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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Preseason · Saturday, September 21, 2024 · KeyBank Center

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3–7

Final

18–43

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 43–18.

Jesse Puljujarvi scored a hat trick and JJ Peterka scored a hat trick. Owen Power, Henri Jokiharju, Sam Lafferty and Dylan Cozens also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Joel Blomqvist stopped 18 of 24.

Goals
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT102318
Buffalo SabresBUF151743

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJJ PeterkaBUF · 3 goals
  2. ★2nd starHenri JokiharjuBUF · 1 goal, 2 assists
  3. ★3rd starSam LaffertyBUF · 1 goal

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:07

1–3 · 2nd 2:29 · Power. PIT iced the puck and weren’t allowed to change. Bemstrom had been on the ice for 1:07 when it went in.

GoalPIT BUF

1–0 PIT

1st 1:08 · · Puljujarvi

Jokiharju 0:40

1–1 BUF

1st 3:25 · · Peterka

Graves 0:06

1–2 BUF

2nd 0:46 · Peterka

Graves 0:46

1–3 BUF

2nd 2:29 · Power

Long shift: Bemstrom 1:07

1–4 BUF

2nd 3:29 · Jokiharju

Shea 0:36

1–5 BUF

2nd 4:20 · Lafferty

Ludvig 0:51

1–6 BUF

2nd 5:26 · Peterka

Shea 0:28

1–7 BUF

3rd 3:42 · Cozens

Ludvig 0:22

2–7 PIT

3rd 8:33 · · Puljujarvi

Clifton 0:38

3–7 PIT

3rd 8:52 · Puljujarvi

Bryson 0:19

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2024–25. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.

29%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

PITBUF
1843
44%56%
2/21/3
1210
1315
1712
1424
710

Penalties

  • 0:28 into the first periodTage Thompson · tripping2 min
  • 3:19 into the first periodTanner Howe · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 5:25 into the first periodJohn Ludvig · hooking2 min
  • 7:15 into the third periodSam Lafferty · roughing2 min
  • 7:15 into the third periodZach Benson · roughing2 min
  • 7:15 into the third periodMac Hollowell · roughing2 min
  • 7:15 into the third periodRyan Graves · roughing2 min
  • 7:15 into the third periodBowen Byram · roughing2 min
  • 12:44 into the third periodDylan Cozens · roughing2 min
  • 12:44 into the third periodJesse Puljujarvi · roughing2 min

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