Sabres vs. Penguins (Mar 5, 2026)

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

S. Crosby

PIT C #87

30

Goals

27

59

Points

59

204

Shots on Goal

132

Defenseman Matchup

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

E. Karlsson

PIT D #65

48

Points

35

67

Blocks

43

50

Hits

13

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

A. Silovs

PIT G #37

14

Wins

11

.913

Save Pct

.894

2.72

Goals Against Avg

2.93

BUF

Team Stats

PIT

3.37

Goals per Game

3.41

3.09

Goals Against per Game

2.89

27.61

Shots per Game

29.05

30.11

Shots Against per Game

27.30

20.1

Power Play Pct

25.9

82.5

Penalty Kill Pct

84.0

.897

Save Pct

.894

BUF

Injuries

PIT

Zach Benson

LW

Day to day (Upper Body)

C

Blake Lizotte

Day to day (Personal)

Jordan Greenway

LW

Day to day (Abdomen)

RW

Rickard Rakell

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out (Ear)

C

Noel Acciari

Day to day (Illness)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out (Lower Body)

D

Jack St. Ivany

Out (Hand)

Josh Dunne

C

Out (Middle-body)

C

Filip Hallander

Out (Leg)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Leg)

D

Kris Letang

Out (Foot)

Josh Norris

C

Out (Ribs)

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

G

Out (Lower Body)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

BUFPIT

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
Red Wings	33	19	6	72	-1
Sabres	32	19	6	70	19
Bruins	32	20	5	69	13
Senators	28	22	7	63	7
Maple Leafs	27	21	9	63	-6
Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	36	15	6	78	34
Penguins	29	15	12	70	23
Islanders	32	21	5	69	7
Blue Jackets	29	20	7	65	2
Capitals	29	23	7	65	12
Flyers	25	20	11	61	-13
Devils	28	27	2	58	-29
Rangers	22	29	6	50	-29

BUF

Last 5

PIT

Thu, Feb 5

Thu, Feb 5

Tue, Feb 3

Tue, Feb 3

Mon, Feb 2

Mon, Feb 2

Sat, Jan 31

Sat, Jan 31

Thu, Jan 29

Thu, Jan 29

Game Info

March 5, 2026

ESPN+

PPG Paints Arena

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team Leaders

G

30

T. Thompson

A

37

R. Dahlin

GWG

4

J. Quinn

SV%

.913

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs PIT

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	27	25	14	8	3	778	710	.913	68	2.72	2	1502
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	21	20	11	7	2	553	499	.902	54	2.73	0	1187
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	7	7	2	4	1	222	200	.901	22	3.18	0	415
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	7	7	2	2	2	217	188	.866	29	4.56	0	382

Team Leaders

G

27

S. Crosby

A

32

S. Crosby

GWG

4

S. Crosby

SV%

.894

A. Silovs

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	57	30	29	59	-8	27	5	12	0	0	3	0	204	14.7	294	640	45.9	54	35	21	52	19:09
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	56	22	26	48	+14	45	4	2	1	2	2	1	133	16.5	28	62	45.2	58	63	29	48	18:47
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	53	11	37	48	-6	51	4	13	0	0	0	0	143	7.7	0	0	0	50	67	22	86	24:33
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	57	11	30	41	+19	8	0	5	4	1	1	0	68	16.2	430	922	46.6	14	23	26	66	17:45
Josh Doan J. Doan	57	18	21	39	-7	23	7	7	0	0	1	0	120	15.0	4	13	30.8	53	23	35	48	16:07
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	57	12	25	37	+1	12	2	3	0	0	4	0	118	10.2	3	12	25.0	27	20	11	54	15:45
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	55	11	23	34	+28	16	0	0	1	2	3	1	76	14.5	0	0	0	93	112	11	51	23:03
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	38	15	14	29	-9	12	7	5	0	0	4	0	79	19.0	38	101	37.6	38	9	4	40	15:59
Bowen Byram B. Byram	57	10	18	28	+9	30	1	3	0	0	4	1	71	14.1	0	0	0	31	70	12	69	22:30
Zach Benson Z. Benson	42	7	19	26	+16	20	1	4	0	1	4	0	75	9.3	4	9	44.4	21	15	15	30	16:30
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	57	7	18	25	+3	67	0	1	0	0	1	0	62	11.3	162	373	43.4	133	31	16	41	13:41
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	45	10	9	19	+5	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	43	23.3	71	235	30.2	3	24	13	25	13:32
Josh Norris J. Norris	19	6	11	17	0	6	1	5	0	0	1	0	27	22.2	121	246	49.2	6	11	3	9	15:57
Owen Power O. Power	56	4	13	17	+1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	87	4.6	0	0	0	26	60	17	58	21:40
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	56	4	4	8	-6	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	49	8.2	5	14	35.7	198	56	9	27	11:09
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	33	0	6	6	-11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0.0	0	0	0	25	70	8	40	19:14
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	33	1	4	5	-9	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	8	30	26.7	49	15	5	17	12:24
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	35	2	3	5	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	9	20	2	11	10:02
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	12	3	2	5	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	68	163	41.7	9	12	1	10	16:22
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	28	1	3	4	-4	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	45	89	50.6	34	12	5	14	9:31
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	35	2	2	4	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	8.3	150	302	49.7	92	28	11	20	11:22
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	24	0	1	1	-3	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0.0	0	0	0	19	32	6	30	14:05
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	17	31	54.8	3	4	0	3	11:42

