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Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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5–1

Final

SOG 26–28

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 28-26.

Goals came from Ryan McLeod, Bryan Rust, Josh Norris, Alex Tuch, Owen Power and Mattias Samuelsson.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Arturs Silovs stopped 21 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF131526
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT100128

Three stars

  1. ★1st starOwen PowerBUF · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · .964 SV%
  3. ★3rd starBryan RustPIT · 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+
1:24

4–1 · 2nd 10:30 · Power. PIT stayed on through an icing. Wotherspoon was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on icePIT on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 12:00 · SH · McLeod

Letang 0:40

1–1 PIT

1st 14:48 · SH · Rust

Long shift: Thompson 1:21

2–1 BUF

2nd 4:10 · PP · Norris

Letang 0:55

3–1 BUF

2nd 6:18 · Tuch

Letang 0:35

4–1 BUF

2nd 10:30 · Power

Long shift: Wotherspoon 1:24

5–1 BUF

3rd 16:53 · EN · Samuelsson

Kindel 1:11

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

BUFPIT
26Shots on goal28
60%Faceoff %40%
1/6Power play0/5
12Penalty minutes25
20Hits18
11Blocked shots11
13Giveaways17
3Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 03:22Peyton Krebs · hooking2 min
  • 1st 08:16Erik Karlsson · holding2 min
  • 1st 10:24Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 1st 14:04Noel Acciari · holding2 min
  • 2nd 00:38Rasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 00:38Evgeni Malkin · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 00:38Evgeni Malkin · slashing5 min
  • 2nd 00:38Evgeni Malkin · game misconduct10 min
  • 2nd 04:10Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 2nd 05:25Ryan McLeod · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 14:44Beck Malenstyn · boarding2 min
  • 3rd 07:04Ben Kindel · holding the stick2 min
  • 3rd 11:54Rasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min

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