Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, October 29, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center
BELL TV · ROOT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 53-29.
Goals came from Pascal Dupuis, Patric Hornqvist, Jamie McGinn, Nicolas Deslauriers, Ben Lovejoy, Evgeni Malkin and Matt Moulson.
Jeff Zatkoff made 50 saves on 53 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Pascal Dupuis (1)Sidney Crosby (3), Ben Lovejoy (1)0–100:56 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (1)Sidney Crosby (4), Olli Maatta (2)0–207:16 PIT
Jamie McGinn (2)Tim Schaller (1), Rasmus Ristolainen (3)1–214:25 BUF
Nicolas Deslauriers (2)Ryan O'Reilly (6), Rasmus Ristolainen (4)2–216:40 BUF
2nd period
Ben Lovejoy (1)Evgeni Malkin (6)2–308:18 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (4)Patric Hornqvist (2), Phil Kessel (2)2–414:57 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Matt Moulson (3)Ryan O'Reilly (7), David Legwand (1)3–417:34 BUF
Team stats
BUFPIT
53Shots on goal29
52%Faceoff %48%
0/2Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes4
40Hits35
10Blocked shots17
3Giveaways3
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 2nd 06:06
Ben Lovejoy · hooking2 min - 2nd 14:08
Mike Weber · tripping2 min - 3rd 18:09Kris Letang · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:39 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24:49 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 10:11 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:43 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11:03 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:08 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 17:49 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:06 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 58:02 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:08 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:24 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 11Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:53 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 41Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:22 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:02 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Jeff ZatkoffG | W | 53 | 50 | 3 | .943 | 60:00 |