National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 8, Buffalo 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, May 6, 2021
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Dean Morton, Furman South
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 4672
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1214
Pittsburgh 2338
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:45 - Sabres Drake Caggiula (EV) Assists: Riley Sheahan
9:57 - Penguins Jeff Carter (EV) Assists: Jared McCann , Frederick Gaudreau
11:39 - Penguins Jeff Carter (PP) Assists: Jason Zucker , Kasperi Kapanen
Penalties
10:18 - Sabres Arttu Ruotsalainen (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
3:32 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt
4:36 - Penguins Jeff Carter (EV) Assists: Marcus Pettersson , Frederick Gaudreau
5:13 - Sabres Drake Caggiula (EV) Assists: Colin Miller , Rasmus Ristolainen
6:26 - Penguins Brian Dumoulin (EV) Assists: Kris Letang , Sidney Crosby
7:25 - Penguins Jared McCann (EV) Assists: Frederick Gaudreau
Penalties
19:16 - Penguins Brian Dumoulin (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
3:02 - Penguins Jeff Carter (EV) Assists: Jared McCann
6:25 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Kris Letang , Jake Guentzel
9:45 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (PP) Assists: Tage Thompson , Rasmus Ristolainen
13:05 - Penguins Kasperi Kapanen (EV) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Jason Zucker
Penalties
7:58 - Penguins Jason Zucker (2) Delay of game
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Michael Houser G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:52 3:47 1:21 0 0 - - - - -
Stefanos Lekkas G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 20:27 20:20 0:07 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 17 13:28 12:34 0:07 0:47 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 -3 0 4 20 19:45 16:50 2:55 0:00 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 14:36 12:25 2:11 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 3 25
Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 17 13:41 12:56 0:45 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 24:05 21:03 3:02 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Colin Miller D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 17 13:38 13:04 0:00 0:34 0 0 1 - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 21 15:58 13:03 2:55 0:00 0 0 1 1 8 10 44
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 -1 0 1 18 12:53 12:08 0:45 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 21:07 20:20 0:00 0:47 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 2 2 -2 0 1 22 21:36 20:04 0:45 0:47 0 0 8 4 - - -
Brett Murray LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 14 11:10 11:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 20 19:08 16:13 2:55 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tage Thompson RW 1 1 2 -1 0 3 20 15:00 13:31 1:29 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:03 13:29 0:00 0:34 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19 15:40 14:21 0:45 0:34 0 0 2 2 - - -
Drake Caggiula LW 2 0 2 +2 0 4 17 13:09 12:28 0:07 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Anders Bjork LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 19 19:15 18:21 0:07 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Maxime Legace G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:52 1:21 3:47 0 0 - - - - -
Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 17:44 14:51 0:00 2:53 0 0 2 - - - -
John Marino D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 25 21:06 17:54 0:32 2:40 0 0 - - - - -
Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 11:24 10:27 0:00 0:57 0 0 2 - - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 23 22:48 21:48 0:00 1:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Frederick Gaudreau C 0 3 3 +4 0 0 20 13:34 13:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Zach Aston-Reese LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 19 13:17 10:34 0:00 2:43 0 0 4 1 - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 2 2 E 2 3 21 14:47 14:15 0:32 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 17:06 16:10 0:49 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Jared McCann LW 1 2 3 +4 0 2 20 14:13 13:41 0:32 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Marcus Pettersson D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 21 18:29 18:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kasperi Kapanen RW 1 1 2 E 0 2 21 14:47 14:15 0:32 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mark Friedman D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 13:39 13:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 12:00 11:03 0:00 0:57 0 0 2 - 2 3 40
Kris Letang D 0 2 2 +2 0 4 22 24:46 23:03 0:49 0:54 0 0 3 1 - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 21 16:59 16:03 0:49 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 E 0 2 20 15:01 14:12 0:49 0:00 0 0 - - 6 3 67
Jeff Carter C 4 0 4 +4 0 5 23 17:16 14:01 0:32 2:43 1 0 1 1 5 9 36
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 21 17:17 16:21 0:49 0:07 0 0 - - 11 9 55
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michael Houser L (2-1-0) 34 26 8 .765 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry W (25-9-3) 23 19 4 .826 0 60:00