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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Preseason · Wednesday, October 1, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburghPenguinsAway

5–3

Final

26–31

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

SN-PIT · MSG-B

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 31–26.

Josh Norris scored twice. Tristan Broz, Mathew Dumba, Avery Hayes, Ville Koivunen, Rasmus Dahlin and Filip Hallander also scored.

Arturs Silovs made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 10 of 13.

Goals
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT122526
Buffalo SabresBUF102331

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJosh NorrisBUF · 2 goals
  2. ★2nd starMathew DumbaPIT · 1 goal, 1 assist
  3. ★3rd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 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 2025–26 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+

1:58

2–1 · 2nd 5:52 · Dumba. Kulich had been on the ice for 1:58 when it went in.

GoalPIT BUF

1–0 PIT

1st 17:32 · · Broz

Malenstyn 0:19

1–1 BUF

1st 17:42 · Norris

Graves 0:10

2–1 PIT

2nd 5:52 · Dumba

Stuck out there: Kulich 1:58

3–1 PIT

2nd 19:54 · · Hayes

Long shift: Bryson 1:14

3–2 BUF

3rd 4:29 · Norris

Tomasino 0:49

4–2 PIT

3rd 10:01 · Koivunen

Timmins 0:52

4–3 BUF

3rd 11:42 · · Dahlin

Koppanen 0:30

5–3 PIT

3rd 17:57 · · Hallander

Dahlin 0:22

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. 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.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

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

Team stats

PITBUF
2631
48%52%
2/31/4
108
1619
1914
69
00

Penalties

  • 15:44 into the first periodJosh Doan · hooking2 min
  • 2:38 into the second periodJoona Koppanen · interference2 min
  • 9:43 into the second periodOwen Pickering · roughing2 min
  • 9:43 into the second periodJosh Norris · cross checking2 min
  • 15:24 into the second periodRyan Graves · high sticking2 min
  • 18:48 into the second periodJustin Danforth · interference2 min
  • 10:41 into the third periodBlake Lizotte · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 14:48 into the third periodConor Timmins · interference2 min