Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, March 24, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

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2–5

Final

SOG 28–42

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 42-28.

Goals came from Evan Rodrigues, Kris Letang, Rasmus Dahlin, John Marino, Zachary Aston-Reese, Sidney Crosby and Victor Olofsson.

Tristan Jarry made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 37 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	28
PIT	2	2	1	5	42

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evan Rodrigues (3)Sam Lafferty (3), Mark Jankowski (3)0–107:36 PIT
Kris Letang (6)Sidney Crosby (21), Bryan Rust (13)0–215:44 PIT
Rasmus Dahlin (2)Brandon Montour (8), Taylor Hall (15)1–217:17 BUF

2nd period

John Marino (2)Jared McCann (6), Zachary Aston-Reese (2)1–317:29 PIT
Zachary Aston-Reese (7)Frederick Gaudreau (1)1–419:36 PIT · SHG

3rd period

Sidney Crosby (13)Jake Guentzel (18), Mike Matheson (3)1–503:57 PIT
Victor Olofsson (9)Unassisted2–514:35 BUF

Team stats

BUFPIT

28Shots on goal42

47%Faceoff %53%

0/3Power play0/5

10Penalty minutes6

33Hits17

16Blocked shots4

2Giveaways7

4Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 19:34Rasmus Ristolainen · cross checking2 min
2nd 05:41Rasmus Ristolainen · interference2 min
2nd 13:55John Marino · hooking2 min
2nd 14:31Rasmus Dahlin · tripping2 min
2nd 19:04Mark Jankowski · interference2 min
3rd 02:19Jacob Bryson · hooking2 min
3rd 03:17Kris Letang · hooking2 min
3rd 14:35Mike Matheson · ps holding on breakaway0 min
3rd 18:30Eric Staal · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

4Taylor HallL	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	18:13
68Victor OlofssonR	1	0	1	-2	1	1	0	0	–	15:20
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	1	-2	2	5	1	2	–	15:29
62Brandon MontourD	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	–	18:20
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	2	57	18:33
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	75	16:58
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	25	12:52
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	50	18:23
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	38	17:19
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	36	14:56
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	80	16:24
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	20:30
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:00
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	13:47
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	0	–	17:36
44Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	-1	2	4	3	0	–	16:06
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	4	–	22:06
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	–	15:24

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Dustin TokarskiG	L	42	37	5	.881	60:00
32Michael HouserG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

12Zachary Aston-ReeseC	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	–	16:20
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+2	7	0	0	0	74	20:02
9Evan RodriguesC	1	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	50	16:00
11Frederick GaudreauC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	38	12:35
14Mark JankowskiC	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	14	15:49
17Bryan RustR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	18:57
18Sam LaffertyC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	50	13:36
19Jared McCannC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	64	14:36
59Jake GuentzelC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	20:13
5Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	13:49
6John MarinoD	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	2	–	21:26
58Kris LetangD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	24:10
7Colton SceviourC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	12:00
42Kasperi KapanenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:46
57Anthony AngelloC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	08:16
4Cody CeciD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:55
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	0	0	–	20:15
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	–	18:40

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tristan JarryG	W	28	26	2	.929	59:35