Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sat, Dec 10, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at PPG Paints Arena. Sidney Crosby scored twice. Casey DeSmith made 37 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	38
PIT	2	0	1	3	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:22	PIT	PP	Rickard Rakell (12) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (20), Sidney Crosby (21)	0–1
1st	06:51	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (16) · backhand	Jake Guentzel (15), Brian Dumoulin (7)	0–2
3rd	11:00	BUF	EV	Peyton Krebs (2) · tip-in	Casey Fitzgerald (2), Zemgus Girgensons (4)	1–2
3rd	18:22	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (17) · snap	Jake Guentzel (16), Bryan Rust (10)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:01	BUF	Tage Thompson	hooking	2
1st	03:21	BUF	Victor Olofsson	high sticking	2
1st	12:26	PIT	Jake Guentzel	interference	2
1st	16:16	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	interference	2
3rd	05:28	PIT	Kris Letang	holding	2
3rd	19:59	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.28 · PIT 4.43 · xG% BUF 42.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	100.0	12:41	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0		10:06	15
45	Casey Fitzgerald	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0		9:04	14
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0		30:19	32
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1		26:28	30
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	8	1		22:56	31
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		20:06	25
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	6	3	1		20:05	24
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		18:47	23
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	70.0	18:21	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1	52.6	18:02	22
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		17:51	23
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		13:38	18
38	Kale Clague	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2		12:51	20
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	42.9	12:29	17
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:09	20
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	16.7	11:50	17
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50.0	10:52	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	31	28	3	.903	58:23

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	2	1	3	+2	0	4	1	2	63.6	18:48	22
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	2	2	+2	2	2	1	1		19:09	21
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0		18:29	23
67	Rickard Rakell	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		17:57	22
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	5		16:32	22
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	83.3	14:03	16
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	3		22:14	25
26	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		20:17	22
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		19:55	23
44	Jan Rutta	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		19:08	23
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0		17:35	22
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	25.0	16:12	21
25	Ryan Poehling	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		14:05	20
23	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		13:26	18
15	Josh Archibald	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1		12:08	19
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	0		11:59	16
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	53.3	11:23	20
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		10:56	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	38	37	1	.974	59:44