National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 2
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 8:00 PM
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 2800
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1012
Pittsburgh 2215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:36 - Penguins Evan Rodrigues (EV) Assists: Sam Lafferty , Mark Jankowski
15:44 - Penguins Kris Letang (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Bryan Rust
17:17 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Brandon Montour , Taylor Hall
Penalties
19:34 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
17:29 - Penguins John Marino (EV) Assists: Jared McCann , Zach Aston-Reese
19:36 - Penguins Zach Aston-Reese (SH) Assists: Frederick Gaudreau
Penalties
5:41 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Interference
 13:55 - Penguins John Marino (2) Hooking
 14:31 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Tripping
 19:04 - Penguins Mark Jankowski (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
3:57 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Mike Matheson
14:35 - Sabres Victor Olofsson (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
2:19 - Sabres Jacob Bryson (2) Hooking
 3:17 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Hooking
 18:30 - Sabres Eric Staal (2) Cross checking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Dustin Tokarski G 0 0 0 0 60:00
Michael Houser G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Taylor Hall LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 18:13
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13:47
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 18:33
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16:58
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12:52
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 E 0 5 18:23
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17:19
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 -2 2 2 15:29
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:56
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -2 0 17:36
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 16:24
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16:06
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:30
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 22:06
Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 E 0 5 18:20
Victor Olofsson LW 1 0 1 -2 0 1 15:20
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 E 0 0 2:00
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 2 1 15:24
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 59:35
Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 +1 0 16:55
Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 13:49
John Marino D 1 0 1 +2 2 3 21:26
Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12:00
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 20:15
Evan Rodrigues LW 1 0 1 E 0 8 16:00
Frederick Gaudreau C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 12:35
Zach Aston-Reese LW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 16:20
Mark Jankowski C 0 1 1 E 2 1 15:49
Bryan Rust RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 18:57
Sam Lafferty C 0 1 1 E 0 0 13:36
Jared McCann LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 14:36
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 18:40
Kasperi Kapanen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:46
Anthony Angello C 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:16
Kris Letang D 1 0 1 +1 2 3 24:10
Jake Guentzel LW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 20:13
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +2 0 7 20:02
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dustin Tokarski L (0-2-0) 42 37 5 .881 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry W (13-8-2) 28 26 2 .929 0 59:35