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Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason · Friday, October 3, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

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4–5

Final, in overtime

32–30

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Friday, October 3, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 32–30.

Jiri Kulich scored twice and Sidney Crosby scored twice. Philip Tomasino, Tage Thompson, Jason Zucker, Harrison Brunicke and Rickard Rakell also scored.

Sergei Murashov made 12 saves on 13 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 14 of 17.

Goals
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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT1121530

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSidney CrosbyPIT · 2 goals
  2. ★2nd starRickard RakellPIT · 1 goal, 1 assist
  3. ★3rd starJiri KulichBUF · 2 goals

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Overtime

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+

1:46

1–1 · 2nd 3:53 · Thompson. Tomasino had been on the ice for 1:46 when it went in.

GoalBUF PIT

0–1 PIT

1st 8:59 · Tomasino

Thompson 0:16

1–1 BUF

2nd 3:53 · Thompson

Stuck out there: Tomasino 1:46

2–1 BUF

2nd 7:42 · Kulich

Jones 0:53

3–1 BUF

2nd 10:05 · · Zucker

Clifton 0:41

3–2 PIT

2nd 13:53 · Brunicke

Norris 0:54

4–2 BUF

2nd 16:37 · Kulich

Long shift: Mantha 1:04

4–3 PIT

3rd 6:45 · · Rakell

Timmins 0:57

4–4 PIT

3rd 13:54 · · Crosby

Stuck out there: Tuch 1:27

4–5 PIT

OT 0:09 · Crosby

Thompson 0:09

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

BUFPIT
3230
52%48%
1/42/3
68
1728
1415
1121
30

Penalties

  • 1:15 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 9:24 into the second periodSidney Crosby · slashing2 min
  • 18:28 into the second periodRyan Johnson · holding2 min
  • 6:31 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 8:19 into the third periodVille Koivunen · holding2 min
  • 12:27 into the third periodTage Thompson · holding the stick2 min