Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Mar 13, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

3 – 0

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–0 on Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Kris Letang led the way with 2 points. Casey DeSmith made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	1	2	3	34
BUF	0	0	0	0	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	16:37	PIT	PP	Jake Guentzel (10) · wrist	Evgeni Malkin (15), Kris Letang (13)	1–0
3rd	19:07	PIT	SH EN	Sidney Crosby (10) · wrist	Kris Letang (14)	2–0
3rd	19:44	PIT	SH EN	Mark Jankowski (2) · snap	Teddy Blueger (11), Brandon Tanev (7)	3–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:40	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2
2nd	16:24	BUF	Colin Miller	hooking	2
3rd	10:21	BUF	Colin Miller	high sticking	2
3rd	12:07	PIT	Anthony Angello	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 5.27 · BUF 1.99 · xG% PIT 72.6

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	+1	2	5	0	1		24:51	27
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	+1	0	8	0	0		20:09	25
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	42.3	19:04	24
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	17:49	20
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	63.6	16:38	22
13	Brandon Tanev	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		15:23	21
14	Mark Jankowski	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	66.7	9:53	16
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		23:43	28
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3		20:53	24
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:16	24
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		17:39	23
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		16:31	21
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		16:17	18
9	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	66.7	15:09	20
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:52	18
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:14	20
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		7:43	12
57	Anthony Angello	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		6:56	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	24	24	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	3	7	1		22:06	26
62	Brandon Montour	D	-1	0	0	0	4		21:17	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-1	0	2	0	0		20:36	19
78	Jacob Bryson	D	-1	0	0	1	1		19:58	23
23	Sam Reinhart	C	-1	0	1	0	0		18:42	22
4	Taylor Hall	L	-1	0	1	1	0		18:30	22
33	Colin Miller	D	-1	4	2	4	0		18:12	21
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	-1	0	0	0	0	28.6	17:26	21
68	Victor Olofsson	L	-1	0	3	0	1		16:27	21
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	3	1	77.8	16:07	20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	-1	0	1	0	0		15:40	21
88	Brandon Davidson	D	0	0	1	3	1		15:31	19
12	Eric Staal	C	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:29	20
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	1	1	0	53.3	14:20	24
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	4	1	0		13:43	19
72	Tage Thompson	C	-1	0	2	2	0		12:31	20
21	Kyle Okposo	R	-1	0	1	0	1		11:54	18
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	1	1	0	28.6	11:09	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	L	32	31	1	.969	58:09