Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Preseason · Tuesday, September 18, 2018 · KeyBank Center

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2–3

26–29

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 29–26.

Goals came from Vladimir Sobotka, Jake McCabe, Jack Eichel, Will O'Neill and Juuso Riikola.

Carter Hutton made 14 saves on 14 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 26 of 29.

Goals
PIT	0	0	2	2	26
BUF	1	2	0	3	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Vladimir Sobotka (1)Unassisted0–119:53 BUF ·

2nd period

Jake McCabe (1)Evan Rodrigues (2), Vladimir Sobotka (1)0–206:06 BUF
Jack Eichel (1)Lawrence Pilut (1)0–313:44 BUF ·

3rd period

Will O'Neill (1)Teddy Blueger (1)1–315:43 PIT
Juuso Riikola (1)Daniel Sprong (1), Jake Guentzel (1)2–316:21 PIT

Team stats

PITBUF

2629

47%53%

0/21/4

84

1632

136

79

51

Penalties

15:14 into the first periodChris Summers · roughing2 min
17:51 into the first periodDaniel Sprong · slashing2 min
18:28 into the first periodChris Summers · delaying game puck over glass2 min
11:46 into the second periodVladimir Sobotka · tripping2 min
15:09 into the second periodJack Eichel · high sticking2 min
7:48 into the third periodGarrett Wilson · roughing2 min

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

41Daniel SprongR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	0	1	22	17:52
53Teddy BluegerC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	71	1	1	20	15:28
59Jake GuentzelC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	2	1	22	18:46
50Juuso RiikolaD	1	0	1	−1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	24	19:41
75Will O'NeillD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	21	19:12
10Garrett WilsonL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	2	–	0	0	17	11:14
11Jimmy HayesR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	15	14:41
12Dominik SimonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	1	19	15:11
38Derek GrantC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	38	0	0	23	17:03
39Jean-Sebastien DeaC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	67	0	0	21	13:31
46Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	14:54
54Thomas Di PauliC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	20	16:41
57Anthony AngelloC	0	0	0	−2	4	3	0	0	–	0	1	15	11:03
64Jordy BelleriveC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	17	0	0	13	11:37
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	0	0	24	21:58
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	2	0	24	22:28
24Stefan ElliottD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	0	0	22	17:17
55Chris SummersD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	–	1	0	22	15:12

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Casey DeSmithG	L	29	26	3	.897	58:46
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	.000	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17Vladimir SobotkaC	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	60	0	0	23	14:50
9Jack EichelC	1	0	1	0	4	2	1	2	55	2	0	22	22:33
71Evan RodriguesC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	15:16
19Jake McCabeD	1	0	1	+2	3	7	1	0	–	0	0	23	15:52
24Lawrence PilutD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	17:58
13Nick BaptisteR	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	0	–	0	0	19	11:37
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	–	2	0	20	18:12
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	0	0	20	12:18
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	17	14:44
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	25	2	0	16	13:24
49C.J. SmithL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	17	12:10
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	100	1	0	20	19:14
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	64	1	0	19	11:56
95Justin BaileyR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	19	13:44
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	28	20:38
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	1	0	25	21:32
33Will BorgenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	20	16:45
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	−2	2	4	1	0	–	0	0	28	23:17

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Scott WedgewoodG		12	10	2	.833	20:00
40Carter HuttonG	W	14	14	0	1.000	40:00