Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

Sun, Apr 18, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

2 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Sam Reinhart scored twice. Dustin Tokarski made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	0	2	2	36
BUF	1	1	2	4	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:26	BUF	EV	Arttu Ruotsalainen (2) · slap	Dylan Cozens (7), Rasmus Dahlin (15)	0–1
2nd	02:18	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (16) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (14), Jeff Skinner (5)	0–2
3rd	08:02	BUF	PP	Sam Reinhart (17) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (15), Rasmus Dahlin (16)	0–3
3rd	10:18	PIT	EV	Jason Zucker (7) · snap	Jeff Carter (12), Jared McCann (11)	1–3
3rd	18:12	BUF	SH EN	Rasmus Asplund (6) · wrist	Casey Mittelstadt (7)	1–4
3rd	19:36	PIT	EV	Teddy Blueger (5) · snap	Evan Rodrigues (6), Cody Ceci (11)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:19	PIT	Jason Zucker	slashing	2
1st	10:54	PIT	Jake Guentzel	tripping	2
2nd	02:59	BUF	Cody Eakin	hooking	2
3rd	07:12	PIT	Marcus Pettersson	hooking	2
3rd	11:46	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	holding the stick	2
3rd	14:30	PIT	Kris Letang	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 2.34 · BUF 2.95 · xG% PIT 44.3

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1		19:16	24
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	47.1	16:02	23
53	Teddy Blueger	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	25.0	15:34	20
19	Jared McCann	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		15:22	21
16	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0		14:48	22
9	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	28.6	13:44	18
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-2	2	4	1	0		23:35	28
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		21:38	25
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0	1		21:13	23
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	54.2	21:00	23
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1		20:58	23
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		20:40	24
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		18:28	26
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		14:39	19
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1		12:56	18
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		9:10	13
14	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	60.0	8:06	13
67	Radim Zohorna	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:15	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	L	28	25	3	.893	58:46

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	0	2	8	1	0		23:12	23
23	Sam Reinhart	C	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	25.0	19:44	21
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0		17:03	21
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	16:46	21
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	41.7	16:11	22
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1		16:05	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	80.0	15:46	20
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		12:14	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2		22:39	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		20:09	23
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		19:08	20
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		18:39	19
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1	70.0	16:36	22
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		16:20	24
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		14:47	20
54	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:12	19
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		10:34	15
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		5:55	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	W	36	34	2	.944	60:00