
Game No: 991
Started: 2019-03-01 19:09:00
Ended: 2019-03-01 21:50:00
Attendance: 19,070
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| Period | Time | Team | Scorer | Shot Type | Distance (ft) | Assist | Assist | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:09 | BUF | Jack Eichel | Wrist | 14 | Sam Reinhart | ||
| 1 | 4:05 | PIT | Nick Bjugstad | Snap | 21 | Juuso Riikola | Dominik Simon | |
| 1 | 12:53 | BUF | Conor Sheary | Wrist | 16 | Kyle Okposo | Brandon Montour | |
| 2 | 17:18 | PIT | Patric Hornqvist | Deflected | 8 | Justin Schultz | Sidney Crosby | |
| 2 | 18:21 | PIT | Sidney Crosby | Snap | 25 | Evgeni Malkin | Justin Schultz | |
| 3 | 17:28 | BUF | Brandon Montour | Wrist | 17 | Evan Rodrigues | Conor Sheary | |
| 4 | 4:11 | BUF | Conor Sheary | Wrist | 30 | 
#29 Ian Walsh
#20 Tim Peel
#71 Brad Kovachik
#89 Steve Miller
| Period | Time | Team | Player | Penalty | PIM | Drawn By | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11:02 | PIT | Garrett Wilson | Roughing | 2 | Sam Reinhart | 
| 1 | 17:02 | PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Slashing | 2 | Brandon Montour | 
| 1 | 17:02 | BUF | Brandon Montour | Slashing | 2 | |
| 1 | 19:59 | BUF | Matt Hunwick | Hooking | 2 | Zach Aston-Reese | 
| 2 | 13:37 | BUF | Matt Hunwick | Interference | 2 | Sidney Crosby | 
| 2 | 16:25 | BUF | Scott Wilson | Hi stick - double minor | 4 | Marcus Pettersson | 
| 3 | 11:47 | PIT | Patric Hornqvist | Hi-sticking | 2 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 
Coach: Mike Sullivan
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Desmith | G | 
| 4 | Justin Schultz | D | 
| 5 | Zach Trotman | D | 
| 7 | Matt Cullen | C | 
| 10 | Garrett Wilson | L | 
| 12 | Dominik Simon | C | 
| 19 | Jared McCann | C | 
| 27 | Nick Bjugstad | C | 
| 28 | Marcus Pettersson | D | 
| 30 | Matt Murray | G | 
| 44 | Erik Gudbranson | D | 
| 46 | Zach Aston-Reese | C | 
| 50 | Juuso Riikola | D | 
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | C | 
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | C | 
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | C | 
| 72 | Patric Hornqvist | R | 
| 73 | Jack Johnson | D | 
| 81 | Phil Kessel | C | 
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | C | 
Coach: Phil Housley
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Zach Bogosian | D | 
| 9 | Jack Eichel | C | 
| 19 | Jake McCabe | D | 
| 20 | Scott Wilson | C | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | R | 
| 22 | Johan Larsson | L | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | C | 
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | C | 
| 29 | Jason Pominville | R | 
| 35 | Linus Ullmark | G | 
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | C | 
| 40 | Carter Hutton | G | 
| 43 | Conor Sheary | L | 
| 48 | Matt Hunwick | D | 
| 53 | Jeff Skinner | C | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 
| 62 | Brandon Montour | D | 
| 71 | Evan Rodrigues | C | 
| 72 | Tage Thompson | C | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chad Ruhwedel | D | 
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | D | 
| 17 | Bryan Rust | R | 
| 58 | Kris Letang | D | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Marco Scandella | D | 
| 8 | Casey Nelson | D | 
| 17 | Vladimir Sobotka | C | 
| 3 | Goals | 4 | 
| 6 | Assists | 5 | 
| -8 | Plus / Minus | 8 | 
| 3 | Penalties | 4 | 
| 6 | PIM | 10 | 
| 54 | Corsi For | 35 | 
| 60.67 | Corsi % | 39.33 | 
| 44 | Fenwick For | 35 | 
| 55.7 | Fenwick % | 44.3 | 
| 44 | Shots | 30 | 
| 17 | Shots Blocked | 15 | 
| 10 | Missed Shots | 5 | 
| 24 | Hits | 20 | 
| 9 | Giveaways | 8 | 
| 2 | Takeaways | 3 | 
| 15 | Blocked Shots | 17 | 
| 39 | Faceoffs Won | 25 | 
| 25 | Faceoffs Lost | 39 | 
| 61% | Faceoff Percentage | 39% | 
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Buffalo Sabres | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Time With Lead | Lead | Time With Lead | 
| 1 | 0:56 | 1 | |
| 2 | 8:48 | 2 | |
| 3 | 24:25 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1:03 | 4 | |
| 5 | 19:07 | 5 | |
| 6 | 6:43 | 6 | |
| 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Pittsburgh Penguins - Buffalo Sabres | Time With Lead | 
|---|---|
| 1 - 0 | 0:56 | 
| 2 - 0 | 8:48 | 
| 3 - 0 | 24:25 | 
| 4 - 0 | 1:03 | 
| 5 - 0 | 19:07 | 
| 6 - 0 | 6:43 | 
| 7 - 0 | 0 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Desmith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 4 | Justin Schultz | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 5 | Zach Trotman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 7 | Matt Cullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 
| 10 | Garrett Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 12 | Dominik Simon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 19 | Jared McCann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 
| 27 | Nick Bjugstad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 59 | 
