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
Thomas BordeleauC	1	0	0	-1	16:57	3:12	0:00	13:45	20	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	1
Justin DanforthRW	0	2	0	0	17:32	2:45	1:05	13:42	22	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	40.0	1
Riley Fiddler-SchultzC	2	0	0	-1	14:19	0:02	1:33	12:44	17	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	62.5	1
Tyson KozakC	2	2	0	-2	17:01	0:01	2:03	14:57	20	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	33.3	2
Jiri KulichC	0	1	0	-1	19:39	3:06	0:49	15:44	27	0	0	0	3	1	5	7	41.7	0
Trevor KuntarC	0	4	0	-1	14:52	0:01	0:00	14:51	18	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	1
Aidan McDonoughLW	0	0	0	0	11:51	1:12	0:00	10:39	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0
Matthew PecaC	0	0	0	-2	18:01	1:44	1:08	15:09	19	0	0	0	1	1	7	8	46.7	2
Jason PolinRW	0	1	0	-1	15:37	1:31	0:00	14:06	18	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	0
Jake RichardLW	0	0	0	-1	16:02	2:43	0:00	13:19	17	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
Conor ShearyLW	0	0	0	0	5:35	0:52	0:00	4:43	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Liam ValenteC	0	0	1	-1	14:54	0:27	0:00	14:27	16	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	2

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Dennis GilbertD	0	2	0	-1	20:02	0:00	0:52	19:10	22	0	0	0	1	1	2
Ryan JohnsonD	1	0	1	-1	18:42	0:00	1:29	17:13	22	0	2	0	1	0	0
Vsevolod KomarovD	3	4	0	0	17:33	0:00	0:52	16:41	18	0	1	1	0	0	0
Zach MetsaD	2	0	0	-1	21:55	2:47	1:25	17:43	23	1	0	0	1	0	0
Radim MrtkaD	1	0	1	-2	20:28	0:04	2:01	18:23	22	0	2	0	1	0	0
Jack RathboneD	3	0	1	0	16:22	1:38	0:17	14:27	18	0	1	0	3	1	2