Sabres 4-1 Penguins (Live)

Goals

All

1st

2nd

3rd

Power play - Shot missed by Josh Doan

3rd 12:08

4-1

Power play - Shot missed by Tage Thompson

3rd 12:25

4-1

Power play - Josh Norris won faceoff against Noel Acciari in offensive zone

3rd 12:28

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 12:28

Power play - Shot on goal by Rasmus Dahlin saved by Arturs Silovs

3rd 12:31

4-1

Power play - Josh Norris won faceoff against Noel Acciari in offensive zone

3rd 12:56

Penalty to Ben Kindel 2 minutes for Holding Stick (Drawn by Peyton Krebs)

3rd 12:56

Ben Kindel won faceoff against Tage Thompson in neutral zone

3rd 13:31

Stoppage - Offside - TV timeout

3rd 13:31

Noel Acciari credited with hit on Owen Power in offensive zone

3rd 13:54

Shot missed by Blake Lizotte

3rd 13:59

4-1

Giveaway by Noah Ostlund in defensive zone

3rd 14:01

Blake Lizotte credited with hit on Owen Power in offensive zone

3rd 14:15

Shot missed by Josh Doan

3rd 14:28

4-1

Josh Norris won faceoff against Noel Acciari in offensive zone

3rd 14:35

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 14:35

Shot on goal by Josh Dunne saved by Arturs Silovs

3rd 14:40

4-1

Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson in defensive zone

3rd 14:55

Beck Malenstyn credited with hit on Samuel Girard in defensive zone

3rd 15:04

Shot missed by Michael Kesselring

3rd 15:32

4-1

Shot missed by Jason Zucker

3rd 15:53

4-1

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Ben Kindel in offensive zone

3rd 15:59

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 15:59

Shot on goal by Peyton Krebs saved by Arturs Silovs

3rd 16:01

4-1

Shot missed by Tage Thompson

3rd 16:21

4-1

Shot missed by Josh Doan

3rd 16:36

4-1

Shot on goal by Connor Dewar saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

3rd 17:03

4-1

Blake Lizotte won faceoff against Josh Norris in defensive zone

3rd 17:18

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 17:18

Shot missed by Josh Dunne

3rd 17:20

4-1

Shot missed by Mattias Samuelsson

3rd 17:23

4-1

Kris Letang credited with hit on Zach Benson in defensive zone

3rd 17:32

Josh Dunne credited with hit on Kris Letang in defensive zone

3rd 17:51

Kris Letang shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson

3rd 18:06

4-1

Giveaway by Jason Zucker in defensive zone

3rd 18:07

Giveaway by Ryan McLeod in defensive zone

3rd 18:14

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Ben Kindel in defensive zone

3rd 18:20

Stoppage - Icing

3rd 18:20

Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon in offensive zone

3rd 18:27

Michael Kesselring credited with hit on Thomas Novak in defensive zone

3rd 18:43

Giveaway by Thomas Novak in neutral zone

3rd 18:54

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Thomas Novak in neutral zone

3rd 19:10

Stoppage - Offside

3rd 19:10

Thomas Novak won faceoff against Peyton Krebs in defensive zone

3rd 19:35

Stoppage - Hand Pass

3rd 19:35

Rickard Rakell won faceoff against Josh Norris in neutral zone

3rd 20:00

Power play - Shot missed by Josh Doan

3rd 12:08

4-1

BUF

PIT

1

2

3

0

3

0

4

1

1st 08:00

1 - 0

R. McLeod

Goal

1st 05:12

1 - 1

B. Rust

Goal

Assists:

B. Kindel

2nd 15:50

2 - 1

J. Norris

Goal

Power Play

Assists:

J. Doan

B. Byram

2nd 13:42

3 - 1

A. Tuch

Goal

Assists:

O. Power

T. Thompson

2nd 09:30

4 - 1

O. Power

Goal

Assists:

J. Norris

N. Ostlund

Matchup

F D G

Josh Norris

BUF C #9

Bryan Rust

PIT RW #17

1

Goals

1

2

Points

1

2

Shots on Goal

4

BUF

Team Stats

PIT

22

Shots

19

55.3

Faceoff Pct

44.7

16.7

Power Play Pct

0.0

6

Power Play Opps

4

10

Penalty Minutes

25

18

Hits

12

7

Blocked Shots

8

3

Takeaways

2

11

Giveaways

13

3

Biggest Lead

0

BUF

Injuries

PIT

Tyson Kozak

C

Day to day (Undisclosed)

C

Blake Lizotte

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out (Ear)

D

Jack St. Ivany

Out (Hand)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out (Lower Body)

C

Filip Hallander

Out (Leg)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Leg)

C

Sidney Crosby

Out (Leg)

Jordan Greenway

LW

Out (Abdomen)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

BUFPIT

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	38	17	4	80	52
Sabres	36	19	6	78	26
Red Wings	35	20	7	77	-2
Canadiens	33	18	9	75	13
Bruins	34	21	5	73	14
Senators	29	22	9	67	8
Maple Leafs	27	24	11	65	-17
Panthers	30	28	3	63	-19

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	39	16	6	84	39
Penguins	31	16	13	75	29
Islanders	35	22	5	75	6
Blue Jackets	31	21	8	70	1
Capitals	31	25	7	69	10
Flyers	28	21	11	67	-11
Devils	31	29	2	64	-26
Rangers	23	29	8	54	-30

Game Info

March 5, 2026

ESPN

PPG Paints Arena

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Referees Brandon Blandina, Furman South

