Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thu, Mar 5, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 1

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 on Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. Owen Power led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	3	1	5	26
PIT	1	0	0	1	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:00	BUF	SH	Ryan McLeod (12) · backhand	Unassisted	1–0
1st	14:48	PIT	SH	Bryan Rust (21) · wrist	Ben Kindel (15)	1–1
2nd	04:10	BUF	PP	Josh Norris (9) · wrist	Josh Doan (23), Bowen Byram (22)	2–1
2nd	06:18	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (25) · tip-in	Owen Power (15), Tage Thompson (32)	3–1
2nd	10:30	BUF	EV	Owen Power (6) · wrist	Josh Norris (13), Noah Ostlund (12)	4–1
3rd	16:53	BUF	SH EN	Mattias Samuelsson (12) · wrist	Unassisted	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:22	BUF	Peyton Krebs	hooking	2
1st	08:16	PIT	Erik Karlsson	holding	2
1st	10:24	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	14:04	PIT	Noel Acciari	holding	2
2nd	00:38	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2
2nd	00:38	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	cross checking	2
2nd	00:38	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	slashing	5
2nd	00:38	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	game misconduct	10
2nd	04:10	PIT	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
2nd	05:25	BUF	Ryan McLeod	slashing	2
2nd	14:44	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	boarding	2
3rd	07:04	PIT	Ben Kindel	holding the stick	2
3rd	11:54	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.93 · PIT 3.11 · xG% BUF 55.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Owen Power	D	1	1	2	+3	0	1	1	1		20:45	21
9	Josh Norris	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	17:41	18
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		22:32	22
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	+3	0	1	0	3		21:19	24
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	100.0	18:43	17
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		18:28	19
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	53.8	18:23	25
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	1	25.0	17:37	25
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		16:42	19
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	4	4	1	0		21:29	25
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	100.0	14:25	20
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	100.0	14:11	13
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		13:22	18
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		12:58	18
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		11:49	17
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		11:00	12
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	66.7	10:35	16
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	8:37	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	28	27	1	.964	59:24

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0		19:53	20
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	36.4	14:52	19
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1		23:05	17
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	40.0	18:34	18
5	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		18:30	19
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3		18:02	18
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		17:55	17
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	-4	0	1	1	0		17:27	20
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0		17:09	18
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	44.4	16:44	17
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		15:58	13
55	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	55.6	15:27	16
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	40.0	15:03	18
28	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		14:54	16
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		14:43	13
16	Justin Brazeau	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		14:13	20
85	Avery Hayes	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		12:43	16
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0		5:54	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Arturs Silovs	L	25	21	4	.840	55:54