Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, March 23, 2022 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final/SO

SOG 26–33

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 33-26.

Tage Thompson scored twice. Sidney Crosby, Zemgus Girgensons, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang also scored.

Craig Anderson made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 30 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
PIT	0	2	1	0	0	3	26
BUF	1	1	1	0	1	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tage Thompson (26)Mattias Samuelsson (4)0–117:15 BUF

2nd period

Sidney Crosby (23)Bryan Rust (30), Jake Guentzel (33)1–100:26 PIT · PPG
Zemgus Girgensons (8)Kyle Okposo (21)1–215:56 BUF
Evgeni Malkin (13)Bryan Rust (31)2–218:46 PIT

3rd period

Tage Thompson (27)Alex Tuch (18), Jeff Skinner (19)2–301:01 BUF
Kris Letang (7)Evgeni Malkin (15), Sidney Crosby (43)3–315:04 PIT · PPG

SO period

Tage ThompsonUnassisted3–400:00 BUF

Team stats

PITBUF

26Shots on goal33

48%Faceoff %52%

2/2Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes4

14Hits4

13Blocked shots10

8Giveaways8

4Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 11:01Chad Ruhwedel · tripping2 min
1st 14:27Kasperi Kapanen · tripping2 min
1st 18:43Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 18:55Jake Guentzel · tripping2 min
3rd 13:51Vinnie Hinostroza · holding2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

17Bryan RustR	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	–	20:49
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	1	2	-1	1	0	0	0	57	20:29
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	-1	3	0	1	0	50	20:53
59Jake GuentzelL	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	2	–	21:12
58Kris LetangD	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	25:30
9Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:31
11Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50	09:07
42Kasperi KapanenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	14:25
43Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	–	13:10
53Teddy BluegerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	10:15
63Radim ZohornaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:03
67Rickard RakellR	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	16:26
77Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	47	18:06
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	–	14:59
5Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	–	19:35
6John MarinoD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	21:08
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	23:59
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	17:23

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG	O	33	30	3	.909	65:00
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

72Tage ThompsonR	2	0	2	+2	5	0	1	0	38	18:43
21Kyle OkposoR	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	100	18:43
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	14:59
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	18:00
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	20:17
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	3	0	–	18:42
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	11:53
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	53	16:27
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	50	14:42
29Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	11:58
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	64	18:33
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	–	14:20
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:31
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	24:34
13Mark PysykD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:11
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	28:06
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:39
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	0	0	–	19:46

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Dustin TokarskiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Craig AndersonG	W	26	23	3	.885	65:00