National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 7, Pittsburgh 3
Thursday, March 27, 2025 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 27, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Jake Brenk, Stephen Hiff
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Joe Mahon
Attendance: 16418
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1023
Buffalo 2507
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:27 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Zach Benson , Rasmus Dahlin
4:44 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Connor Clifton
11:11 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Rickard Rakell , Matt Grzelcyk
Penalties
6:41 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Slashing
 14:18 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:36 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Bowen Byram , Tage Thompson
5:20 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (EV) Assists: Isak Rosen , Rasmus Dahlin
11:34 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Bowen Byram , Jack Quinn
12:02 - Sabres Tyson Kozak (EV) Assists: Beck Malenstyn , Peyton Krebs
19:34 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Owen Power , Tyson Kozak
Penalties
6:23 - Sabres Connor Clifton (2) Interference
 9:32 - Penguins Blake Lizotte (2) High sticking
 18:05 - Penguins Connor Dewar (2) Roughing
 18:05 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
2:16 - Penguins Blake Lizotte (EV) Unassisted
13:54 - Penguins Kevin Hayes (EV) Assists: Conor Timmins , Ryan Graves
Penalties
5:53 - Penguins Connor Dewar (2) Roughing
 5:53 - Penguins Connor Dewar (5) Fighting
 5:53 - Sabres Jacob Bernard-Docker (5) Fighting
 14:54 - Penguins Vladislav Kolyachonok (2) Delay of game
 15:01 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (2) Tripping
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 25:20
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 34:22
Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 11:55
Kevin Hayes RW 1 0 1 E 0 6 15:13
Joona Koppanen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 16:08
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 23:32
Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 -1 9 2 12:31
Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18:24
Vladislav Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 8:30
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 23:12
Ryan Graves D 0 1 1 E 0 0 12:39
Danton Heinen LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 10:52
Blake Lizotte C 1 0 1 -2 2 2 19:00
Emil Bemstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:20
Philip Tomasino C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 8:45
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16:26
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 23:13
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 19:27
Rickard Rakell RW 0 1 1 -2 0 0 23:16
Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 -1 2 2 22:55
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Bowen Byram D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 24:01
Zach Benson LW 0 1 1 +3 2 3 16:31
Peyton Krebs C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 15:02
Jiri Kulich C 2 0 2 +3 2 4 19:07
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 14:43
Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 17:48
Jacob Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 +1 5 16:49
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17:19
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 +1 2 3 20:33
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 8:55
Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6:55
Tyson Kozak C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 9:07
Isak Rosen RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 11:25
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16:58
Tage Thompson C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 19:53
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +2 2 2 20:28
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18:45
Alex Tuch RW 1 1 2 +2 0 1 17:41
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry L (13-11-5) 12 8 4 .667 0 25:20
Alex Nedeljkovic 18 15 3 .833 0 34:22
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (7-8-2) 25 22 3 .880 0 60:00