Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, April 17, 2021 · KeyBank Center
NBC
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 41-30.
Goals came from Jared McCann, Evan Rodrigues, Tage Thompson, Bryan Rust and Casey Mittelstadt.
Tristan Jarry made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 38 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jared McCann (12)Mike Matheson (10), Cody Ceci (10)1–010:30 PIT
2nd period
Evan Rodrigues (6)Teddy Blueger (13)2–005:57 PIT
Tage Thompson (6)Unassisted2–106:41 BUF
Bryan Rust (17)Sidney Crosby (33), Jake Guentzel (26)3–112:15 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Casey Mittelstadt (8)Rasmus Ristolainen (10), Sam Reinhart (13)3–211:44 BUF · PPG
Team stats
PITBUF
41Shots on goal30
47%Faceoff %53%
1/2Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes4
13Hits12
14Blocked shots12
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 03:31
Arttu Ruotsalainen · hooking2 min - 2nd 10:30Anders Bjork · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:54
Mark Jankowski · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:09 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:50 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:22 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:24 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19:03 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 67Radim ZohornaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:23 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:40 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 59:53 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:35 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 14:24 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:13 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 17Steven FogartyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:02 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | L | 41 | 38 | 3 | .927 | 57:39 |
| 32Michael HouserG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |