Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thu, May 6, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 8

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 8–4 on Thu, May 6, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. Drake Caggiula scored twice; Jeff Carter scored 4 goals. Tristan Jarry made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	1	4	23
PIT	2	3	3	8	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:45	BUF	EV	Drake Caggiula (2) · snap	Riley Sheahan (9)	1–0
1st	09:57	PIT	EV	Jeff Carter (13) · snap	Jared McCann (17), Frederick Gaudreau (5)	1–1
1st	11:39	PIT	PP	Jeff Carter (14) · snap	Jason Zucker (8), Kasperi Kapanen (19)	1–2
2nd	03:32	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (8) · wrist	Casey Mittelstadt (12)	2–2
2nd	04:36	PIT	EV	Jeff Carter (15) · wrist	Marcus Pettersson (7), Frederick Gaudreau (6)	2–3
2nd	05:13	BUF	EV	Drake Caggiula (3) · wrist	Colin Miller (8), Rasmus Ristolainen (13)	3–3
2nd	06:26	PIT	EV	Brian Dumoulin (4) · slap	Kris Letang (37), Sidney Crosby (38)	3–4
2nd	07:25	PIT	EV	Jared McCann (14) · snap	Frederick Gaudreau (7)	3–5
3rd	03:02	PIT	EV	Jeff Carter (16) · backhand	Jared McCann (18)	3–6
3rd	06:25	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (24) · tip-in	Kris Letang (38), Jake Guentzel (34)	3–7
3rd	09:45	BUF	PP	Jeff Skinner (7) · wrist	Tage Thompson (6), Rasmus Ristolainen (14)	4–7
3rd	13:05	PIT	EV	Kasperi Kapanen (11) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (20), Jason Zucker (9)	4–8

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:18	BUF	Arttu Ruotsalainen	tripping	2
2nd	19:16	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	holding	2
3rd	07:58	PIT	Jason Zucker	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.11 · PIT 3.21 · xG% BUF 39.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	2	2	-2	0	1	8	4		21:36	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	-1	0	3	1	0		15:00	20
91	Drake Caggiula	L	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	0		13:09	17
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	44.4	15:58	21
33	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0		13:38	17
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	53.8	13:28	17
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0		12:53	18
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		24:05	23
54	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		21:07	20
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		20:27	21
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0	0	53.3	19:45	20
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		19:15	19
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0		19:08	20
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2		15:40	19
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	25.0	14:36	18
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		14:03	19
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0		13:41	17
57	Brett Murray	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		11:10	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Michael Houser	L	34	26	8	.765	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	Jeff Carter	C	4	0	4	+4	0	5	1	1	35.7	17:16	23
19	Jared McCann	L	1	2	3	+4	0	2	1	0		14:13	20
11	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0	1	100.0	13:34	20
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	+2	0	4	3	1		24:46	22
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	55.0	17:17	21
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1		14:47	21
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	2	2	0	2	3	1	1	100.0	14:47	21
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2		22:48	23
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		18:29	21
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		16:59	21
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	66.7	15:01	20
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		21:06	25
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		17:44	21
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		17:06	21
52	Mark Friedman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		13:39	19
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	1		13:17	19
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	40.0	12:00	18
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		11:24	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	W	23	19	4	.826	60:00