Buffalo Sabres 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 4: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 2 to Pittsburgh Penguins 4, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 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, November 26, 2025
DateNov 26, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance17,543
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
9-10-4Record11-6-5
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record4-4
LLWLWLast 5WLWLL
L2StreakW1
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 ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:09 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 15:43 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 16:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:02 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:22 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 14:56 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 9:44 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 9:19 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:01 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 16:53 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:27 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 18:12 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 18:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:33 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 17:40 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 16:34 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:34 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:13 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 19:23 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:06 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 24:13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:25 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 18:15 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27:47 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 26:38 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .833 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 59:23 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Broz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:46 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 17:39 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:13 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:23 | 0:50 | 0:00 | 14:33 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 10:40 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joona Koppanen | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:02 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:46 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:46 | 1:10 | 0:00 | 17:36 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 16:30 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 13:00 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Dumba | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Graves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:25 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:48 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 22:41 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:50 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 19:57 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 22:37 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .935 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 4-2, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Buffalo Sabres 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 4.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Jason Zucker (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Kevin Hayes (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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