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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburghPenguinsAway

3–1

Final

SOG 24–24

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

NHLN · SN-PIT+ · MSG-B

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at KeyBank Center.

Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Ville Koivunen, Ryan McLeod and Nick Robertson.

Arturs Silovs made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 15 of 17.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT201324
Buffalo SabresBUF001124

Three stars

  1. ★1st starRyan McLeodBUF · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starSidney CrosbyPIT · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starVille KoivunenPIT · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st 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+
1:11

2–0 · 1st 10:56 · Koivunen. Quinn was 1:11 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceBUF on ice

1–0 PIT

1st 9:00 · Crosby

Timmins 0:35

2–0 PIT

1st 10:56 · Koivunen

Long shift: Quinn 1:11

2–1 BUF

3rd 11:30 · PP · McLeod

Robertson 0:40

3–1 PIT

3rd 18:55 · EN · Robertson

Power 1:38

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
24Shots on goal24
34%Faceoff %66%
0/1Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits24
15Blocked shots9
20Giveaways19
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 06:25Egor Chinakhov · hooking2 min
  • 1st 11:26Josh Norris · interference2 min
  • 2nd 00:26Rickard Rakell · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 09:39Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min