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Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: game summary

Final · January 6, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Shots on goal : BUF 32 — PIT 41 · PPG Paints Arena

Three stars

Buffalo Sabres logo BUF

Game stats

PIT Pittsburgh Penguins logo
32Shots on goal41
47 %Faceoff win %53 %
0/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
32Hits22
16Blocked shots17
6Giveaways12
9Takeaways11

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF815932
PIT17121241

Season series BUF 2 – 1 PIT

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Buffalo Sabres logoBUF 3 / 32 / 451 / 41 / 59 PITPittsburgh Penguins logo →
Missed shot — Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT), P1 01:01 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P1 02:12 · wristMissed shot — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P1 02:30 · wristMissed shot — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P1 04:49 · slapMissed shot — Kris Letang (PIT), P1 07:35 · snapMissed shot — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P1 07:43 · snapMissed shot — Noel Acciari (PIT), P1 11:41 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P1 15:37 · snapMissed shot — Kris Letang (PIT), P1 18:34 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 07:31 · snapMissed shot — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P2 11:28 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 13:44 · slapMissed shot — JJ Peterka (BUF), P2 14:20 · snapMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 14:53 · wristMissed shot — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P2 15:24 · slapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 16:28 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 17:41 · wristMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 01:58 · wristMissed shot — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P3 03:00 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 04:48 · wristMissed shot — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P3 06:21 · wristMissed shot — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P3 06:50 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P3 06:57 · wristMissed shot — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P3 07:06 · wristMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 08:42 · wristMissed shot — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P3 09:43 · wristMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 12:07 · wristMissed shot — Connor Clifton (BUF), P3 15:13 · tip-inMissed shot — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P3 15:47 · slapMissed shot — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P3 16:08 · wristMissed shot — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P3 19:06 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P1 00:24 · wristShot on goal — Erik Johnson (BUF), P1 01:08 · snapShot on goal — Valtteri Puustinen (PIT), P1 01:34 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P1 02:18 · wristShot on goal — Jansen Harkins (PIT), P1 03:24 · wristShot on goal — Chad Ruhwedel (PIT), P1 03:48 · wristShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P1 04:07 · backhandShot on goal — Lars Eller (PIT), P1 04:57 · wristShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P1 05:29 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 06:00 · wristShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P1 06:33 · wristShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P1 06:58 · wristShot on goal — Eric Robinson (BUF), P1 07:23 · wristShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P1 07:32 · wristShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P1 10:16 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 13:09 · wristShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P1 13:29 · tip-inShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P1 13:30 · wristShot on goal — Rickard Rakell (PIT), P1 14:57 · tip-inShot on goal — Eric Robinson (BUF), P1 16:23 · snapShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P1 16:56 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 17:59 · wristShot on goal — Rickard Rakell (PIT), P1 18:38 · snapShot on goal — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P1 19:31 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 00:07 · backhandShot on goal — Erik Johnson (BUF), P2 00:28 · wristShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P2 01:20 · snapShot on goal — Reilly Smith (PIT), P2 02:31 · backhandShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P2 03:32 · wristShot on goal — Rickard Rakell (PIT), P2 05:32 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 05:59 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 06:04 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 06:39 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P2 07:09 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 07:39 · wristShot on goal — Ryan Graves (PIT), P2 08:21 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 10:07 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 10:25 · wristShot on goal — Reilly Smith (PIT), P2 11:10 · slapShot on goal — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P2 13:21 · backhandShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 14:02 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 14:13 · wristShot on goal — Henri Jokiharju (BUF), P2 15:17 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P2 15:55 · backhandShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 16:03 · wristShot on goal — Jansen Harkins (PIT), P2 16:37 · wristShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P2 17:07 · wristShot on goal — Chad Ruhwedel (PIT), P2 18:06 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 18:39 · wristShot on goal — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P2 19:35 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 19:57 · deflectedShot on goal — Lars Eller (PIT), P3 01:13 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P3 02:59 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 03:44 · wristShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P3 04:20 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 04:37 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P3 05:44 · wristShot on goal — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P3 05:55 · wristShot on goal — Erik Johnson (BUF), P3 06:38 · wristShot on goal — Reilly Smith (PIT), P3 08:18 · wristShot on goal — Reilly Smith (PIT), P3 08:21 · snapShot on goal — Reilly Smith (PIT), P3 08:31 · wristShot on goal — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P3 11:13 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 11:32 · snapShot on goal — Reilly Smith (PIT), P3 12:34 · snapShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 13:03 · snapShot on goal — Erik Johnson (BUF), P3 14:57 · wristShot on goal — Marcus Pettersson (PIT), P3 15:37 · snapShot on goal — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P3 19:38 · slapGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 02:53 · snapGoal — Rickard Rakell (PIT), P3 07:49 · tip-inGoal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P3 15:22 · wristGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 18:24 · wrist

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

3rd period

Penalties

2nd period

  • 00:26BUFAlex Tuch — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Marcus Pettersson
  • 09:07BUFHenri Jokiharju — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Sidney Crosby
  • 12:51PITNoel Acciari — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Casey Mittelstadt
  • 19:15BUFMattias Samuelsson — Boarding (2 min) · drawn by Noel Acciari
  • 19:40PITSidney Crosby — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Owen Power

3rd period

  • 03:04PITJansen Harkins — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
  • 05:57BUFConnor Clifton — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Sidney Crosby
  • 05:57BUFZemgus Girgensons — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Jake Guentzel

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0001013:42
J. GreenwayL0001020:19
P. KrebsC0011410:22
J. QuinnR0001212:42
D. CozensC0000014:49
Z. GirgensonsC1011208:28
C. MittelstadtC0001016:59
E. RobinsonL0112108:15
J. SkinnerL0023017:53
T. ThompsonC0124119:24
J. PeterkaR0001011:12
A. TuchR1024519:06
E. JohnsonD0004313:52
H. JokiharjuD0011417:05
M. SamuelssonD0121422:59
O. PowerD0003018:36
R. DahlinD1012224:11
C. CliftonD0121420:14
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)40/4197.6 %60:00
D. Levi0/0—00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
D. O'ConnorL0003113:23
B. RustR0004217:02
R. SmithR0006013:14
L. EllerC0002013:59
J. HarkinsC00-12009:39
V. PuustinenR0001205:31
N. AcciariC00-20413:22
J. GuentzelC00-24122:23
R. RakellR10-34320:22
E. MalkinC0102020:51
J. CarterC0002012:08
S. CrosbyC00-12120:46
C. RuhwedelD0002011:53
R. GravesD0001311:52
M. PetterssonD0003123:18
K. LetangD00-12326:26
E. KarlssonD01-31123:11
P. JosephD00-20016:22
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
T. Jarry(L)29/3290.6 %58:18
A. Nedeljkovic0/0—00:00

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About this game

Who won Sabres vs Penguins?

Sabres won 3-1 over Penguins on Saturday, January 6, 2024.

When was Sabres vs Penguins played?

On Saturday, January 6, 2024, 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 11 (Sabres 0, Penguins 4); November 24 (Penguins 2, Sabres 3).