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	23	10	6	16	-2	15	2	1	0	0	63	15.9	54	144	37.5	18	5	8	7	16:52
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	28	4	11	15	-5	16	0	4	0	0	79	5.1	0	0	0	46	31	10	24	23:33
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	19	5	7	12	+1	30	1	2	0	0	45	11.1	12	21	57.1	19	7	14	8	16:01
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	15	4	8	12	+1	8	0	1	0	2	41	9.8	2	17	11.8	24	10	11	6	18:39
Josh Norris J. Norris	8	3	4	7	+2	4	0	1	0	0	24	12.5	43	76	56.6	12	9	5	2	18:05
Bowen Byram B. Byram	9	0	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	12	13	5	7	21:24
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	11	3	3	6	+2	2	0	0	0	0	14	21.4	63	140	45.0	7	8	5	10	16:17
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	9	1	4	5	-3	2	0	2	0	0	14	7.1	1	3	33.3	3	2	2	5	15:53
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	10	1	3	4	-2	5	0	0	1	0	17	5.9	2	3	66.7	28	12	1	2	11:20
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	14	1	3	4	+3	6	0	0	0	1	23	4.3	0	0	0	38	25	4	8	20:32
Owen Power O. Power	11	1	3	4	-5	2	1	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	6	14	3	7	21:23
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	8	2	2	4	-1	2	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	29	58	50.0	12	6	1	1	12:27
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	11	2	1	3	+2	11	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	27	51	52.9	13	4	0	4	11:22
Zach Benson Z. Benson	6	1	2	3	+1	4	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	4	4	14:57
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	8	2	0	2	-3	4	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	1	2	50.0	13	7	1	2	16:07
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	7	1	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	3	9	4	5	15:11
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	14	28	50.0	5	7	0	3	10:33
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	1	2	0	2	+3	2	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	7	20	35.0	1	1	0	1	19:07
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	16	0	1	1	+3	10	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	13	22	3	2	16:50
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	5	0	1	1	-2	6	0	1	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	8	6	2	6	14:07
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	4	25.0	2	1	0	0	7:33
Josh Doan J. Doan	3	0	0	0	-6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	17:10
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	11	54.5	0	2	1	1	12:55

