Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

NHL

Sabres

0-1-0, 0 PTS

1-4

Final

Penguins

1-0-0, 2 PTS

PPG Paints Arena

On the ice

BUF shoots leftPIT shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	5	13	6	24
PIT	7	12	9	28

In net

Alex Lyon16/19 SV, .842

Joel Blomqvist10/11 SV, .909

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1
PIT	1	2	1	4

Who won: Penguins 4-1

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Monday, September 21, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. Bryan Rust led the Penguins in goals (1). Jake Richard led the Sabres in goals (1).

BUF

PIT

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Justin BrazeauRW	0	1	0	0	14:29	0:15	0:00	14:14	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Tristan BrozC	0	1	0	2	17:48	2:19	0:05	15:24	19	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	37.5	0	1	2
Connor DewarC	0	1	0	2	14:41	0:52	1:38	12:11	20	1	1	1	1	1	6	3	66.7	3	0	0
David GustafssonC	0	1	0	0	16:36	0:00	2:14	14:22	19	0	0	0	2	0	5	8	38.5	1	0	0
Filip HallanderC	0	2	0	0	14:14	1:09	1:38	11:27	21	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Avery HayesRW	0	2	2	1	14:50	1:12	0:00	13:38	18	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tanner HoweLW	1	3	0	0	12:28	0:00	0:00	12:28	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ben KindelC	1	0	0	0	6:13	0:00	0:42	5:31	6	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	85.7	0	0	0
Andrei KuzmenkoLW	1	0	0	0	19:02	2:11	0:00	16:51	18	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	0	16:33	2:19	0:30	13:44	21	0	0	1	2	1	8	6	57.1	0	0	0
Bryan RustRW	1	1	0	3	16:41	2:18	0:04	14:19	18	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Elmer SoderblomLW	1	4	0	1	15:31	1:17	2:01	12:13	18	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Harrison BrunickeD	0	3	1	0	16:30	1:09	1:07	14:14	20	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ryan GravesD	1	4	0	2	22:33	0:00	1:28	21:05	23	0	1	0	2	1	2
Kris LetangD	2	1	0	1	20:49	2:19	1:08	17:22	23	1	0	0	2	0	0
Owen PickeringD	2	1	1	0	17:27	0:00	1:49	15:38	20	0	2	1	0	0	0
Chase PietilaD	2	1	0	2	21:56	0:00	2:10	19:46	22	0	2	0	1	0	0
Trevor van RiemsdykD	2	0	0	1	17:21	0:00	1:06	16:15	21	0	1	0	0	0	0