
Game No: 68
Started: 2021-10-05 19:08:00
Ended: 2021-10-05 21:47:00
Attendance: 12,257
Three Stars by: PPG Paints Arena Media
Full Recap
| Period | Time | Team | Scorer | Shot Type | Distance (ft) | Assist | Assist | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11:05 | BUF | Brett Murray | Wrist | 16 | Jack Quinn | Dylan Cozens | |
| 1 | 5:40 | BUF | Brett Murray | Wrist | 16 | Jack Quinn | Dylan Cozens | |
| 1 | 15:33 | BUF | Vinnie Hinostroza | Wrist | 11 | Arttu Ruotsalainen | Tage Thompson | |
| 2 | 5:57 | PIT | Drew O'Connor | Wrist | 23 | Danton Heinen | Bryan Rust | |
| 2 | 16:57 | BUF | Victor Olofsson | Wrist | 8 | Dylan Cozens | JJ Peterka | |
| 3 | 3:54 | PIT | Drew O'Connor | Wrist | 39 | Filip Hallander | Anthony Angello | |
| 3 | 9:58 | PIT | Radim Zohorna | Wrist | 10 | Kasperi Kapanen | Jason Zucker | |
| 3 | 12:00 | BUF | Anders Bjork | Slap | 43 | Cody Eakin | Will Butcher | |
| 3 | 19:07 | PIT | Kasperi Kapanen | Wrist | 8 | Jeff Carter | Kris Letang | 
#33 Kevin Pollock
#13 Furman South
#60 Libor Suchanek
#81 Ryan Daisy
| Period | Time | Team | Player | Penalty | PIM | Drawn By | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1:48 | BUF | Henri Jokiharju | Tripping | 2 | Jason Zucker | 
| 2 | 7:51 | BUF | Cody Eakin | Hooking | 2 | Mark Friedman | 
| 1 | 17:35 | PIT | Teddy Blueger | Tripping | 2 | Jack Quinn | 
| 2 | 15:50 | PIT | Filip Hallander | Holding | 2 | Dylan Cozens | 
Coach: Don Granato
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Artem Kriukov | C | 
| 0 | Ryan Johnson | D | 
| 4 | Will Butcher | D | 
| 10 | Henri Jokiharju | D | 
| 13 | Mark Pysyk | D | 
| 15 | John Hayden | C | 
| 20 | Cody Eakin | C | 
| 22 | Jack Quinn | R | 
| 24 | Dylan Cozens | C | 
| 25 | Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | 
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 
| 29 | Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 
| 31 | Dustin Tokarski | G | 
| 33 | Colin Miller | D | 
| 57 | Brett Murray | L | 
| 71 | Victor Olofsson | R | 
| 72 | Tage Thompson | C | 
| 77 | JJ Peterka | R | 
| 78 | Jacob Bryson | D | 
| 80 | Aaron Dell | G | 
| 91 | Drake Caggiula | C | 
| 96 | Anders Bjork | L | 
Coach: Mike Sullivan
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Desmith | G | 
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | D | 
| 10 | Drew O'Connor | L | 
| 16 | Jason Zucker | L | 
| 17 | Bryan Rust | R | 
| 20 | Kasper Bjorkqvist | R | 
| 23 | Brock McGinn | L | 
| 28 | Marcus Pettersson | D | 
| 36 | Filip Hallander | C | 
| 42 | Kasperi Kapanen | R | 
| 43 | Danton Heinen | L | 
| 50 | Juuso Riikola | D | 
| 52 | Mark Friedman | D | 
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | C | 
| 57 | Anthony Angello | C | 
| 58 | Kris Letang | D | 
| 67 | Radim Zohorna | L | 
| 70 | Louis Domingue | G | 
| 73 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | D | 
| 77 | Jeff Carter | C | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Ivan Chukarov | D | 
| 0 | Matteo Costantini | C | 
| 0 | Aleksandr Kisakov | L | 
| 0 | Devon Levi | G | 
| 0 | Albert Lyckasen | D | 
| 0 | Stiven Sardarian | R | 
| 0 | Nikita Novikov | D | 
| 0 | Erik Portillo | G | 
| 0 | Connor Hurley | C | 
| 0 | Prokhor Poltapov | L | 
| 0 | Jakub Konecny | C | 
| 0 | William Von Barnekow Lofberg | C | 
| 0 | Isak Rosen | R | 
| 0 | Linus Lindstrand Cronholm | D | 
| 0 | Miska Kukkonen | D | 
| 0 | Philip Nyberg | D | 
| 0 | William Worge Kreu | D | 
| 0 | Filip Cederqvist | L | 
| 0 | Owen Power | D | 
| 0 | Aaron Huglen | R | 
| 1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | G | 
| 6 | Ethan Prow | D | 
| 8 | Robert Hagg | D | 
| 9 | Jack Eichel | C | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | R | 
| 23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | C | 
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | C | 
| 38 | Axel Jonsson-Fjallby | L | 
| 41 | Craig Anderson | G | 
| 43 | Sean Malone | C | 
| 44 | Jimmy Schuldt | D | 
| 45 | Casey Fitzgerald | D | 
| 46 | Brandon Biro | L | 
| 48 | Tyson Kozak | C | 
| 49 | Ryan MacInnis | C | 
| 52 | Andrew Oglevie | C | 
| 53 | Jeff Skinner | C | 
| 54 | Olivier Nadeau | R | 
| 62 | Josh Bloom | L | 
| 64 | Oskari Laaksonen | D | 
| 65 | Linus Weissbach | L | 
| 73 | Matej Pekar | C | 
| 74 | Rasmus Asplund | C | 
| 77 | Vasily Glotov | C | 
| 81 | Viljami Marjala | L | 
| 88 | Brandon Davidson | D | 
| 93 | Lukas Rousek | R | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Joel Blomqvist | G | 
| 0 | Evgeni Isakov | L | 
| 0 | Tristan Broz | C | 
| 0 | Chase Yoder | C | 
| 0 | Clayton Phillips | D | 
| 0 | Judd Caulfield | R | 
| 0 | Kirill Tankov | C | 
| 0 | Santeri Airola | D | 
| 0 | Mikhail Kazakevich | C | 
| 0 | Calle Clang | G | 
| 0 | Liam Gorman | C | 
| 0 | Sergei Anshakov | L | 
| 0 | Vladimir Malenkykh | D | 
| 0 | Patrick Ehelechner | G | 
| 0 | Daniel Laatsch | D | 
| 2 | Chad Ruhwedel | D | 
| 4 | Taylor Fedun | D | 
| 5 | Mike Matheson | D | 
| 6 | John Marino | D | 
| 9 | Evan Rodrigues | C | 
| 12 | Zach Aston-Reese | C | 
| 18 | Sam Lafferty | C | 
| 22 | Sam Poulin | R | 
| 25 | Josh Maniscalco | D | 
| 26 | Michael Chaput | C | 
| 31 | Filip Lindberg | G | 
| 32 | Cam Lee | D | 
| 33 | Alex D'Orio | G | 
| 34 | Nathan LÉgarÉ | R | 
| 35 | Tristan Jarry | G | 
| 40 | Alexander Pechurskiy | G | 
| 44 | William Reilly | D | 
| 45 | Jonathan Gruden | C | 
| 49 | Dominik Simon | C | 
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | C | 
| 61 | Justin Almeida | C | 
| 63 | Ryan Segalla | D | 
| 64 | Jordy Bellerive | C | 
| 70 | Joseph Masonius | D | 
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | C | 
| 72 | Lukas Svejkovsky | C | 
| 74 | Ryan McCleary | D | 
| 76 | Valtteri Puustinen | R | 
| 78 | Isaac Belliveau | D | 
| 79 | Niclas Almari | D | 
| 80 | Raivis Ansons | R | 
| 82 | Jan Drozg | R | 
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | C | 
| 4 | Goals | 4 | 
| 8 | Assists | 8 | 
| -5 | Plus / Minus | 6 | 
| 2 | Penalties | 2 | 
| 4 | PIM | 4 | 
| 35 | Corsi For | 48 | 
| 42.17 | Corsi % | 57.83 | 
| 28 | Fenwick For | 48 | 
| 36.84 | Fenwick % | 63.16 | 
| 28 | Shots | 37 | 
| 9 | Shots Blocked | 11 | 
| 7 | Missed Shots | 11 | 
| 19 | Hits | 19 | 
| 2 | Giveaways | 1 | 
| 4 | Takeaways | 7 | 
| 11 | Blocked Shots | 9 | 
| 25 | Faceoffs Won | 29 | 
| 29 | Faceoffs Lost | 25 | 
| 46% | Faceoff Percentage | 54% | 
| Buffalo Sabres | Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Time With Lead | Lead | Time With Lead | 
| 1 | 34:04 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2 | 17:21 | 2 | 0 | 
| Buffalo Sabres - Pittsburgh Penguins | Time With Lead | 
|---|---|
| 1 - 0 | 9:53 | 
| 2 - 0 | 10:24 | 
| 2 - 1 | 11:00 | 
| 3 - 1 | 6:57 | 
| 3 - 2 | 6:04 | 
| 4 - 3 | 7:07 | 
| 4 - 5 | 0 | 
| 4 - 6 | 0 | 
| 5 - 6 | 0 | 
| 6 - 7 | 0 | 
| 7 - 8 | 0 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Artem Kriukov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | Ryan Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 4 | Will Butcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13 | Mark Pysyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | John Hayden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 20 | Cody Eakin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 
| 22 | Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 24 | Dylan Cozens | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 
| 25 | Arttu Ruotsalainen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 29 | Vinnie Hinostroza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 
| 31 | Dustin Tokarski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 33 | Colin Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 57 | Brett Murray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 71 | Victor Olofsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 72 | Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 
| 77 | JJ Peterka | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 78 | Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 80 | Aaron Dell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 91 | Drake Caggiula | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 
| 96 | Anders Bjork | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 
| # | 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 | 
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | Drew O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 
