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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 14, 2019
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Kevin Pollock, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Kory Nagy, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18680
Final Scoring Summary
 
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1
Pittsburgh   Buffalo
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 0:00  
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 0:09  
  0:23 Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net
Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. 0:43  
Takeaway by Teddy Blueger. 1:01  
Giveaway by Phil Kessel. 1:03  
  1:23 Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  1:24 Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Nick Bjugstad.
  2:02 Giveaway by Tage Thompson.
Shot by Nick Bjugstad misses the net 2:04  
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 2:33  
  3:06 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 3:07  
  3:27 Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Zach Trotman blocks shot from Vladimir Sobotka. 4:02  
  4:11 Rasmus Dahlin hits Evgeni Malkin.
  4:13 Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Jason Pominville. 4:19  
Teddy Blueger blocks shot from Jeff Skinner. 4:31  
Zach Trotman hits Rasmus Dahlin. 4:35  
  4:48 Brandon Montour blocks shot from Teddy Blueger.
  4:51 Jeff Skinner hits Justin Schultz.
Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 4:52  
Nick Bjugstad hits Matt Hunwick. 5:30  
  5:46 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Nick Bjugstad.
Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 5:50  
  5:51 Matt Hunwick hits Patric Hornqvist.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 5:51  
Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Scott Wilson. 6:18  
Erik Gudbranson hits Johan Larsson. 6:20  
Takeaway by Marcus Pettersson. 6:26  
  6:29 Scott Wilson hits Marcus Pettersson.
Brian Dumoulin hits Sam Reinhart. 6:54  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 6:59  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka. 7:53  
  8:23 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Jared McCann.
Shot by Jack Johnson misses the net 8:26  
  9:30 Takeaway by Casey Mittelstadt.
Erik Gudbranson blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin. 9:34  
Garrett Wilson hits Brandon Montour. 10:00  
  10:08 Kyle Okposo blocks shot from Zach Trotman.
Shot by Matt Cullen misses the net 10:19  
Zach Trotman shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 10:29  
  10:30 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Marcus Pettersson penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kyle Okposo. 10:47  
  10:47 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
  11:38 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Jack Johnson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 11:48  
Jared McCann wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo. 11:49  
  12:24 Shot by Casey Mittelstadt misses the net
  12:30 Casey Mittelstadt shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  13:06 Vladimir Sobotka hits Jake Guentzel.
  13:54 Takeaway by Conor Sheary.
Nick Bjugstad blocks shot from Alexander Nylander. 15:37  
  15:38 Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Giveaway by Jake Guentzel. 15:55  
Brian Dumoulin hits Vladimir Sobotka. 16:02  
  16:04 Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net
  16:16 Giveaway by Jason Pominville.
  16:37 Vladimir Sobotka hits Erik Gudbranson.
Evgeni Malkin blocks shot from Casey Nelson. 16:42  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 16:58  
Teddy Blueger shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 17:07  
  17:28 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. 17:29  
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. 17:39  
  17:46 Giveaway by Carter Hutton.
  17:55 Brandon Montour hits Dominik Simon.
  18:09 Brandon Montour hits Patric Hornqvist.
Jack Johnson blocks shot from Brandon Montour. 18:20  
  18:57 Giveaway by Carter Hutton.
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 19:00  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 19:00  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 19:18  
  19:40 Takeaway by Jason Pominville.
  19:43 Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
2
Pittsburgh   Buffalo
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 0:00  
  0:48 Sam Reinhart blocks shot from Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Phil Kessel misses the net 1:03  
Teddy Blueger hits Marco Scandella. 1:20  
  1:26 Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  1:47 Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net
  1:59 Casey Nelson hits Patric Hornqvist.
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 2:19  
Shot by Dominik Simon misses the net 2:20  
  2:21 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  2:31 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Garrett Wilson wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 2:44  
  2:58 Evan Rodrigues hits Joseph Blandisi.
  3:11 Conor Sheary hits Erik Gudbranson.
  3:17 Takeaway by Conor Sheary.
Erik Gudbranson blocks shot from Conor Sheary. 3:22  
  3:29 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Erik Gudbranson hits Conor Sheary. 3:31  
  4:14 Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Teddy Blueger hits Casey Nelson. 4:27  
  4:42 Jason Pominville blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
  4:55 Casey Nelson penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin.
  4:55 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  5:52 Shot by Evan Rodrigues misses the net
  6:10 Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Phil Kessel.
Phil Kessel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel. 6:10  
  6:40 Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Nick Bjugstad.
Giveaway by Zach Trotman. 6:49  
  6:52 Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Patric Hornqvist hits Casey Mittelstadt. 7:11  
  7:32 Giveaway by Alexander Nylander.
Giveaway by Jake Guentzel. 7:45  
  8:18 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Jared McCann blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen. 8:26  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka. 8:29  
  8:42 Marco Scandella blocks shot from Erik Gudbranson.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka. 8:42  
Teddy Blueger penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jeff Skinner. 8:45  
  8:45 Jeff Skinner wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
  9:06 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 9:16  
  10:06 Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. 10:07  
  10:43 Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net 11:28  
Evgeni Malkin hits Johan Larsson. 11:36  
  12:03 Johan Larsson hits Sidney Crosby.
  12:10 Scott Wilson hits Marcus Pettersson.
  12:27 Giveaway by Conor Sheary.
  12:32 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  12:43 Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin.
Zach Trotman blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin. 12:43  
  12:44 Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Nick Bjugstad.
  13:00 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka. 13:01  
  13:12 Jeff Skinner hits Patric Hornqvist.
Giveaway by Patric Hornqvist. 13:22  
  13:27 Giveaway by Vladimir Sobotka.
  13:57 Shot by Tage Thompson misses the net
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. 13:58  
  14:46 Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Teddy Blueger.
Brian Dumoulin scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Teddy Blueger. 15:07  
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 15:07  
  15:37 Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin.
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 15:50  
  15:55 Sam Reinhart blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson.
Erik Gudbranson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 16:11  
  16:25 Marco Scandella penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Matt Cullen.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 16:25  
Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 16:41  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 16:46  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 16:46  
  17:05 Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Phil Kessel.
Patric Hornqvist scores a power play goal. Assisted by Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby. 17:08  
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. 17:08  
  18:00 Shot by Brandon Montour misses the net
  18:10 Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  18:25 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  18:42 Giveaway by Conor Sheary.
  18:49 Giveaway by Brandon Montour.
  18:53 Conor Sheary hits Jared McCann.
  19:01 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka. 19:01  
  19:17 Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 19:57  
3
Pittsburgh   Buffalo
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 0:00  
Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 0:10  
Jack Johnson hits Sam Reinhart. 0:36  
  0:39 Shot by Rasmus Ristolainen misses the net
Marcus Pettersson hits Jason Pominville. 0:53  
Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Jason Pominville. 1:11  
  1:37 Giveaway by Marco Scandella.
Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Jason Pominville. 1:51  
Zach Trotman hits Tage Thompson. 1:54  
  2:25 Rasmus Dahlin hits Dominik Simon.
  2:29 Brandon Montour hits Patric Hornqvist.
  2:42 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Conor Sheary. 3:09  
  3:24 Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Jared McCann.
Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Vladimir Sobotka. 3:58  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 4:19  
  5:00 Alexander Nylander blocks shot from Jack Johnson.
  5:38 Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  5:43 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  5:44 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Shot by Jared McCann misses the net 6:42  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 6:57  
  6:58 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 7:04  
  7:32 Casey Nelson blocks shot from Phil Kessel.
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. 7:33  
  7:55 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  8:28 Takeaway by Sam Reinhart.
  8:32 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 8:51  
  8:56 Brandon Montour hits Jared McCann.
  9:09 Takeaway by Brandon Montour.
  9:14 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  9:22 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 9:33  
  9:49 Shot by Evan Rodrigues misses the net
Nick Bjugstad scores. 10:07  
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka. 10:07  
  11:22 Johan Larsson blocks shot from Erik Gudbranson.
Jared McCann blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen. 11:51  
  11:54 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Evgeni Malkin.
  11:57 Johan Larsson penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Johan Larsson. 11:57  
  11:57 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  12:31 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. 12:32  
  13:39 Brandon Montour blocks shot from Jared McCann.
  13:41 Jeff Skinner penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jared McCann.
  13:41 Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net 13:55  
  14:15 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  15:59 Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 16:34  
  16:37 Tage Thompson blocks shot from Erik Gudbranson.
  16:37 Rasmus Dahlin penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Phil Kessel.
  16:37 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  17:00 Giveaway by Johan Larsson.
  17:08 Takeaway by Scott Wilson.
  17:27 Takeaway by Evan Rodrigues.
  17:54 Casey Nelson blocks shot from Zach Trotman.
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 17:55  
Jake Guentzel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Zach Trotman and Nick Bjugstad. 18:02  
  18:02 Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
Garrett Wilson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 18:22  
  18:30 Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin.
  18:38 Casey Mittelstadt hits Joseph Blandisi.
Garrett Wilson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 18:40  
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 18:41  
  18:43 Matt Hunwick blocks shot from Dominik Simon.
Nick Bjugstad wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 18:44  
  18:49 Kyle Okposo blocks shot from Erik Gudbranson.
Nick Bjugstad shoots Saved by Carter Hutton. 19:25