Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Preseason · Friday, October 6, 2023 · KeyBank Center
NHLN · SN · SN-PIT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Friday, October 6, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 37–35.
Drew O'Connor scored twice. Victor Olofsson, Zach Benson, JJ Peterka, Marcus Pettersson, Lars Eller, Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Carter, Casey Mittelstadt and Kris Letang also scored.
Tristan Jarry made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Devon Levi stopped 28 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Drew O'Connor (3)Sidney Crosby (2)1–000:20 PIT
Victor Olofsson (1)JJ Peterka (2)1–109:46 BUF
2nd period
Zach Benson (4)Jordan Greenway (3), Casey Mittelstadt (3)1–202:06 BUF
JJ Peterka (2)Victor Olofsson (3), Casey Mittelstadt (4)1–305:08 BUF · 
Marcus Pettersson (1)Rickard Rakell (1), Reilly Smith (1)2–307:17 PIT
Lars Eller (1)Ryan Graves (1), Kris Letang (1)3–308:42 PIT- Drew O'Connor (4)Bryan Rust (2), Ryan Graves (2)4–309:31 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (1)Erik Karlsson (1)5–315:44 PIT ·
3rd period
Jeff Carter (1)Noel Acciari (2), Marcus Pettersson (2)6–301:33 PIT
Casey Mittelstadt (1)Zach Benson (3), Owen Power (1)6–406:38 BUF
Kris Letang (1)Sidney Crosby (3), Rickard Rakell (2)7–415:13 PIT ·
Team stats
PITBUF
3537
52%48%
2/31/3
1111
910
1211
212
66
Penalties
- 13:32 into the first period
Rasmus Dahlin · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 3:50 into the second period
Sidney Crosby · cross checking2 min - 3:50 into the second periodSidney Crosby · fighting5 min
- 3:50 into the second periodPeyton Krebs · fighting5 min
- 15:13 into the second periodHenri Jokiharju · tripping2 min
- 2:35 into the third periodRickard Rakell · tripping2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodPierre-Olivier Joseph · slashing2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodMattias Samuelsson · interference2 min
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 14:39 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 24:39 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 25:08 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:41 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:28 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:03 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 13:20 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 36Colin WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:47 |
| 43Jansen HarkinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:35 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:46 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:46 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 18:00 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | 22:12 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 27Devon LeviG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |