Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
On the ice
BUF shoots leftPIT shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| PIT | 6 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
In net
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen27/28 SV, .964
Arturs Silovs21/25 SV, .840| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Who won: Sabres 5-1
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins win the series 2-1. The Sabres outscored the Penguins 3-0 in the 2nd period. Owen Power led the Sabres in goals (1). Bryan Rust led the Penguins in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel AcciariC | 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 BrazeauRW | 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 ChinakhovRW | 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 DewarC | 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 HayesRW | 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 KindelC | 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 LizotteC | 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 MalkinC | 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 ManthaRW | 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 NovakC | 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 RakellRW | 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 RustRW | 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 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor CliftonD | 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 GirardD | 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 KarlssonD | 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 LetangD | 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 SheaD | 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 WotherspoonD | 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 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs SilovsG | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .840 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 55:54 | 0 | 0 |
