National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 2
Friday, January 17, 2025 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 17, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Devin Berg
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0325
Buffalo 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
15:16 - Sabres Owen Power (PP) Assists: Zach Benson , Bowen Byram
Penalties
10:57 - Sabres Jack Quinn (2) Slashing
 12:24 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
2nd Period
Scoring
1:41 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (PP) Assists: Bryan Rust , Matt Grzelcyk
2:08 - Penguins Anthony Beauvillier (EV) Assists: Cody Glass
11:43 - Penguins Cody Glass (PP) Assists: Philip Tomasino , Alex Nedeljkovic
Penalties
0:31 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) High sticking
 9:50 - Sabres Henri Jokiharju (2) Tripping
 12:07 - Penguins Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2) Slashing
 18:35 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Goaltender interference
 19:26 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
1:09 - Penguins Bryan Rust (PP) Assists: Matt Grzelcyk , Michael Bunting
14:46 - Sabres Zach Benson (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , Alex Tuch
17:18 - Penguins Alex Nedeljkovic (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
4:42 - Penguins Owen Pickering (2) Delay of game
 9:11 - Penguins Michael Bunting (2) Roughing
 9:11 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Roughing
 12:03 - Sabres Jason Zucker (10) Misconduct
 12:03 - Penguins Ryan Graves (10) Misconduct
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Joel Blomqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Alex Nedeljkovic G 1 1 2 0 1 60:00
Michael Bunting LW 0 1 1 E 2 0 17:17
Drew O'Connor LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:33
Kevin Hayes RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:01
Bryan Rust RW 1 1 2 E 0 2 18:39
Cody Glass C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 12:58
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 2 2 E 0 0 24:07
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 E 10 0 13:13
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21:52
Owen Pickering D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 14:28
Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:49
Philip Tomasino C 0 1 1 E 0 0 11:01
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:16
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 22:55
Rickard Rakell RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 15:46
Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 +1 6 1 15:45
Anthony Beauvillier LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 13:37
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 E 2 0 18:38
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18:13
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 56:29
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 20:15
Zach Benson LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 18:22
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 14:33
Jason Zucker LW 0 0 0 E 10 2 16:23
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 12:06
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 +1 2 3 17:05
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 14:53
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 6 17:42
Owen Power D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 22:38
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 2 5 27:56
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 8:18
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:04
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16:56
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 +1 2 7 20:46
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:30
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17:49
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9:06
Alex Tuch RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 20:23
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic W (8-7-4) 42 40 2 .952 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (14-14-4) 18 14 4 .778 0 56:29