National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 7, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 27, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Jake Brenk, Stephen Hiff
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Joe Mahon
Attendance: 16418
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1023
Buffalo 2507
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:27 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Zach Benson , Rasmus Dahlin
4:44 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Connor Clifton
11:11 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Rickard Rakell , Matt Grzelcyk
Penalties
6:41 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Slashing
 14:18 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:36 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Bowen Byram , Tage Thompson
5:20 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (EV) Assists: Isak Rosen , Rasmus Dahlin
11:34 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Bowen Byram , Jack Quinn
12:02 - Sabres Tyson Kozak (EV) Assists: Beck Malenstyn , Peyton Krebs
19:34 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Owen Power , Tyson Kozak
Penalties
6:23 - Sabres Connor Clifton (2) Interference
 9:32 - Penguins Blake Lizotte (2) High sticking
 18:05 - Penguins Connor Dewar (2) Roughing
 18:05 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
2:16 - Penguins Blake Lizotte (EV) Unassisted
13:54 - Penguins Kevin Hayes (EV) Assists: Conor Timmins , Ryan Graves
Penalties
5:53 - Penguins Connor Dewar (2) Roughing
 5:53 - Penguins Connor Dewar (5) Fighting
 5:53 - Sabres Jacob Bernard-Docker (5) Fighting
 14:54 - Penguins Vladislav Kolyachonok (2) Delay of game
 15:01 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (2) Tripping
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 25:20 21:20 2:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 34:22 28:08 2:07 4:07 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 17 11:55 11:26 0:06 0:23 0 0 - - - - -
Kevin Hayes RW 1 0 1 E 0 6 21 15:13 12:19 2:54 0:00 0 0 4 - 10 9 53
Joona Koppanen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 22 16:08 13:28 0:00 2:40 0 0 3 1 0 3 0
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 29 23:32 18:54 3:00 1:38 0 0 - - - - -
Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 -1 9 2 22 12:31 10:12 0:00 2:19 0 0 4 - - - -
Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 18:24 15:37 0:00 2:47 0 0 1 1 - - -
Vladislav Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 14 8:30 8:29 0:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 27 23:12 17:08 2:51 3:13 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ryan Graves D 0 1 1 E 0 0 18 12:39 12:32 0:07 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Danton Heinen LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 10:52 9:46 1:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Blake Lizotte C 1 0 1 -2 2 2 27 19:00 17:12 0:01 1:47 0 0 2 - 4 0 100
Emil Bemstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 4:20 3:51 0:29 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Philip Tomasino C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 12 8:45 7:38 1:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 26 16:26 12:40 0:00 3:46 0 0 2 - 9 7 56
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 29 23:13 18:48 1:07 3:18 0 0 3 2 - - -
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 27 19:27 15:45 1:09 2:33 0 0 - - - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 0 1 1 -2 0 0 27 23:16 20:16 3:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 -1 2 2 28 22:55 19:14 3:37 0:04 0 0 3 - 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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:46 6:07 4:07 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 28 24:01 19:31 2:46 1:44 0 0 - 5 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 1 1 +3 2 3 26 16:31 13:54 2:37 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Peyton Krebs C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 21 15:02 13:16 0:00 1:46 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Jiri Kulich C 2 0 2 +3 2 4 30 19:07 17:01 2:06 0:00 0 0 1 1 7 13 35
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 21 14:43 12:24 2:19 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 27 17:48 15:28 0:00 2:20 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jacob Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 +1 5 24 16:49 16:42 0:07 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 24 17:19 13:17 2:24 1:38 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 +1 2 3 26 20:33 15:35 3:36 1:22 0 0 1 - - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 16 8:55 7:46 0:00 1:09 0 0 1 - - - -
Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 6:55 6:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 3 25
Tyson Kozak C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 17 9:07 9:01 0:00 0:06 0 0 1 - 4 4 50
Isak Rosen RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 19 11:25 11:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 16:58 11:19 3:18 2:21 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Tage Thompson C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 26 19:53 16:01 3:51 0:01 0 0 - - 0 3 0
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +2 2 2 24 20:28 19:19 0:00 1:09 0 0 5 - - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 18:45 14:44 4:00 0:01 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 1 1 2 +2 0 1 23 17:41 11:19 3:31 2:51 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry L (12-11-5) 12 8 4 .667 0 25:20
Alex Nedeljkovic 18 15 3 .833 0 34:22
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (5-8-2) 25 22 3 .880 0 60:00