 10:10 · backhandShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P3 10:36 · snapShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P3 12:22 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 15:17 · wristShot on goal — Cody Eakin (BUF), P3 16:42 · backhandShot on goal — Brock McGinn (PIT), P3 16:58 · backhandShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P3 17:03 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P3 17:05 · wristShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P3 18:24 · backhandShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), OT 01:59 · snapShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), OT 02:37 · wristGoal — Evan Rodrigues (PIT), P1 05:53 · snapGoal — Brock McGinn (PIT), P2 06:45 · wristGoal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P2 12:35 · wristGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 14:42 · wristGoal — Jeff Carter (PIT), OT 02:53 · tip-in

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Overtime

Penalties

1st period

  • 05:21BUFRasmus Dahlin — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Drew O'Connor
  • 13:17BUFTage Thompson — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Zachary Aston-Reese
  • 13:17PITZachary Aston-Reese — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 13:17BUFTage Thompson — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Aston-Reese
  • 15:25PITDominik Simon — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Mark Jankowski

2nd period

  • 04:09BUFCasey Fitzgerald — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Sam Lafferty
  • 04:09PITSam Lafferty — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Casey Fitzgerald
  • 04:23BUFColin Miller — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Dominik Simon
  • 17:07PITMarcus Pettersson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Vinnie Hinostroza
  • 17:22BUFTage Thompson — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Brock McGinn

3rd period

  • 19:55PITJeff Carter — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Zemgus Girgensons

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. HaydenC0114714:36
M. JankowskiL0010017:58
C. EakinC00-12112:27
K. OkposoR0101118:12
D. CozensC0001116:20
Z. GirgensonsC1011314:46
V. HinostrozaC0001115:58
J. SkinnerL00-10014:39
B. MurrayL0000214:39
V. OlofssonL00-11114:44
T. ThompsonC0001315:18
R. AsplundC0111112:43
H. JokiharjuD0001124:27
M. PysykD0001020:24
R. DahlinD1004323:47
C. MillerD0000117:24
C. FitzgeraldD0112516:42
J. BrysonD0000119:41
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen0/0—00:00
M. Subban(O)45/4893.8 %62:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
E. RodriguesC1009222:36
D. O'ConnorL00-14009:57
Z. Aston-ReeseL0000213:55
J. ZuckerL0003316:11
S. LaffertyC00-11308:55
B. McGinnL1004114:50
K. KapanenR0015016:54
D. HeinenL0001114:30
D. SimonC00-12111:13
T. BluegerC0100016:07
J. CarterC1017118:52
S. CrosbyC0103120:53
C. RuhwedelD0010316:11
M. MathesonD0103216:30
J. MarinoD00-11221:07
B. DumoulinD0000224:45
M. PetterssonD00-21215:22
K. LetangD0214226:29
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
C. DeSmith0/0—00:00
T. Jarry(W)19/2190.5 %62:53

Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com) · View the game on NHL.com ↗

About this game

Who won Sabres vs Penguins?

Penguins won 3-2 in overtime over Sabres on Friday, December 17, 2021.

When was Sabres vs Penguins played?

On Friday, December 17, 2021, at 7:00 PM ET at PPG Paints Arena.

Where was Sabres vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena, in Pittsburgh.

Have the Sabres and Penguins played this season?

Yes: November 16 (Sabres 2, Penguins 1).