Buffalo Sabres @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason

0-0-0, 0-0-0 Away

End of 2nd

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	0	1		1
Penguins PIT	1	2		3

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

0-0-0, 0-0-0 Home

Sabres

forwards	A	+/-	S	TOI
R. JohnsonD	0	-1	2	13:38
L. ValenteC	0	-1	2	8:41
Z. MetsaD	1	0	0	14:00
A. McDonoughLW	0	0	0	7:17
J. KulichC	0	0	2	12:28

Goaltender	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
A. LyonG	19	3	16	.842	40:00

Penguins

forwards	G	A	+/-	S	PIM	TOI
K. LetangD	0	1	1	0	0	14:03
B. RustRW	1	1	2	3	0	11:40
T. van RiemsdykD	0	0	1	1	0	12:16
T. BrozC	0	0	2	0	2	11:51
A. KuzmenkoLW	0	1	0	1	0	12:21

Goaltender	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
J. BlomqvistG	5	1	4	.800	9:30

Team Stats

BUF

PIT

Shots

Hits

Penalty Minutes

Faceoff %

46.3%

53.7%

PPG Paints Arena

9:00 AM, 22 September 2026

Pittsburgh, PA

Referees:
Carter Sandlak
Justin Kea

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
James Tobias

20:00

2nd

Period End

End of 2nd Period

1-3

19:58

2nd

Face Off

Tristan Broz faceoff won against Jiri Kulich

1-3

19:58

Tristan Broz faceoff won against Jiri Kulich

1-3

19:58

Avery Hayes Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none

1-3

19:55

Takeaway by Avery Hayes

1-2

19:53

Avery Hayes Backhand Wide Left

1-2

		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	0	1		1
	Penguins	1	2		3

2nd Period		BUF	PIT
19:58	Avery Hayes (1) Unassisted	1	3
18:32	Jake Richard (1) (Power Play) Assists: Thomas Bordeleau (1), Zach Metsa (1)	1	2
12:16	Bryan Rust (1) (Power Play) Assists: Hendrix Lapierre (1), Kris Letang (1)	0	2

1st Period			BUF	PIT
10:27		Connor Dewar (1) Assists: Bryan Rust (1), Andrei Kuzmenko (1)	0	1

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jason Zucker LW	OUT	15 Oct

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Ben Kindel C	OUT	22 Sep
Oliver Okuliar LW	OUT	30 Sep
Blake Lizotte C	OUT	5 Oct
Melvin Fernström RW	OUT	26 Sep

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	2	0	0	4
Florida	1	0	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	0	0	2
Boston	1	0	0	2
Toronto	0	1	1	1
Detroit	0	0	0	0
Buffalo	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	0	0	0	0

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	1	0	0	2
Washington	0	0	1	1
NY Rangers	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
Columbus	0	0	0	0
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0
NY Islanders	0	1	0	0
Carolina	0	1	0	0

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