Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 2, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena
NHLN-US · ATTSN-PT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 33-29.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Carl Hagelin, Patric Hornqvist, Jason Pominville, Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby.
Tristan Jarry made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 24 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (8)Jake Guentzel (7), Olli Maatta (10)0–118:44 PIT
2nd period
Carl Hagelin (2)Bryan Rust (11), Riley Sheahan (6)0–205:36 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (10)Sidney Crosby (17), Kris Letang (18)0–319:00 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Jason Pominville (7)Jack Eichel (13), Evander Kane (12)1–311:18 BUF
Phil Kessel (12)Evgeni Malkin (16)1–413:14 PIT
Sidney Crosby (12)Patric Hornqvist (8), Kris Letang (19)1–518:58 PIT · EN
Team stats
BUFPIT
33Shots on goal29
48%Faceoff %52%
0/4Power play1/6
19Penalty minutes15
33Hits21
14Blocked shots16
4Giveaways9
5Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:09
Sam Reinhart · high sticking2 min - 1st 07:45Hudson Fasching · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1st 10:06Zach Bogosian · fighting5 min
- 1st 10:06
Ryan Reaves · fighting5 min - 1st 12:24Johan Larsson · cross checking2 min
- 1st 15:27Ryan Reaves · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:09Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 15:15Brian Dumoulin · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:37Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:37Benoit Pouliot · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:11Kyle Criscuolo · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:17Marco Scandella · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 02:42Olli Maatta · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:09Jordan Nolan · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:35 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:34 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:49 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 24Hudson FaschingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 51Kyle CriscuoloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:30 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:52 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 28:11 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 59:03 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 17:14 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 26:02 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:58 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:01 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:21 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 59:49 |