Buffalo Sabres 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 6: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 5 to Pittsburgh Penguins 6, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLWednesday, October 16, 2024
DateOct 16, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVTNT/truTV/HBO Max
Attendance15,644
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
1-3-1Record3-2-0
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
4-6Road record / home record4-5
LLLLWLast 5LWLWL
L4StreakL1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresPittsburgh Penguins
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReservePittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 10:28 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 10:03 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:51 | 1:23 | 1:59 | 12:29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 | 0:00 | 4:06 | 14:31 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:44 | 0:00 | 0:32 | 9:12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:40 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 7:55 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:59 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 8:23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 14:33 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 36.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:48 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:27 | 0:35 | 0:00 | 11:52 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:34 | 1:23 | 0:13 | 16:58 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 36.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19:28 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 17:21 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:27 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 14:39 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 | 0:00 | 0:15 | 18:36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:32 | 0:00 | 4:43 | 12:49 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:58 | 1:23 | 1:47 | 21:48 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21:09 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 18:57 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:08 | 0:48 | 0:15 | 18:05 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 20:27 | 0:00 | 5:26 | 15:01 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .860 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 61:38 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10:14 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 9:21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:17 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 14:46 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:02 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 67.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13:58 | 0:35 | 1:01 | 12:22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 8:42 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:51 | 5:33 | 0:00 | 17:18 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew O'Connor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 0:52 | 12:14 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 13:22 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 11:43 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 16:17 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:05 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 16:52 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Graves | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13:27 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 13:05 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:55 | 1:50 | 0:48 | 18:17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Karlsson | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 26:37 | 5:40 | 0:00 | 20:57 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:41 | 5:17 | 0:00 | 18:24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 21:29 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 20:50 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack St. Ivany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:42 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 13:41 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Blomqvist | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 49:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Jarry | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 6-5, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Buffalo Sabres 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 6.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: JJ Peterka (2 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Evgeni Malkin (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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