Top Cheddar 2026-27

Thursday, February 5, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Penguins 5 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

R 77OVR Avery Hayes Penguins First Star 2G · 6 SOG RC C 72OVR Ben Kindel Penguins Second Star 2G · 2 SOG RC C 96OVR Tage Thompson Sabres Third Star 1G · 7 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:46 Jason Zucker (15) Ryan McLeod (30), Bowen Byram (18) · Wrist PIT 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 9:18 Avery Hayes (1) Ilya Solovyov (5), Rutger McGroarty (3) · Snap PIT 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 18:47 Avery Hayes (2) Anthony Mantha (22), Parker Wotherspoon (16) · Snap PIT 2 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 7:44 Ben Kindel (13) Unassisted · Wrist PIT 3 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 1:55 Tage Thompson (30) PPG Jack Quinn (25), Rasmus Dahlin (37) · Wrist PIT 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 15:33 Tommy Novak (11) Egor Chinakhov (7), Evgeni Malkin (31) · Backhand PIT 4 – 2 BUF
  3. 19:46 Ben Kindel (14) SHGEN Connor Dewar (11) · Snap PIT 5 – 2 BUF

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Avery Hayes R 2 0 6 2 0 +2 10:09 2.20
Ben Kindel C 2 0 2 1 0 +2 17:27 1.85
Connor Dewar C 0 1 1 1 0 +2 15:41 1.00
Parker Wotherspoon D 0 1 1 5 2 +2 23:37 1.00
Tommy Novak C 1 0 2 0 0 0 15:19 0.90
Rutger McGroarty R 0 1 0 1 1 +1 10:01 0.88
Egor Chinakhov R 0 1 3 0 0 0 13:08 0.80
Ilya Solovyov D 0 1 0 1 0 +1 12:08 0.78
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 5 0 0 0 17:59 0.75
Anthony Mantha R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 16:30 0.63
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 6 0 0 +1 20:05 0.45
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 2 2 0 +2 22:47 0.45
Justin Brazeau R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 11:11 0.25
Kevin Hayes R 0 0 1 1 0 +1 7:07 0.18
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 5 2 +3 17:19 0.17
Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 1 3 0 23:31 0.10
Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:44 0.00
Ryan Shea D 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:29 -0.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Arturs Silovs W 27 25 2 .926 59:38 1.00

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tage Thompson C 1 0 7 1 0 -3 23:18 0.83
Jack Quinn R 0 1 4 0 0 -1 19:24 0.78
Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:01 0.70
Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 0 2 -1 26:00 0.70
Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 1 0 -1 18:48 0.58
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 26:32 0.55
Owen Power D 0 0 3 0 3 -1 25:12 0.18
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 1 1 1 0 10:38 0.13
Isak Rosen R 0 0 2 1 0 0 10:36 0.10
Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 2 4 0 -1 11:10 0.00
Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 2 -1 12:23 -0.05
Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 1 0 -1 8:02 -0.15
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4:19 -0.15
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 2 0 -1 22:42 -0.20
Alex Tuch R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 20:53 -0.23
Michael Kesselring D 0 0 1 2 0 -2 7:56 -0.48
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:40 -0.53
Josh Doan R 0 0 0 1 0 -4 18:35 -0.70
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Alex Lyon L 31 27 4 .871 56:51 -0.30