Buffalo Sabres 5 — 1 Pittsburgh Penguins
2026-03-05 · PPG Paints Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | PIT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | 8 | 10 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs start | PIT | L | 21 | 25 | 4 | 12/13 | 9/10 | 0/2 | 55:54 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 27 | 28 | 1 | 25/25 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 59:24 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:45 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:32 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:23 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21:19 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:37 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10:35 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14:25 |
| Zach Benson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:22 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
PIT skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Rust | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:53 |
| Ben Kindel | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:05 |
| Justin Brazeau | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:13 |
| Noel Acciari | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:27 |
| Rickard Rakell | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:34 |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| Avery Hayes | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:43 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| Egor Chinakhov | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:54 |
| Kris Letang | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:09 |
| Ryan Shea | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:30 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17:55 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:02 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | 2025-26 | BUF | 5 | PIT | 1 | |
| 2026-02-05 | 2025-26 | PIT | 5 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2025-11-26 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | PIT | 4 | |
| 2025-03-27 | 2024-25 | PIT | 3 | BUF | 7 | |
| 2025-01-17 | 2024-25 | PIT | 5 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2024-10-16 | 2024-25 | BUF | 5 | PIT | 6 | OT |
| 2024-01-06 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | PIT | 1 | |
| 2023-11-24 | 2023-24 | PIT | 2 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2023-11-11 | 2023-24 | BUF | 0 | PIT | 4 | |
| 2022-12-10 | 2022-23 | BUF | 1 | PIT | 3 |