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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburghPenguinsAway

3–7

Final

SOG 25–30

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

SN-PIT · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-3 on Thursday, March 27, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 30-25.

Jiri Kulich scored twice. Tage Thompson, Peyton Krebs, Sidney Crosby, Mattias Samuelsson, Tyson Kozak, Alex Tuch, Blake Lizotte and Kevin Hayes also scored.

James Reimer made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 8 of 12.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT102325
Buffalo SabresBUF250730

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJiri KulichBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starTyson KozakBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starPeyton KrebsBUF · 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+
1:04

0–2 · 1st 4:44 · Krebs. Letang was 1:04 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 0:27 · Thompson

Crosby 0:27

0–2 BUF

1st 4:44 · Krebs

Long shift: Letang 1:04

1–2 PIT

1st 11:11 · Crosby

Peterka 0:36

1–3 BUF

2nd 3:36 · Kulich

Letang 0:29

1–4 BUF

2nd 5:20 · Samuelsson

Hayes 0:33

1–5 BUF

2nd 11:34 · Kulich

Letang 0:46

1–6 BUF

2nd 12:02 · Kozak

Crosby 0:28

1–7 BUF

2nd 19:34 · Tuch

Tomasino 0:25

2–7 PIT

3rd 2:16 · Lizotte

Krebs 0:33

3–7 PIT

3rd 13:54 · Hayes

Bernard-Docker 0:37

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
25Shots on goal30
58%Faceoff %42%
0/3Power play0/4
15Penalty minutes13
28Hits15
8Blocked shots14
14Giveaways15
8Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 06:41Sidney Crosby · slashing2 min
  • 1st 14:18Zach Benson · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 06:23Connor Clifton · interference2 min
  • 2nd 09:32Blake Lizotte · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 18:05Connor Dewar · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:05Rasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 05:53Connor Dewar · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 05:53Connor Dewar · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 05:53Jacob Bernard-Docker · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 14:54Vladislav Kolyachonok · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 15:01Jiri Kulich · tripping2 min

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