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	56	27	32	59	+1	38	10	10	0	0	4	1	132	20.5	649	1,171	55.4	50	23	22	61	19:35
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	41	13	31	44	+13	32	3	12	0	0	1	0	107	12.1	97	215	45.1	16	14	22	66	17:34
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha	56	20	22	42	+14	21	4	5	0	0	0	0	104	19.2	6	26	23.1	31	26	12	56	14:55
Bryan Rust B. Rust	49	19	21	40	-1	18	4	13	0	0	4	0	126	15.1	0	4	0.0	19	55	7	44	20:10
Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	51	4	31	35	+6	16	2	12	0	0	0	0	108	3.7	0	0	0	13	43	24	65	23:40
Thomas Novak T. Novak	56	11	20	31	+3	22	3	2	0	0	1	0	85	12.9	105	252	41.7	9	20	21	34	13:37
Justin Brazeau J. Brazeau	42	15	12	27	+2	10	3	1	0	0	4	0	78	19.2	0	2	0.0	54	25	10	30	12:56
Ben Kindel B. Kindel	53	14	13	27	-3	16	4	6	1	0	3	0	109	12.8	188	402	46.8	21	44	16	56	15:26
Kris Letang K. Letang	50	3	22	25	+3	22	1	7	0	0	2	2	81	3.7	0	0	0	67	64	17	73	22:06
Connor Dewar C. Dewar	56	13	11	24	+11	10	0	0	1	1	2	0	83	15.7	17	34	50.0	107	27	7	24	13:38
Rickard Rakell R. Rakell	35	10	14	24	0	4	3	4	0	1	0	0	103	9.7	2	21	9.5	50	30	14	28	18:59
Ryan Shea R. Shea	56	3	19	22	+21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	5.4	0	0	0	31	66	16	43	19:02
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	56	3	16	19	+7	36	0	0	0	1	1	0	51	5.9	0	0	0	119	87	23	80	20:29
Blake Lizotte B. Lizotte	46	6	11	17	+10	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	42	14.3	203	393	51.7	41	25	8	27	13:44
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	42	6	9	15	+9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	11.1	181	330	54.8	46	31	6	10	13:09
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov	18	8	4	12	+4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	39	20.5	3	9	33.3	10	6	4	9	13:39
Jack St. Ivany J. St. Ivany	17	0	7	7	+7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	40	23	4	17	15:39
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	25	1	6	7	+2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0	0	5	39	3	22	20:20
Kevin Hayes K. Hayes	24	3	2	5	-4	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	7.5	38	101	37.6	28	8	3	18	12:28
Filip Hallander F. Hallander	13	1	3	4	+4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	4.5	0	2	0.0	3	5	2	12	13:09
Ilya Solovyov I. Solovyov	5	0	3	3	+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	5	3	2	4	13:50
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	26	1	2	3	+1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	107	41	7	22	16:22
Ryan Graves R. Graves	19	1	0	1	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	0	0	0	15	35	5	14	15:29

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	64	30	56	86	+16	28	10	25	0	0	5	2	199	15.1	755	1,397	54.0	41	24	32	62	20:25
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	57	22	52	74	+15	60	9	24	0	0	4	0	195	11.3	294	576	51.0	21	16	33	58	19:19
Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	52	14	28	42	+8	32	4	12	1	0	2	0	170	8.2	0	1	0.0	34	68	33	61	25:40
Kris Letang K. Letang	53	6	27	33	+8	28	2	10	0	2	0	0	159	3.8	0	0	0	64	70	17	39	24:03
Kevin Hayes K. Hayes	35	8	15	23	+11	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	76	10.5	184	355	51.8	15	5	24	16	15:26
Rickard Rakell R. Rakell	22	9	8	17	-2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	51	17.6	23	54	42.6	34	7	4	13	17:38
Bryan Rust B. Rust	29	5	11	16	-3	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	61	8.2	1	2	50.0	41	22	9	18	17:47
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha	22	5	10	15	+7	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	52	9.6	6	9	66.7	19	9	7	10	17:17
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov	10	2	7	9	+6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	8.7	0	1	0.0	6	3	3	2	15:04
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	21	3	3	6	-4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	31	9.7	67	146	45.9	63	16	17	5	13:38
Thomas Novak T. Novak	7	4	2	6	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	33.3	12	32	37.5	1	5	1	7	13:02
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	17	2	3	5	+14	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2	0	0	0	38	16	6	2	16:32
Ryan Graves R. Graves	15	0	4	4	+7	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0.0	0	0	0	19	30	6	11	17:45
Blake Lizotte B. Lizotte	9	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	8.3	44	69	63.8	8	2	8	3	13:43
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	18	0	3	3	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	13	25	5	10	17:42
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	6	0	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	10	9	5	8	20:16
Ryan Shea R. Shea	5	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	4	3	0	6	15:29
Connor Dewar C. Dewar	10	1	1	2	-2	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	11.1	23	45	51.1	19	2	0	5	12:23
Ben Kindel B. Kindel	1	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	100.0	4	10	40.0	1	0	1	3	17:27
Justin Brazeau J. Brazeau	4	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	6	1	0	5	11:04
Ilya Solovyov I. Solovyov	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	12:06
Jack St. Ivany J. St. Ivany	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:42

Sabres BUF

Penguins PIT

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Arturs Silovs A. Silovs	26	26	11	7	8	701	627	.894	74	2.93	1	1516
	Stuart Skinner S. Skinner	13	13	8	4	1	310	275	.887	35	2.72	0	771

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Stuart Skinner S. Skinner	9	9	3	4	2	260	234	.900	26	2.91	0	535
	Arturs Silovs A. Silovs	1	1	1	0	0	27	25	.926	2	2.01	0	60