Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Nov 24, 2023 · KeyBank Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

2 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at KeyBank Center. Alex Tuch led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	1	0	2	33
BUF	0	0	3	3	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	16:46	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (13) · snap	Jake Guentzel (16)	1–0
2nd	16:44	PIT	EV	Lars Eller (3) · snap	Matt Nieto (2)	2–0
3rd	05:13	BUF	PP	Jeff Skinner (9) · wrist	Alex Tuch (7), Victor Olofsson (4)	2–1
3rd	10:52	BUF	EV	Kyle Okposo (1) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (13), Victor Olofsson (5)	2–2
3rd	17:16	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (6) · snap	Jeff Skinner (7), Casey Mittelstadt (13)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:42	PIT	Ryan Graves	tripping	2
2nd	05:15	PIT	Reilly Smith	interference	2
2nd	09:27	PIT	Kris Letang	roughing	2
2nd	09:27	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2
2nd	14:18	BUF	Alex Tuch	illegal check to head	2
3rd	04:48	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	hooking	2
3rd	13:29	BUF	Owen Power	holding	2
3rd	19:34	PIT	Erik Karlsson	holding	2
3rd	19:53	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	slashing	2
3rd	19:53	PIT	Jake Guentzel	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 2.41 · BUF 4.96 · xG% PIT 32.6

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0		20:58	24
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	53.1	19:14	24
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	28.6	14:26	20
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		8:16	15
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2		24:48	26
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0		24:38	26
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	3		22:23	23
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	40.0	20:58	22
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1		19:13	26
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		19:08	24
10	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		17:31	25
11	Alex Nylander	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	100.0	16:01	20
13	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		14:03	17
5	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:22	16
63	Radim Zohorna	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		12:45	16
7	John Ludvig	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		11:42	15
55	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	60.0	8:25	15
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	6:33	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Alex Nedeljkovic	L	34	31	3	.912	58:45

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	0	2	4	1	0		25:01	30
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	1	2	+1	0	8	0	1	100.0	21:57	26
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		14:09	19
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	4	4		26:07	30
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	57.1	24:01	27
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	60.0	14:28	22
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	2		20:47	25
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	44.4	18:08	25
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2		17:39	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		14:37	18
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:32	20
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		13:54	18
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	28.6	13:12	22
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		12:39	14
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1		12:20	18
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		12:13	17
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	66.7	11:51	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		6:35	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	33	31	2	.939	59:50