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Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, October 16, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

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5–6

Final/OT

SOG 33–43

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in overtime on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 43-33.

JJ Peterka scored twice. Tage Thompson, Jordan Greenway, Bryan Rust, Drew O'Connor, Jesse Puljujarvi, Evgeni Malkin, Ryan McLeod, Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby also scored.

Joel Blomqvist made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 37 of 43.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF3020533
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT1221643

Three stars

  1. ★1st starEvgeni MalkinPIT · 1G 3A
  2. ★2nd starSidney CrosbyPIT · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starBryan RustPIT · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:21

5–5 · 3rd 19:14 · Rakell. Dahlin was 1:21 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on icePIT on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 0:43 · Thompson

Crosby 0:24

2–0 BUF

1st 3:08 · Greenway

Long shift: Karlsson 1:02

2–1 PIT

1st 11:01 · PP · Rust

Tuch 0:41

3–1 BUF

1st 11:33 · Peterka

Eller 0:32

3–2 PIT

2nd 9:12 · SH · O'Connor

Thompson 0:35

3–3 PIT

2nd 15:20 · Puljujarvi

Cozens 0:54

3–4 PIT

3rd 3:26 · Malkin

Tuch 0:18

4–4 BUF

3rd 10:16 · Peterka

Crosby 0:41

5–4 BUF

3rd 10:56 · McLeod

Eller 0:40

5–5 PIT

3rd 19:14 · Rakell

Long shift: Dahlin 1:21

5–6 PIT

OT 1:38 · PP · Crosby

Clifton 0:55

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFPIT
33Shots on goal43
38%Faceoff %62%
0/1Power play2/5
12Penalty minutes4
21Hits18
17Blocked shots14
17Giveaways23
6Takeaways11

Penalties

  • 1st 10:00Ryan McLeod · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 07:30Marcus Pettersson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 08:18Jason Zucker · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 08:37Matt Grzelcyk · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 09:12Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 2nd 17:53Alex Tuch · interference2 min
  • 3rd 01:23Zach Benson · hooking2 min
  • OT 00:43Tage Thompson · tripping2 min

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