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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, January 17, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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5–2

Final

SOG 19–42

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday, January 17, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 42-19.

Goals came from Owen Power, Rickard Rakell, Anthony Beauvillier, Cody Glass, Bryan Rust, Zach Benson and Alex Nedeljkovic.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 14 of 18.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT032519
Buffalo SabresBUF101242

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex NedeljkovicPIT · .952 SV%
  2. ★2nd starCody GlassPIT · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starZach BensonBUF · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:10

1–1 · 2nd 1:41 · Rakell. Clifton was 1:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 15:16 · PP · Power

Long shift: Pettersson 1:04

1–1 PIT

2nd 1:41 · PP · Rakell

Long shift: Clifton 1:10

2–1 PIT

2nd 2:08 · Beauvillier

Tuch 0:27

3–1 PIT

2nd 11:43 · PP · Glass

Samuelsson 0:36

4–1 PIT

3rd 1:09 · PP · Rust

McLeod 0:42

4–2 BUF

3rd 14:46 · Benson

Joseph 0:42

5–2 PIT

3rd 17:18 · EN · Nedeljkovic

Cozens 1:10

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

PITBUF
19Shots on goal42
55%Faceoff %45%
3/4Power play1/5
22Penalty minutes20
21Hits19
17Blocked shots14
12Giveaways9
6Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 10:57Jack Quinn · slashing2 min
  • 1st 12:24Evgeni Malkin · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 00:31Rasmus Dahlin · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 09:50Henri Jokiharju · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 12:07Pierre-Olivier Joseph · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 18:35Evgeni Malkin · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 19:26Tage Thompson · interference2 min
  • 3rd 04:42Owen Pickering · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 09:11Michael Bunting · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 09:11Peyton Krebs · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 12:03Jason Zucker · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 12:03Ryan Graves · misconduct10 min

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