Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sun, Mar 5, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena · 2016–17 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena. Justin Schultz led the way with 3 points. Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 49–45.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	3	0	0	3	49
PIT	0	2	2	4	45

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:19	BUF	EV	Ryan O'Reilly (16) · wrist	Brian Gionta (17), Evander Kane (12)	1–0
1st	14:53	BUF	PP	Brian Gionta (14) · wrist	Matt Moulson (13)	2–0
1st	18:07	BUF	EV	Jack Eichel (16) · snap	Marcus Foligno (8), Sam Reinhart (26)	3–0
2nd	07:45	PIT	EV	Justin Schultz (11) · wrist	Phil Kessel (38), Evgeni Malkin (38)	3–1
2nd	13:42	PIT	PP	Evgeni Malkin (29) · slap	Justin Schultz (32), Patric Hornqvist (20)	3–2
3rd	16:14	PIT	EV	Jake Guentzel (8) · tip-in	Conor Sheary (19), Nick Bonino (16)	3–3
3rd	17:04	PIT	EV	Conor Sheary (18) · wrist	Justin Schultz (33), Brian Dumoulin (11)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:12	PIT	Tom Kuhnhackl	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	13:33	PIT	Carl Hagelin	slashing	2
1st	18:35	PIT	Carl Hagelin	tripping	2
2nd	01:42	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	04:41	PIT	Scott Wilson	slashing	2
2nd	12:57	BUF	Justin Falk	interference	2
2nd	18:34	BUF	Jack Eichel	roughing	2
2nd	18:34	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	roughing	2
3rd	07:39	BUF	Tyler Ennis	tripping	2
3rd	14:05	BUF	Evander Kane	hooking	2
3rd	18:09	PIT	Justin Schultz	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	19:55	BUF	Evander Kane	broken stick	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.88 · PIT 4.79 · xG% BUF 44.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Brian Gionta	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	1	40.0	16:51	23
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	51.4	25:32	27
9	Evander Kane	L	0	1	1	+1	4	11	0	0	100.0	23:16	25
15	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	0	2	10	1	1	25.0	19:20	23
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		18:21	23
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	6	0		16:09	22
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		9:58	13
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0		29:50	29
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	4		22:35	28
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	1		17:25	26
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	3		15:48	22
6	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		15:39	21
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	1		11:54	20
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	37.5	11:38	14
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1		10:58	13
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	22.2	10:57	17
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0		8:05	10
56	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		7:47	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Anders Nilsson	L	45	41	4	.911	59:07

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Justin Schultz	D	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0		21:51	26
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	1	0	76.9	20:37	22
43	Conor Sheary	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	0		14:55	20
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0		19:38	21
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		18:53	26
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	0		15:28	21
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	+1	0	6	1	0		14:26	20
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	54.5	8:55	14
65	Ron Hainsey	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		23:22	27
32	Mark Streit	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		20:29	24
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	51.7	19:59	24
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		17:14	21
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	57.9	16:11	26
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	1		15:58	23
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		14:54	22
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:25	18
34	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	100.0	8:49	14
23	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		5:01	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	28	28	0	1.000	39:44
30	Matt Murray		21	18	3	.857	20:00