Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thu, Mar 25, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–0 on Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. Jared McCann scored twice. Casey DeSmith made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	0	0	36
PIT	1	1	2	4	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:21	PIT	EV	Radim Zohorna (1) · snap	Anthony Angello (1), Frederick Gaudreau (2)	0–1
2nd	01:27	PIT	PP	Jared McCann (6) · wrist	Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (22)	0–2
3rd	08:56	PIT	PP	Jared McCann (7) · wrist	Kris Letang (19), Sidney Crosby (23)	0–3
3rd	18:54	PIT	SH EN	Jake Guentzel (14) · wrist	Bryan Rust (14), Sidney Crosby (24)	0–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:06	PIT	Zachary Aston-Reese	slashing	2
2nd	00:14	BUF	Dylan Cozens	hooking	2
2nd	02:26	PIT	Anthony Angello	tripping	2
2nd	05:32	BUF	Jacob Bryson	high sticking	2
2nd	17:03	PIT	Sidney Crosby	high sticking	2
3rd	08:49	BUF	Riley Sheahan	holding the stick	2
3rd	10:47	BUF	Steven Fogarty	holding	2
3rd	13:59	PIT	Mike Matheson	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.85 · PIT 3.47 · xG% BUF 52.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-2	0	5	0	2		23:29	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	4	3	0		22:03	24
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	2	2	0		21:54	25
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	5	0	1		21:37	25
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	4	2	0	52.9	19:14	22
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	4	3		18:32	22
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	2	2	0	4		18:04	23
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	1	4	2		17:49	21
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	-2	0	1	0	0	75.0	16:25	25
68	Victor Olofsson	L	-1	0	4	2	0		15:24	22
15	Riley Sheahan	C	-1	2	1	1	1	33.3	15:11	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	-2	0	1	1	0		14:57	17
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	2	1	1	1		14:41	23
27	Curtis Lazar	C	-1	0	2	3	0	16.7	14:03	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	-2	0	2	0	0		12:49	23
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	1	3	0	50.0	11:04	17
17	Steven Fogarty	C	0	2	0	1	1		10:36	18
49	C.J. Smith	L	0	0	0	3	0		7:57	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	L	30	27	3	.900	58:37

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	3	3	+1	2	2	2	2	71.4	20:52	25
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3		24:46	25
19	Jared McCann	L	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	50.0	12:20	18
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1		21:35	26
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0		20:06	24
11	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	12:51	16
67	Radim Zohorna	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0		8:35	12
57	Anthony Angello	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0		8:15	12
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		23:31	27
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		21:32	25
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1		18:01	23
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		16:20	20
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		14:59	20
14	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	66.7	14:51	21
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0		14:12	22
9	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22.2	13:53	19
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0		13:52	19
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	60.0	12:40	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	36	36	0	1.000	60:00