Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 6, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena
SN-PIT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 41-32.
Goals came from Alex Tuch, Rickard Rakell, Zemgus Girgensons and Rasmus Dahlin.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Tuch (10)Connor Clifton (11), Tage Thompson (13)1–002:53 BUF
3rd period
Rickard Rakell (4)Erik Karlsson (21), Evgeni Malkin (19)1–107:49 PIT · PPG
Zemgus Girgensons (3)Eric Robinson (3), Mattias Samuelsson (6)2–115:22 BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (12)Unassisted3–118:24 BUF
Team stats
BUFPIT
32Shots on goal41
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
32Hits22
16Blocked shots17
6Giveaways12
9Takeaways11
Penalties
- 2nd 00:26
Alex Tuch · tripping2 min - 2nd 09:07Henri Jokiharju · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:51
Noel Acciari · hooking2 min - 2nd 19:15Mattias Samuelsson · boarding2 min
- 2nd 19:40Sidney Crosby · interference2 min
- 3rd 03:04Jansen Harkins · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 05:57Connor Clifton · interference2 min
- 3rd 05:57Zemgus Girgensons · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:15 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:24 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:59 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:11 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:22 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:52 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 41 | 40 | 1 | .976 | 60:00 |
| 27Devon LeviG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 67Rickard RakellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:02 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13:14 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 43Jansen HarkinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:39 |
| 48Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:31 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 22:23 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:08 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:18 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:26 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 58:18 |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |