Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 11, 2021 · KeyBank Center
SN · ATTSN-PT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 27-23.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Tage Thompson, Brandon Tanev, Victor Olofsson, Jake Guentzel, Anthony Angello and Bryan Rust.
Tristan Jarry made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (7)Kasperi Kapanen (11)1–006:27 PIT
Tage Thompson (1)Kyle Okposo (1), Cody Eakin (3)1–106:54 BUF
2nd period
Brandon Tanev (6)Teddy Blueger (10)2–103:24 PIT
Victor Olofsson (8)Riley Sheahan (2), Eric Staal (7)2–208:46 BUF
Jake Guentzel (9)Sidney Crosby (16), Evgeni Malkin (14)3–211:36 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Anthony Angello (1)Colton Sceviour (1)4–202:43 PIT
Bryan Rust (9)Tristan Jarry (3)5–218:45 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITBUF
27Shots on goal23
40%Faceoff %60%
1/2Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes19
9Hits17
8Blocked shots9
2Giveaways12
1Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 01:41
Matt Irwin · interference2 min - 1st 15:33
Mike Matheson · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:32Jacob Bryson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:27Zachary Aston-Reese · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:27Colin Miller · fighting5 min
- 3rd 10:28Marcus Pettersson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:45Taylor Hall · misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:51 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 57Anthony AngelloC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:52 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:12 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:01 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:57 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:12 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:32 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |