Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 2020 · KeyBank Center
ATTSN-PT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at KeyBank Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 32–30.
Patric Hornqvist scored twice. Jake McCabe, Marcus Pettersson, Marcus Johansson and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Matt Murray made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patric Hornqvist (16)Nick Bjugstad (1), Jared McCann (20)1–007:56 PIT
Jake McCabe (3)Unassisted1–109:01 BUF · 
Marcus Pettersson (2)Bryan Rust (27), Evgeni Malkin (47)2–112:26 PIT
2nd period
- Patric Hornqvist (17)Evgeni Malkin (48), Justin Schultz (8)3–113:32 PIT ·
3rd period
Marcus Johansson (9)Dominik Kahun (19), Rasmus Dahlin (34)3–201:57 BUF
Sidney Crosby (15)Jason Zucker (20)4–206:02 PIT
Team stats
PITBUF
3230
52%48%
1/30/3
66
718
107
84
36
Penalties
- 7:56 into the first period
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min - 18:29 into the first period
Kris Letang · slashing2 min - 12:31 into the second periodJohan Larsson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:23 into the second periodLawrence Pilut · slashing2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · cross checking2 min
- 7:31 into the third periodTeddy Blueger · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:56 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:01 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:37 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:23 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:26 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:16 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 95Dominik KahunC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:16 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:32 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:33 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:06 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:03 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 17:07 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:40 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | – |