Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 14, 2019 · KeyBank Center
SN · ATTSN-PT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–0 on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at KeyBank Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 28–26.
Goals came from Phil Kessel, Brian Dumoulin, Patric Hornqvist, Nick Bjugstad and Jake Guentzel.
Casey DeSmith made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Phil Kessel (24)Sidney Crosby (58), Jake Guentzel (32)1–006:40 PIT · 
Brian Dumoulin (3)Evgeni Malkin (50), Teddy Blueger (3)2–015:07 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (17)Phil Kessel (48), Sidney Crosby (59)3–017:08 PIT ·
3rd period
Nick Bjugstad (11)Unassisted4–010:07 PIT
Jake Guentzel (36)Zach Trotman (1), Nick Bjugstad (11)5–018:02 PIT ·
Team stats
PITBUF
2826
60%40%
3/40/2
610
1422
1518
613
29
Penalties
- 10:47 into the first period
Marcus Pettersson · cross checking2 min - 4:55 into the second period
Casey Nelson · interference2 min - 8:45 into the second periodTeddy Blueger · interference2 min
- 16:25 into the second periodMarco Scandella · hooking2 min
- 11:57 into the third periodJohan Larsson · roughing2 min
- 11:57 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 13:41 into the third periodJeff Skinner · hooking2 min
- 16:37 into the third periodRasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:54 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 5Zach TrotmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 10Garrett WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:41 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:20 |
| 36Joseph BlandisiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:31 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:07 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 26 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:38 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:07 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:29 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:45 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:19 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 23:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |