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Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 7:04 Goal scored by Jake Guentzel assisted by Sidney Crosby
Goal 1st Period 9:40 Goal scored by Sidney Crosby assisted by Jake Guentzel and Rickard Rakell
Goal 1st Period 13:49 Goal scored by Bryan Rust assisted by Ty Smith and Jan Rutta
Goal 2nd Period 5:13 Goal scored by Vinnie Hinostroza assisted by Lawrence Pilut (SHG)
Goal 2nd Period 10:11 Goal scored by Sidney Crosby assisted by Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin (PPG)
Goal 2nd Period 11:14 Goal scored by Ty Smith assisted by Danton Heinen and Evgeni Malkin
Goal 3rd Period 5:30 Goal scored by Danton Heinen assisted by Jeff Carter and Kasperi Kapanen
Goal 3rd Period 19:28 Goal scored by Bryan Rust assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Jeff Petry

Statistics

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14 Blocked Shots 9
19 Hits 40
7 Takeaways 14
23 Shots 27
0 Power Play Goals 1
0 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 50.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
29 Faceoffs Won 25
53.7 Faceoff Win Percent 46.3
5 Giveaways 6
2 Total Penalties 0
4 Penalty Minutes 0
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Blake Lizotte, C Out Mar 17
Samuel Girard, D Day-To-Day Mar 17
Kevin Hayes, RW Day-To-Day Mar 17
Ryan Graves, D Injured Reserve Mar 14
Filip Hallander, C Injured Reserve Feb 27
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tanner Pearson, LW Out Mar 17
Alex Tuch, RW Out Mar 17
Jiri Kulich, C Injured Reserve Mar 6
Jordan Greenway, LW Injured Reserve Feb 25
Justin Danforth, RW Injured Reserve Jan 26

Game Information

PPG Paints Arena

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance: 14,350 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 42 20 90 6
Tampa Bay 41 21 86 4
Montreal 37 20 84 10
Boston 37 23 82 8
Detroit 37 23 82 8
Ottawa 34 23 77 9
Toronto 29 28 70 12
Florida 33 31 69 3

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 42 19 90 6
Pittsburgh 34 18 83 15
NY Islanders 39 24 83 5
Columbus 35 21 81 11
Philadelphia 31 23 74 12
Washington 33 27 74 8
New Jersey 34 31 70 2
NY Rangers 28 31 64 8
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