Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, May 6, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
ATTSN-PT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 8-4 on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 34-23.
Drake Caggiula scored twice and Jeff Carter scored 4 goals. Tage Thompson, Brian Dumoulin, Jared McCann, Sidney Crosby, Jeff Skinner and Kasperi Kapanen also scored.
Tristan Jarry made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Michael Houser stopped 26 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Drake Caggiula (2)Riley Sheahan (9)1–002:45 BUF
Jeff Carter (13)Jared McCann (17), Frederick Gaudreau (5)1–109:57 PIT- Jeff Carter (14)Jason Zucker (8), Kasperi Kapanen (19)1–211:39 PIT · PPG
2nd period
Tage Thompson (8)Casey Mittelstadt (12)2–203:32 BUF- Jeff Carter (15)Marcus Pettersson (7), Frederick Gaudreau (6)2–304:36 PIT
- Drake Caggiula (3)Colin Miller (8), Rasmus Ristolainen (13)3–305:13 BUF
Brian Dumoulin (4)Kris Letang (37), Sidney Crosby (38)3–406:26 PIT
Jared McCann (14)Frederick Gaudreau (7)3–507:25 PIT
3rd period
- Jeff Carter (16)Jared McCann (18)3–603:02 PIT
Sidney Crosby (24)Kris Letang (38), Jake Guentzel (34)3–706:25 PIT
Jeff Skinner (7)Tage Thompson (6), Rasmus Ristolainen (14)4–709:45 BUF · PPG
Kasperi Kapanen (11)Evgeni Malkin (20), Jason Zucker (9)4–813:05 PIT
Team stats
BUFPIT
23Shots on goal34
48%Faceoff %52%
1/2Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes4
24Hits17
10Blocked shots8
7Giveaways11
4Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 10:18
Arttu Ruotsalainen · tripping2 min - 2nd 19:16
Brian Dumoulin · holding2 min - 3rd 07:58Jason Zucker · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 13:09 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 19:45 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:05 |
| 54Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:07 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Michael HouserG | L | 34 | 26 | 8 | .765 | 60:00 |
| 34Stefanos LekkasG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 77Jeff CarterC | 4 | 0 | 4 | +4 | 5 | 17:16 |
| 11Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 24:46 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:48 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:17 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Maxime LagaceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 60:00 |