Buffalo Sabres 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 1: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres 5 to Pittsburgh Penguins 1, on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLThursday, March 5, 2026
DateMar 5, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN
Attendance17,572
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
37-19-6Record31-17-13
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record4-4
LLWLWLast 5LWLLL
L2StreakL1
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
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 | 0:02 | 4:42 | 8:38 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | 7:07 | 0:00 | 11:21 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:37 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 7:37 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:35 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 | 0:04 | 3:58 | 10:23 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:23 | 3:49 | 4:12 | 10:22 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 | 6:58 | 0:04 | 10:39 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:42 | 3:17 | 0:12 | 13:13 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 9:03 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:43 | 7:50 | 0:08 | 10:45 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:37 | 3:43 | 4:13 | 9:41 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:11 | 7:38 | 0:00 | 6:33 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:32 | 5:10 | 3:16 | 14:06 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 | 4:55 | 2:30 | 14:04 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Michael Kesselring | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 11:43 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:00 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:45 | 1:28 | 5:08 | 14:09 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21:19 | 0:00 | 6:30 | 14:49 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .964 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 59:24 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 | 0:01 | 5:07 | 10:19 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:13 | 2:05 | 0:01 | 12:07 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 17:27 | 6:00 | 0:00 | 11:27 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 | 0:00 | 5:15 | 9:28 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:43 | 0:37 | 0:14 | 11:52 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 14:52 | 2:13 | 1:40 | 10:59 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Blake Lizotte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:44 | 1:02 | 4:24 | 11:18 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:54 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:58 | 7:13 | 0:00 | 8:45 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:03 | 1:54 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:34 | 7:13 | 0:46 | 10:35 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 | 7:10 | 3:01 | 9:42 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 | 0:00 | 6:10 | 11:45 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:02 | 0:10 | 2:23 | 15:29 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:05 | 7:09 | 2:26 | 13:30 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 17:09 | 2:14 | 1:19 | 13:36 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:30 | 0:00 | 6:16 | 12:14 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:54 | 0:05 | 3:30 | 11:19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .840 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 55:54 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-1, on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Buffalo Sabres 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 1.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Owen Power (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Bryan Rust (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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