National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 17, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Devin Berg
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0325
Buffalo 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
15:16 - Sabres Owen Power (PP) Assists: Zach Benson , Bowen Byram
Penalties
10:57 - Sabres Jack Quinn (2) Slashing
 12:24 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
2nd Period
Scoring
1:41 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (PP) Assists: Bryan Rust , Matt Grzelcyk
2:08 - Penguins Anthony Beauvillier (EV) Assists: Cody Glass
11:43 - Penguins Cody Glass (PP) Assists: Philip Tomasino , Alex Nedeljkovic
Penalties
0:31 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) High sticking
 9:50 - Sabres Henri Jokiharju (2) Tripping
 12:07 - Penguins Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2) Slashing
 18:35 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Goaltender interference
 19:26 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
1:09 - Penguins Bryan Rust (PP) Assists: Matt Grzelcyk , Michael Bunting
14:46 - Sabres Zach Benson (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , Alex Tuch
17:18 - Penguins Alex Nedeljkovic (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
4:42 - Penguins Owen Pickering (2) Delay of game
 9:11 - Penguins Michael Bunting (2) Roughing
 9:11 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Roughing
 12:03 - Sabres Jason Zucker (10) Misconduct
 12:03 - Penguins Ryan Graves (10) Misconduct
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Joel Blomqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 1 1 2 0 1 60:00 47:46 5:04 7:10 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Bunting LW 0 1 1 E 2 0 20 17:17 13:09 4:08 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Drew O'Connor LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:33 10:58 0:00 2:35 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
Kevin Hayes RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:01 10:38 0:42 0:41 0 0 1 - 4 3 57
Bryan Rust RW 1 1 2 E 0 2 25 18:39 13:39 4:30 0:30 1 0 - 1 1 0 100
Cody Glass C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 22 12:58 9:34 0:31 2:53 1 0 - - 3 3 50
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 2 2 E 0 0 26 24:07 19:58 4:09 0:00 0 0 1 3 - - -
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 E 10 0 18 13:13 9:58 0:00 3:15 0 0 3 1 - - -
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 21:52 17:37 0:00 4:15 0 0 1 1 - - -
Owen Pickering D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 22 14:28 13:47 0:00 0:41 0 0 2 1 - - -
Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 12:49 9:19 0:00 3:30 0 0 - 1 0 3 0
Philip Tomasino C 0 1 1 E 0 0 15 11:01 10:13 0:48 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:16 8:50 0:00 3:26 0 0 4 1 3 1 75
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 27 22:55 17:30 0:55 4:30 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 22 15:46 12:04 3:42 0:00 1 0 1 1 1 0 100
Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 +1 6 1 24 15:45 14:05 1:40 0:00 0 0 - 2 6 6 50
Anthony Beauvillier LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 13:37 12:56 0:00 0:41 0 0 3 - - - -
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 E 2 0 26 18:38 16:59 0:00 1:39 0 0 - 2 - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 18:13 13:54 4:15 0:04 0 0 - - 14 8 64
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 56:29 44:15 7:10 5:04 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 28 20:15 16:16 3:13 0:46 0 0 1 - - - -
Zach Benson LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 22 18:22 13:35 3:10 1:37 0 0 1 - 0 2 0
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 20 14:33 14:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 0 0 E 10 2 18 16:23 12:24 3:59 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 18 12:06 12:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 7 3 70
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 +1 2 3 18 17:05 13:07 3:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 14:53 10:37 0:00 4:16 0 0 - 3 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 6 23 17:42 13:58 3:10 0:34 0 0 1 1 4 11 27
Owen Power D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 26 22:38 18:35 2:50 1:13 1 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 2 5 26 27:56 23:36 4:20 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 8:18 6:33 0:01 1:44 0 0 3 3 - - -
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:04 6:48 0:02 0:14 0 0 1 2 2 3 40
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 16:56 14:29 0:00 2:27 0 0 - 1 9 8 53
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 +1 2 7 22 20:46 16:52 3:54 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 12:30 8:35 0:00 3:55 0 0 4 2 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 17:49 13:51 3:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 9:06 8:49 0:00 0:17 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Alex Tuch RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 24 20:23 13:55 3:15 3:13 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic W (8-7-4) 42 40 2 .952 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (14-14-4) 18 14 4 .778 0 56:29