Buffalo Sabres @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Buffalo Sabres

3-0-0, 1-0-0 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	0	3
PIT	1	1	0	2

Pittsburgh Penguins

0-2-0, 0-1-0 home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Josh DunneJ. Dunne#44
Konsta HeleniusK. Helenius#94
Mason JobstM. Jobst#49
Aleksandr KisakovA. Kisakov#52
Brett MurrayB. Murray#57
Olivier NadeauO. Nadeau#54
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#36
Isak RosenI. Rosen#63
Graham SlaggertG. Slaggert#67
Tyler TullioT. Tullio#59
Anton WahlbergA. Wahlberg#92
Brendan WarrenB. Warren#42
defensemen
Ryan JohnsonR. Johnson#33
Vsevolod KomarovV. Komarov#76
Zach MetsaZ. Metsa#73
Nikita NovikovN. Novikov#91
Ethan ProwE. Prow#5
Jack RathboneJ. Rathbone#3

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	16:34	1:16	3:41	11:37	5	11	31.3
0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	2	4	2	1	20	18:30	2:20	0:52	15:18	4	7	36.4
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:05	2:23	2:34	13:08	3	4	42.9
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	12	10:39	0:00	0:00	10:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:34	2:14	0:20	15:00	0	3	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	8:39	0:00	0:00	8:39	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:54	1:19	1:06	13:29	1	5	16.7
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	21	19:29	2:22	1:10	15:57	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	11:44	0:00	3:20	8:24	0	5	0.0
0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	14:21	1:20	2:18	10:43	1	0	100.0
1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	18	14:22	1:26	0:00	12:56	0	1	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	14	9:39	0:00	0:40	8:59	0	2	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	21	18:27	0:00	3:05	15:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:37	0:00	2:37	16:00	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	23	20:29	1:22	2:06	17:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	0	1	24	21:15	0:09	1:15	19:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	21	17:27	0:00	2:58	14:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	22	20:15	2:09	3:58	14:08	0	0	0.0

goalies
Scott RatzlaffS. Ratzlaff#34
Michael HouserM. Houser#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
10	0	10	1.000	10	0	0	0	0	20:00	0
19	2	17	.895	10	5	2	0	0	40:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Cody GlassC. Glass#19
Jonathan GrudenJ. Gruden#44
Kevin HayesK. Hayes#13
Avery HayesA. Hayes#85
Bokondji ImamaB. Imama#14
Marc JohnstoneM. Johnstone#9
Joona KoppanenJ. Koppanen#15
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Rutger McGroartyR. McGroarty#2
Sam PoulinS. Poulin#22
defensemen
Sebastian AhoS. Aho#25
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Filip KralF. Kral#82
Owen PickeringO. Pickering#38
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Jack St. IvanyJ. St. Ivany#3

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	20	19:25	2:43	1:47	14:55	10	1	90.9
0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	21	19:30	4:09	1:02	14:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	19:22	4:34	0:39	14:09	4	0	100.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	14	9:05	0:16	0:18	8:31	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	22	20:09	4:36	1:26	14:07	16	5	76.2
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	14:39	2:59	0:00	11:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	11	10:02	0:00	0:00	10:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	12:36	2:35	0:00	10:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	11	10:48	0:00	0:49	9:59	0	3	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	20	15:01	0:44	1:19	12:58	2	0	100.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	19:35	4:31	0:00	15:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	20	17:29	4:01	0:00	13:28	6	6	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	22:15	3:58	1:40	16:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	22	22:05	0:43	2:00	19:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	20	14:46	3:19	0:00	11:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	16	11:01	0:00	0:00	11:01	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	19	16:37	0:00	1:36	15:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	23:36	0:52	2:04	20:40	0	0	0.0

goalies
Joel BlomqvistJ. Blomqvist#30
Alex NedeljkovicA. Nedeljkovic#39

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
11	0	11	1.000	10	1	0	0	0	27:33	0
16	3	13	.813	11	1	1	0	0	30:46	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	2	1	0	3
	Penguins	1	1	0	2

1st Period		BUF	PIT
2:57	Jack St. Ivany (1) Assists: Marc Johnstone (1)	0	1
12:43	Graham Slaggert (1) Assists: Zach Metsa (1), Brendan Warren (1)	1	1
14:39	Nikita Novikov (1) Assists: Josh Dunne (1), Tyler Tullio (1)	2	1

2nd Period			BUF	PIT
4:32		Kevin Hayes (1) Assists: Cody Glass (1), Ryan Shea (1)	2	2
6:42		Anton Wahlberg (1) (Power Play) Assists: Tyler Tullio (2)	3	2

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

PPG Paints Arena

7:00 PM, September 24, 2024Coverage: ESPN+

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 11,588

Referees:
Kendrick Nicholson
Liam Maaskant

Linesmen:
Dan Kelly
CJ Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	52	26	4	108
Tampa Bay	47	27	8	102
Florida	47	31	4	98
Ottawa	45	30	7	97
Montreal	40	31	11	91
Detroit	39	35	8	86
Buffalo	36	39	7	79
Boston	33	39	10	76

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	51	22	9	111
Carolina	47	30	5	99
New Jersey	42	33	7	91
Columbus	40	33	9	89
NY Rangers	39	36	7	85
NY Islanders	35	35	12	82
Pittsburgh	34	36	12	80
Philadelphia	33	39	10	76

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