Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Buffalo Sabres 2: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 to Buffalo Sabres 2, on Friday, January 17, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLFriday, January 17, 2025
DateJan 17, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
19-20-8Record17-23-5
6th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
3-8Road record / home record4-6
WLWLLLast 5LLLWL
W1StreakL3
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 8:50 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13:37 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 12:56 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 | 4:15 | 0:04 | 13:54 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:58 | 0:31 | 2:53 | 9:34 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:01 | 0:42 | 0:41 | 10:38 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 | 0:00 | 3:30 | 9:19 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:45 | 1:40 | 0:00 | 14:05 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Drew O'Connor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 | 0:00 | 2:35 | 10:58 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:46 | 3:42 | 0:00 | 12:04 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:39 | 4:30 | 0:30 | 13:39 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Tomasino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 10:13 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Graves | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 | 0:00 | 3:15 | 9:58 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:07 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 19:58 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:38 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 16:59 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22:55 | 0:55 | 4:30 | 17:30 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:52 | 0:00 | 4:15 | 17:37 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Pickering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 13:47 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 40 | .952 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:22 | 3:10 | 1:37 | 13:35 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:42 | 3:10 | 0:34 | 13:58 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:04 | 0:02 | 0:14 | 6:48 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:06 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:06 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 8:49 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:18 | 0:01 | 1:44 | 6:33 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:56 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 14:29 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 13:51 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 13:07 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 | 3:54 | 0:00 | 16:52 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:23 | 3:15 | 3:13 | 13:55 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:23 | 3:59 | 0:00 | 12:24 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
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 | 20:15 | 3:13 | 0:46 | 16:16 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 | 0:00 | 3:55 | 8:35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27:56 | 4:20 | 0:00 | 23:36 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:33 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 22:38 | 2:50 | 1:13 | 18:35 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 | 0:00 | 4:16 | 10:37 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .778 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 56:29 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
PIT leads series 2-0
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 5-2, on Friday, January 17, 2025.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres?
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Buffalo Sabres 2.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Cody Glass (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Zach Benson (1 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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