| 28 | Marcus Pettersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 30 | Matt Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 44 | Erik Gudbranson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 46 | Zach Aston-Reese | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 50 | Juuso Riikola | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 
| 72 | Patric Hornqvist | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 73 | Jack Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 81 | Phil Kessel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 64 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Zach Bogosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 9 | Jack Eichel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 
| 19 | Jake McCabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 20 | Scott Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 22 | Johan Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 29 | Jason Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 35 | Linus Ullmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 
| 40 | Carter Hutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 43 | Conor Sheary | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 48 | Matt Hunwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 53 | Jeff Skinner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 62 | Brandon Montour | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 71 | Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 
| 72 | Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 4 | Justin Schultz | 35 | 00:44 | 25:54 | 03:50 | 00:00 | 22:04 | 
| 5 | Zach Trotman | 16 | 00:45 | 12:02 | 00:00 | 02:12 | 09:50 | 
| 7 | Matt Cullen | 13 | 00:39 | 08:28 | 00:00 | 01:41 | 06:47 | 
| 10 | Garrett Wilson | 10 | 00:40 | 06:42 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 06:42 | 
| 12 | Dominik Simon | 20 | 00:41 | 13:42 | 01:04 | 00:00 | 12:38 | 
| 19 | Jared McCann | 23 | 00:42 | 16:12 | 00:19 | 01:34 | 14:19 | 
| 27 | Nick Bjugstad | 24 | 00:39 | 15:43 | 01:23 | 00:00 | 14:20 | 
| 28 | Marcus Pettersson | 32 | 00:46 | 24:38 | 01:47 | 01:27 | 21:24 | 
| 44 | Erik Gudbranson | 28 | 00:43 | 20:19 | 00:00 | 01:39 | 18:40 | 
| 46 | Zach Aston-Reese | 22 | 00:42 | 15:24 | 00:00 | 01:40 | 13:44 | 
| 50 | Juuso Riikola | 17 | 00:44 | 12:31 | 02:06 | 00:00 | 10:25 | 
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | 12 | 00:42 | 08:25 | 00:00 | 01:23 | 07:02 | 
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | 26 | 00:43 | 18:46 | 02:19 | 00:43 | 15:44 | 
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | 28 | 00:48 | 22:47 | 04:33 | 00:00 | 18:14 | 
| 72 | Patric Hornqvist | 25 | 00:41 | 17:21 | 03:14 | 00:00 | 14:07 | 
| 73 | Jack Johnson | 33 | 00:44 | 24:38 | 00:00 | 02:24 | 22:14 | 
| 81 | Phil Kessel | 28 | 00:45 | 21:20 | 04:32 | 00:00 | 16:48 | 
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | 30 | 00:44 | 22:13 | 04:33 | 00:41 | 16:59 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 4 | Zach Bogosian | 25 | 00:51 | 21:24 | 00:05 | 04:31 | 16:48 | 
| 9 | Jack Eichel | 30 | 00:50 | 25:16 | 03:18 | 01:39 | 20:19 | 
| 19 | Jake McCabe | 23 | 00:52 | 20:01 | 00:00 | 04:42 | 15:19 | 
| 20 | Scott Wilson | 16 | 00:45 | 12:03 | 00:00 | 00:32 | 11:31 | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | 18 | 00:43 | 13:09 | 00:33 | 00:00 | 12:36 | 
| 22 | Johan Larsson | 16 | 00:44 | 11:55 | 00:00 | 03:45 | 08:10 | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | 25 | 00:59 | 24:45 | 03:18 | 00:00 | 21:27 | 
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | 23 | 00:57 | 22:04 | 03:13 | 00:00 | 18:51 | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | 13 | 00:47 | 10:23 | 00:00 | 03:29 | 06:54 | 
| 29 | Jason Pominville | 7 | 00:45 | 05:15 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 05:15 | 
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | 16 | 00:44 | 11:59 | 00:33 | 00:00 | 11:26 | 
| 43 | Conor Sheary | 19 | 00:46 | 14:44 | 00:33 | 00:00 | 14:11 | 
| 48 | Matt Hunwick | 21 | 00:40 | 14:19 | 00:00 | 00:29 | 13:50 | 
| 53 | Jeff Skinner | 22 | 00:55 | 20:16 | 03:18 | 00:00 | 16:58 | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 29 | 00:54 | 26:22 | 03:13 | 01:49 | 21:20 | 
| 62 | Brandon Montour | 27 | 00:43 | 19:45 | 00:38 | 00:21 | 18:46 | 
| 71 | Evan Rodrigues | 28 | 00:43 | 20:09 | 00:33 | 02:27 | 17:09 | 
| 72 | Tage Thompson | 14 | 00:46 | 10:48 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 10:48 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Matt Murray | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.714 | 
| 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 11 | 0.909 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.667 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Linus Ullmark | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0.95 | 
| 2 | 2 | 13 | 0.846 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |