Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 21, 2016 · First Niagara Center
NBC · SN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at First Niagara Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 31-27.
Zach Bogosian scored twice. Patric Hornqvist, Scott Wilson, Phil Kessel, Matt Cullen and Brian Gionta also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patric Hornqvist (12)Trevor Daley (14), Sidney Crosby (31)1–009:09 PIT
Zach Bogosian (2)Mark Pysyk (4), Brian Gionta (12)1–113:48 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Scott Wilson (3)Kris Letang (34), Derrick Pouliot (4)2–105:28 PIT
Phil Kessel (19)Kris Letang (35)3–117:50 PIT
3rd period
Matt Cullen (8)Carl Hagelin (15), Kris Letang (36)4–107:52 PIT · SHG
Brian Gionta (8)Zach Bogosian (9), Matt Moulson (10)4–208:05 BUF · PPG
Zach Bogosian (3)Rasmus Ristolainen (27)4–319:38 BUF
Team stats
PITBUF
31Shots on goal27
58%Faceoff %42%
0/4Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes8
11Hits30
12Blocked shots21
5Giveaways5
0Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 12:21
Patric Hornqvist · slashing2 min
- 1st 17:47
Mark Pysyk · cross checking2 min
- 1st 19:17
David Legwand · tripping2 min
- 2nd 04:45
Olli Maatta · interference2 min
- 2nd 05:11
Jack Eichel · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 07:24
Conor Sheary · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:34
Evander Kane · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 28:43 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:11 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 51Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 11Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 40Oskar SundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:50 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 25:33 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 47Zach BogosianD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22:50 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:11 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 25:58 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:39 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:24 |
| 56Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 58:43 |