Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Wed, Mar 24, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 5

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. Sidney Crosby led the way with 2 points. Tristan Jarry made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–42.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	28
PIT	2	2	1	5	42

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:36	PIT	EV	Evan Rodrigues (3) · tip-in	Sam Lafferty (3), Mark Jankowski (3)	0–1
1st	15:44	PIT	EV	Kris Letang (6) · wrist	Sidney Crosby (21), Bryan Rust (13)	0–2
1st	17:17	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (2) · slap	Brandon Montour (8), Taylor Hall (15)	1–2
2nd	17:29	PIT	EV	John Marino (2) · slap	Jared McCann (6), Zachary Aston-Reese (2)	1–3
2nd	19:36	PIT	SH	Zachary Aston-Reese (7) · wrist	Frederick Gaudreau (1)	1–4
3rd	03:57	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (13) · wrist	Jake Guentzel (18), Mike Matheson (3)	1–5
3rd	14:35	BUF	PP	Victor Olofsson (9) · wrist	Unassisted	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:34	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	cross checking	2
2nd	05:41	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	interference	2
2nd	13:55	PIT	John Marino	hooking	2
2nd	14:31	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	tripping	2
2nd	19:04	PIT	Mark Jankowski	interference	2
3rd	02:19	BUF	Jacob Bryson	hooking	2
3rd	03:17	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2
3rd	14:35	PIT	Mike Matheson	ps holding on breakaway	0
3rd	18:30	BUF	Eric Staal	cross checking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.84 · PIT 3.70 · xG% BUF 33.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	0		18:20	20
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1		18:13	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	-2	2	2	5	1		15:29	19
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	-2	0	1	1	0		15:20	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	5	2		22:06	25
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		20:30	26
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	1	57.1	18:33	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	50.0	18:23	23
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	2		17:36	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	37.5	17:19	18
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	75.0	16:58	23
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	80.0	16:24	26
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	3		16:06	15
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3		15:24	19
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	36.4	14:56	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		13:47	16
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	25.0	12:52	17
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2:00	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	L	42	37	5	.881	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+2	0	7	0	0	73.7	20:02	25
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	0		16:20	26
58	Kris Letang	D	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0		24:10	28
6	John Marino	D	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	0		21:26	25
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		20:13	25
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0		18:57	23
9	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	50.0	16:00	23
14	Mark Jankowski	L	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	14.3	15:49	23
19	Jared McCann	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	64.3	14:36	20
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		13:49	21
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	50.0	13:36	21
11	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	38.5	12:35	21
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	0		20:15	23
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1		18:40	22
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		16:55	24
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		12:00	19
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:46	12
57	Anthony Angello	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		8:16	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	W	28	26	2	.929	59:35