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Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason · Tuesday, September 24, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

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3–2

Final

27–29

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 29–27.

Goals came from Jack St. Ivany, Graham Slaggert, Nikita Novikov, Kevin Hayes and Anton Wahlberg.

Michael Houser made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 13 of 16.

Goals
Buffalo SabresBUF210327
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT110229

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAnton WahlbergBUF · 1 goal
  2. ★2nd starKevin HayesPIT · 1 goal
  3. ★3rd starTyler TullioBUF · 2 assists

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+

1:23

0–1 · 1st 2:57 · St. Ivany. BUF iced the puck and weren’t allowed to change. Novikov had been on the ice for 1:23 when it went in.

GoalBUF PIT

0–1 PIT

1st 2:57 · St. Ivany

Stuck out there: Novikov 1:23

1–1 BUF

1st 12:43 · Slaggert

McGroarty 0:42

2–1 BUF

1st 14:39 · Novikov

Aho 0:38

2–2 PIT

2nd 4:32 · Hayes

Long shift: Rosen 1:06

3–2 BUF

2nd 6:42 · · Wahlberg

Hayes 0:39

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

BUFPIT
2729
28%72%
1/20/4
84
1932
1912
1612
78

Penalties

  • 7:34 into the first periodNikita Novikov · holding2 min
  • 16:44 into the first periodMason Jobst · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
  • 17:01 into the first periodNikita Novikov · interference2 min
  • 5:02 into the second periodSam Poulin · interference2 min
  • 12:34 into the second periodAleksandr Kisakov · holding2 min
  • 18:55 into the second periodKonsta Helenius · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 9:56 into the third periodSam Poulin · cross checking2 min