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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, February 5, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburghPenguinsAway

5–2

Final

SOG 32–27

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

SNE · SN-PIT · MSG-B

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 32-27.

Avery Hayes scored twice and Ben Kindel scored twice. Jason Zucker, Tage Thompson and Tommy Novak also scored.

Arturs Silovs made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 27 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT212532
Buffalo SabresBUF101227

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAvery HayesPIT · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starBen KindelPIT · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A

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+
1:09

3–2 · 3rd 1:55 · Thompson. Shea was 1:09 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 1:46 · Zucker

Novak 0:54

1–1 PIT

1st 9:18 · Hayes

Bryson 0:14

2–1 PIT

1st 18:47 · Hayes

Malenstyn 0:46

3–1 PIT

2nd 7:44 · Kindel

Thompson 0:54

3–2 BUF

3rd 1:55 · PP · Thompson

Long shift: Shea 1:09

4–2 PIT

3rd 15:33 · Novak

Zucker 0:35

5–2 PIT

3rd 19:46 · EN · Kindel

Quinn 2:16

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

PITBUF
32Shots on goal27
45%Faceoff %55%
0/3Power play1/5
15Penalty minutes11
20Hits16
8Blocked shots10
17Giveaways15
6Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 15:54Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 18:59Ryan Shea · holding2 min
  • 2nd 10:03Sidney Crosby · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 17:54Alex Tuch · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 01:14Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 04:13Michael Kesselring · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 10:33Peyton Krebs · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 3rd 10:33Connor Clifton · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 10:33Peyton Krebs · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 18:31Anthony Mantha · hooking2 min

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