Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason · Thursday, September 28, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena

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1–3

25–30

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 30–25.

Drew O'Connor scored twice. Rickard Rakell and Tage Thompson also scored.

Tristan Jarry made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Eric Comrie stopped 27 of 29.

Goals
BUF	0	1	0	1	25
PIT	0	1	2	3	30

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Rickard Rakell (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Bryan Rust (1)0–111:27 PIT
Tage Thompson (1)Jordan Greenway (2)1–119:19 BUF

3rd period

Drew O'Connor (1)Lars Eller (1), Marcus Pettersson (1)1–208:48 PIT
Drew O'Connor (2)Noel Acciari (1)1–319:06 PIT ·

Team stats

BUFPIT

2530

52%48%

0/40/3

68

615

125

32

65

Penalties

8:53 into the first periodCasey Mittelstadt · tripping2 min
4:31 into the second periodBryan Rust · hooking2 min
8:34 into the second periodDrew O'Connor · holding2 min
9:11 into the second periodZach Benson · tripping2 min
3:56 into the third periodErik Karlsson · tripping2 min
5:13 into the third periodEric Comrie · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
14:10 into the third periodMatt Nieto · tripping2 min

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Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Jordan GreenwayL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	50	0	1	23	17:15
72Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	58	0	0	21	18:26
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	1	20	17:15
15Brandon BiroL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	100	1	1	20	20:19
20Jiri KulichC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	50	0	0	16	12:31
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	15	11:32
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	2	36	0	0	19	21:32
48Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	60	0	0	13	09:48
49Filip CederqvistL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	50	0	0	15	11:38
63Isak RosenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	14	11:55
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	0	2	22	21:44
79Viktor NeuchevL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	10	07:36
33Ryan JohnsonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	23	19:36
38Kale ClagueD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	21	18:20
61Riley StillmanD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	20	18:55
73Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	0	0	19	19:01
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	22	19:07
91Nikita NovikovD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	18	18:45

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Eric ComrieG	L	29	27	2	.931	58:45
32Michael HouserG		0	0	0	.000	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

10Drew O'ConnorL	2	0	2	+2	5	2	0	2	100	0	1	18	13:05
17Bryan RustR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	0	0	21	16:10
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	27	0	2	18	13:30
55Noel AcciariC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	1	0	57	0	0	13	11:07
67Rickard RakellR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	19:06
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	0	0	20	18:35
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	24	21:52
11Alex NylanderL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	14	15:54
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	18	15:54
25Austin WagnerL	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	1	1	12	09:36
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	43	0	1	14	17:42
77Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	75	0	0	15	10:23
83Matt NietoL	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	–	0	0	16	11:17
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	15:04
5Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	14:32
27Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	25	23:52
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	23	24:44
65Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	0	0	22	19:37

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35Tristan JarryG	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00
39Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	.000	00:00