Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Preseason · Wednesday, September 26, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 32–22.
Phil Kessel scored twice. Alex Nylander, Kris Letang, Derick Brassard and Matt Cullen also scored.
Matt Murray made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 27 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Phil Kessel (1)Unassisted0–117:23 PIT- Phil Kessel (2)Evgeni Malkin (1), Carl Hagelin (1)0–219:54 PIT
2nd period
Alex Nylander (1)Jason Pominville (1), Marco Scandella (1)1–206:50 BUF
Kris Letang (2)Patric Hornqvist (2), Sidney Crosby (3)1–307:22 PIT
Derick Brassard (1)Jake Guentzel (3), Dominik Simon (2)1–416:54 PIT · 
Matt Cullen (3)Bryan Rust (2), Olli Maatta (1)1–517:07 PIT
Team stats
BUFPIT
2232
50%50%
0/01/2
40
2222
1011
16
45
Penalties
- 11:45 into the first period
Matt Tennyson · hooking2 min - 16:26 into the second periodNick Baptiste · slashing2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:36 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:24 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:34 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:57 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 41Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 95Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 27Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:06 |
| 33Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 19:48 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:42 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 41Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:29 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |