Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Preseason · Tuesday, October 5, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in a shootout on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 40–27.
Drew O'Connor scored twice. Brett Murray, Vinnie Hinostroza, Victor Olofsson, Radim Zohorna, Anders Bjork and Kasperi Kapanen also scored.
Casey DeSmith made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Aaron Dell stopped 19 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brett Murray (1)Jack Quinn (1), Dylan Cozens (3)1–005:40 BUF
Vinnie Hinostroza (1)Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Tage Thompson (1)2–015:33 BUF
2nd period
Drew O'Connor (1)Danton Heinen (3), Bryan Rust (3)2–105:57 PIT
Victor Olofsson (1)Dylan Cozens (4), JJ Peterka (1)3–116:57 BUF ·
3rd period
- Drew O'Connor (2)Filip Hallander (1), Anthony Angello (1)3–203:54 PIT
Radim Zohorna (1)Kasperi Kapanen (1), Jason Zucker (2)3–309:58 PIT
Anders Bjork (1)Cody Eakin (1), Will Butcher (2)4–312:00 BUF
Kasperi Kapanen (3)Jeff Carter (2), Kris Letang (1)4–419:07 PIT
Shootout
Jason ZuckerUnassisted4–500:00 PIT
Team stats
BUFPIT
2740
46%54%
1/20/2
44
1919
119
21
47
Penalties
- 17:35 into the first period
Teddy Blueger · tripping2 min - 1:48 into the second period
Henri Jokiharju · tripping2 min - 7:51 into the second periodCody Eakin · hooking2 min
- 15:50 into the second periodFilip Hallander · holding2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 71Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 23:12 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 21:21 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:24 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:35 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 18 | 1 | .944 | |
| 80Aaron DellG | O | 22 | 3 | .864 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:49 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 22:35 |
| 36Filip HallanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 57Anthony AngelloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 67Radim ZohornaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 28:50 |
| 20Kasper BjorkqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:52 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:40 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 16:56 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | .000 |