Linesmen Jonny Murray, Ben O'Quinn

Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Josh Norris J. Norris #9	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	6	14	42.9	0	0	0	0	15:41
Josh Doan J. Doan #91	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	15:56
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod #71	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	6	10	60.0	0	0	1	1	14:30
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund #86	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	14:01
Tage Thompson T. Thompson #72	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	1	1	1	0	16:30
Alex Tuch A. Tuch #89	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	1	3	33.3	1	1	0	1	15:15
Zach Benson Z. Benson #6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	1	0	0	9:47
Josh Dunne J. Dunne #44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	2	0	0	0	6:42
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs #19	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	4	0	0	0	8:57
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn #29	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	100.0	5	1	0	1	9:48
Jack Quinn J. Quinn #22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	9:42
Jason Zucker J. Zucker #17	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0	2	13:07

Defensemen	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPA	SHA	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	S	S%	TOI
Owen Power O. Power #25	1	1	2	+3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	100.0	16:37
Bowen Byram B. Byram #4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	18:57
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin #26	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	18:02
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring #8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	10:26
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa #73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0.0	7:41
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson #23	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	16:17

Goalies	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen #1	19	18	.947	1	1.24	0	48
Colten Ellis C. Ellis #92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

On ice

Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Ben Kindel B. Kindel #81	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	4	10	40.0	1	0	0	0	12:44
Bryan Rust B. Rust #17	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	2	15:10
Noel Acciari N. Acciari #55	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	4	7	57.1	1	1	0	0	12:38
Justin Brazeau J. Brazeau #16	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	10:19
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov #59	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	12:18
Connor Dewar C. Dewar #19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0	0	12:57
Avery Hayes A. Hayes #85	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	9:14
Blake Lizotte B. Lizotte #46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	1	1	1	0	13:20
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin #71	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	5:54
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha #39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	11:28
Thomas Novak T. Novak #18	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	9	44.4	0	0	0	1	11:46
Rickard Rakell R. Rakell #67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	1	0	0	0	13:19

Defensemen	+/-	PIM	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	S	TOI
Connor Clifton C. Clifton #75	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	15:36
Samuel Girard S. Girard #49	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14:49
Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson #65	-1	2	0	1	0	2	3	17:32
Kris Letang K. Letang #58	-2	0	2	0	0	1	1	13:31
Ryan Shea R. Shea #5	+1	0	0	1	1	0	0	16:06
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon #28	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:39

Goalies	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Arturs Silovs A. Silovs #37	22	18	.818	4	4.89	0	49
Stuart Skinner S. Skinner #74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

On ice

All

1st

2nd

3rd

Power play - Shot missed by Josh Doan

3rd 12:08

4-1

Power play - Shot missed by Tage Thompson

3rd 12:25

4-1

Power play - Josh Norris won faceoff against Noel Acciari in offensive zone

3rd 12:28

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 12:28

Power play - Shot on goal by Rasmus Dahlin saved by Arturs Silovs

3rd 12:31

4-1

Power play - Josh Norris won faceoff against Noel Acciari in offensive zone

3rd 12:56

Penalty to Ben Kindel 2 minutes for Holding Stick (Drawn by Peyton Krebs)

3rd 12:56

Ben Kindel won faceoff against Tage Thompson in neutral zone

3rd 13:31

Stoppage - Offside - TV timeout

3rd 13:31

Noel Acciari credited with hit on Owen Power in offensive zone

3rd 13:54

Shot missed by Blake Lizotte

3rd 13:59

4-1

Giveaway by Noah Ostlund in defensive zone

3rd 14:01

Blake Lizotte credited with hit on Owen Power in offensive zone

3rd 14:15

Shot missed by Josh Doan

3rd 14:28

4-1

Josh Norris won faceoff against Noel Acciari in offensive zone

3rd 14:35

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 14:35

Shot on goal by Josh Dunne saved by Arturs Silovs

3rd 14:40

4-1

Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson in defensive zone

3rd 14:55

Beck Malenstyn credited with hit on Samuel Girard in defensive zone

3rd 15:04

Shot missed by Michael Kesselring

3rd 15:32

4-1

Shot missed by Jason Zucker

3rd 15:53

4-1

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Ben Kindel in offensive zone

3rd 15:59

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 15:59

Shot on goal by Peyton Krebs saved by Arturs Silovs

3rd 16:01

4-1

Shot missed by Tage Thompson

3rd 16:21

4-1

Shot missed by Josh Doan

3rd 16:36

4-1

Shot on goal by Connor Dewar saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

3rd 17:03

4-1

Blake Lizotte won faceoff against Josh Norris in defensive zone

3rd 17:18

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

3rd 17:18

Shot missed by Josh Dunne

3rd 17:20

4-1

Shot missed by Mattias Samuelsson

3rd 17:23

4-1

Kris Letang credited with hit on Zach Benson in defensive zone

3rd 17:32

Josh Dunne credited with hit on Kris Letang in defensive zone

3rd 17:51

Kris Letang shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson

3rd 18:06

4-1

Giveaway by Jason Zucker in defensive zone

3rd 18:07

Giveaway by Ryan McLeod in defensive zone

3rd 18:14

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Ben Kindel in defensive zone

3rd 18:20

Stoppage - Icing

3rd 18:20

Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon in offensive zone

3rd 18:27

Michael Kesselring credited with hit on Thomas Novak in defensive zone

3rd 18:43

Giveaway by Thomas Novak in neutral zone

3rd 18:54

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Thomas Novak in neutral zone

3rd 19:10

Stoppage - Offside

3rd 19:10

Thomas Novak won faceoff against Peyton Krebs in defensive zone

3rd 19:35

Stoppage - Hand Pass

3rd 19:35

Rickard Rakell won faceoff against Josh Norris in neutral zone

3rd 20:00

36-19-6 BUF

PIT 31-16-13

Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Game Info