| 16 | Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | Bryan Rust | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 20 | Kasper Bjorkqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 23 | Brock McGinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 28 | Marcus Pettersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 36 | Filip Hallander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 42 | Kasperi Kapanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 43 | Danton Heinen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 50 | Juuso Riikola | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 52 | Mark Friedman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 71 | 
| 57 | Anthony Angello | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 
| 58 | Kris Letang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 67 | Radim Zohorna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 
| 70 | Louis Domingue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 73 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 77 | Jeff Carter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 0 | Artem Kriukov | ||||||
| 0 | Ryan Johnson | ||||||
| 4 | Will Butcher | 24 | 00:39 | 15:36 | 00:00 | 01:27 | 14:09 | 
| 10 | Henri Jokiharju | 27 | 00:52 | 23:36 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 23:36 | 
| 13 | Mark Pysyk | 21 | 00:59 | 20:45 | 00:00 | 03:14 | 17:31 | 
| 15 | John Hayden | 15 | 00:46 | 11:38 | 00:00 | 00:41 | 10:57 | 
| 20 | Cody Eakin | 17 | 00:40 | 11:33 | 00:00 | 01:04 | 10:29 | 
| 22 | Jack Quinn | 14 | 00:51 | 11:56 | 00:51 | 00:00 | 11:05 | 
| 24 | Dylan Cozens | 17 | 00:54 | 15:31 | 02:16 | 00:17 | 12:58 | 
| 25 | Arttu Ruotsalainen | 20 | 00:47 | 15:57 | 00:51 | 00:47 | 14:19 | 
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | 29 | 00:52 | 25:35 | 02:10 | 00:42 | 22:43 | 
| 29 | Vinnie Hinostroza | 20 | 00:51 | 17:04 | 00:00 | 00:32 | 16:32 | 
| 33 | Colin Miller | 21 | 00:37 | 13:17 | 00:57 | 00:46 | 11:34 | 
| 57 | Brett Murray | 15 | 00:44 | 11:11 | 00:51 | 00:00 | 10:20 | 
| 71 | Victor Olofsson | 21 | 00:48 | 16:54 | 02:16 | 00:00 | 14:38 | 
| 72 | Tage Thompson | 22 | 01:03 | 23:12 | 02:16 | 01:11 | 19:45 | 
| 77 | JJ Peterka | 22 | 00:58 | 21:21 | 02:10 | 00:00 | 19:11 | 
| 78 | Jacob Bryson | 25 | 00:59 | 24:41 | 00:57 | 01:51 | 21:53 | 
| 91 | Drake Caggiula | 19 | 00:54 | 17:24 | 00:00 | 01:52 | 15:32 | 
| 96 | Anders Bjork | 20 | 00:42 | 14:05 | 00:00 | 01:36 | 12:29 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | 25 | 00:59 | 24:52 | 00:00 | 01:42 | 23:10 | 
| 10 | Drew O'Connor | 20 | 00:40 | 13:31 | 00:00 | 01:14 | 12:17 | 
| 16 | Jason Zucker | 20 | 00:47 | 15:49 | 01:55 | 00:00 | 13:54 | 
| 17 | Bryan Rust | 24 | 00:56 | 22:35 | 02:54 | 00:00 | 19:41 | 
| 20 | Kasper Bjorkqvist | 18 | 00:45 | 13:32 | 00:00 | 02:19 | 11:13 | 
| 23 | Brock McGinn | 18 | 00:43 | 13:01 | 00:00 | 00:48 | 12:13 | 
| 28 | Marcus Pettersson | 27 | 00:43 | 19:40 | 00:00 | 00:20 | 19:20 | 
| 36 | Filip Hallander | 16 | 00:41 | 10:56 | 00:00 | 01:25 | 09:31 | 
| 42 | Kasperi Kapanen | 20 | 00:50 | 16:51 | 02:05 | 00:00 | 14:46 | 
| 43 | Danton Heinen | 24 | 00:55 | 22:07 | 02:54 | 00:00 | 19:13 | 
| 50 | Juuso Riikola | 20 | 00:41 | 13:56 | 01:06 | 00:00 | 12:50 | 
| 52 | Mark Friedman | 23 | 00:44 | 16:56 | 00:00 | 01:07 | 15:49 | 
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | 21 | 00:39 | 13:44 | 00:00 | 00:28 | 13:16 | 
| 57 | Anthony Angello | 20 | 00:40 | 13:24 | 01:36 | 00:00 | 11:48 | 
| 58 | Kris Letang | 28 | 01:01 | 28:50 | 02:54 | 01:40 | 24:16 | 
| 67 | Radim Zohorna | 19 | 00:43 | 13:43 | 01:06 | 00:00 | 12:37 | 
| 73 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 23 | 00:45 | 17:20 | 01:06 | 01:25 | 14:49 | 
| 77 | Jeff Carter | 24 | 00:54 | 21:41 | 02:24 | 00:00 | 19:17 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Dustin Tokarski | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.857 | ||
| 80 | Aaron Dell | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 
| 3 | 3 | 14 | 0.786 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Desmith | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.857 | 
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.833 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.75 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |