Thursday, March 5, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena
Sabres 5 at Penguins 1
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
12:00
Ryan McLeod
(12)
SHG
Unassisted
· Backhand
BUF 1 – 0 PIT
-
14:48
Bryan Rust
(21)
SHG
Ben Kindel (15)
· Wrist
BUF 1 – 1 PIT
2nd Period
-
4:10
Josh Norris
(9)
PPG
Josh Doan (23), Bowen Byram (22)
· Wrist
BUF 2 – 1 PIT
-
6:18
Alex Tuch
(25)
SHG
Owen Power (15), Tage Thompson (32)
· Tip-in
BUF 3 – 1 PIT
-
10:30
Owen Power
(6)
Josh Norris (13), Noah Ostlund (12)
· Wrist
BUF 4 – 1 PIT
3rd Period
-
16:53
Mattias Samuelsson
(12)
EN
Unassisted
· Wrist
BUF 5 – 1 PIT
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Power D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 20:45 | 1.95 |
| Josh Norris C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 | 1.53 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 21:19 | 1.38 |
| Alex Tuch R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 17:37 | 1.28 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 18:23 | 0.98 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 16:42 | 0.95 |
| Josh Doan R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | 0.85 |
| Tage Thompson C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:43 | 0.80 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:32 | 0.73 |
| Zach Benson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 13:22 | 0.20 |
| Jack Quinn R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 11:49 | 0.20 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 | 0.15 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 21:29 | 0.15 |
| Josh Dunne C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:37 | 0.08 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10:35 | -0.02 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14:25 | -0.10 |
| Zach Metsa D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 | -0.10 |
| Jason Zucker L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:11 | -0.13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 59:24 | 1.95 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Rust R | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19:53 | 1.18 |
| Ryan Shea D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 18:30 | 0.38 |
| Blake Lizotte C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:44 | 0.20 |
| Ben Kindel C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 14:52 | 0.18 |
| Connor Dewar C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 | 0.15 |
| Noel Acciari C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:27 | 0.10 |
| Connor Clifton D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17:55 | 0.10 |
| Justin Brazeau R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:13 | 0.02 |
| Rickard Rakell R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:34 | 0.00 |
| Samuel Girard D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 18:02 | -0.05 |
| Anthony Mantha R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:58 | -0.10 |
| Erik Karlsson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:05 | -0.13 |
| Avery Hayes R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:43 | -0.15 |
| Parker Wotherspoon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:54 | -0.30 |
| Tommy Novak C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:03 | -0.33 |
| Kris Letang D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 17:09 | -0.42 |
| Egor Chinakhov R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 17:27 | -0.58 |
| Evgeni Malkin C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:54 | -1.25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 55:54 | -0.90 |