Crosby, Malkin lead Penguins past Sabres 6-5 in OT to cap milestone night
— Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal at 1:38 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Wednesday night.
National Hockey League
FINAL
Buffalo Sabres
5
Pittsburgh Penguins
6
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| PIT | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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Match Report
Last five matches
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/31/26 | @ Los Angeles Kings | W 3-2 | NHL |
| 10/29/26 | @ Anaheim Ducks | W 7-6 | NHL |
| 10/27/26 | @ San Jose Sharks | W 2-0 | NHL |
| 10/24/26 | @ Washington Capitals | L 3-4 | NHL |
| 10/21/26 | vs Philadelphia Flyers | L 1-3 | NHL |
| Full Schedule | |||
Play by Play
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Goal 1:38 5-6
Sidney Crosby Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Karlsson (3), Evgeni Malkin (9)
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Penalty 0:43 5-5
Tage Thompson Tripping against Evgeni Malkin
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Missed 19:44 5-5
Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Goal 19:14 5-5
Rickard Rakell Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Bryan Rust (1), Evgeni Malkin (8)
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Missed 19:05 5-4
Bryan Rust Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 12:50 5-4
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 11:31 5-4
Michael Bunting Backhand Wide Right
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Goal 10:56 5-4
Ryan McLeod Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (3), Jason Zucker (3)
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Goal 10:16 4-4
JJ Peterka Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Henri Jokiharju (1)
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Missed 6:29 3-4
Beck Malenstyn Backhand Wide Right
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Missed 4:56 3-4
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Goal 3:26 3-4
Evgeni Malkin Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (5)
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Penalty 1:23 3-3
Zach Benson Hooking against Lars Eller
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Missed 19:17 3-3
Sam Lafferty Snap Shot Wide Left
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Penalty 17:53 3-3
Alex Tuch Interference against Kris Letang
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Goal 15:20 3-3
Jesse Puljujarvi Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Lars Eller (1), Drew O'Connor (1)
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Penalty 9:12 3-2
Delaying Game - Unsucc. chlg served by JJ Peterka
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Goal 9:12 3-2
Drew O'Connor Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Noel Acciari (2)
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Penalty 8:37 3-1
Matt Grzelcyk Tripping against Alex Tuch
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Penalty 8:18 3-1
Jason Zucker Hooking against Lars Eller
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Penalty 7:30 3-1
Marcus Pettersson Slashing against JJ Peterka
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Missed 7:27 3-1
JJ Peterka Backhand Hit Right Post
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Missed 3:21 3-1
Lars Eller Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 2:23 3-1
Zach Benson Tip-In Wide Right
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Missed 0:23 3-1
Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 17:29 3-1
Jack Quinn Backhand Hit Right Post
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Missed 16:22 3-1
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
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Missed 14:48 3-1
Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 13:48 3-1
Beck Malenstyn Tip-In Wide Right
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Goal 11:33 3-1
JJ Peterka Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (2), Alex Tuch (4)
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Goal 11:01 2-1
Bryan Rust Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (7), Sidney Crosby (4)
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Penalty 10:00 2-0
Ryan McLeod High-sticking against Kris Letang
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Missed 7:46 2-0
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 7:38 2-0
Cody Glass Tip-In Wide Left
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Missed 6:20 2-0
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
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Missed 5:59 2-0
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 3:46 2-0
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Goal 3:08 2-0
Jordan Greenway Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (2)
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Missed 2:34 1-0
Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 2:18 1-0
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 1:55 1-0
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Goal 0:43 1-0
Tage Thompson Goal (3) Wrap-around, assists: Alex Tuch (3)
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End of Game 1:38 5-6
Game End
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Period End 1:38 5-6
End of OT
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Goal 1:38 5-6
Sidney Crosby Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Karlsson (3), Evgeni Malkin (9)
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Blocked 1:31 5-5
Kris Letang shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
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Hit 1:14 5-5
Mattias Samuelsson hit Kris Letang
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Face Off 0:43 5-5
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
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Penalty 0:43 5-5
Tage Thompson Tripping against Evgeni Malkin
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Face Off 0:00 5-5
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Tage Thompson
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Period Start 0:00 5-5
Start of Overtime
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Period End 20:00 5-5
End of 3rd Period
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Blocked 19:59 5-5
JJ Peterka shot blocked by Kris Letang
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Shot 19:56 5-5
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Joel Blomqvist
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Shot 19:52 5-5
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Joel Blomqvist
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Missed 19:44 5-5
Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Shot 19:43 5-5
Noel Acciari Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Takeaway 19:24 5-5
Takeaway by Lars Eller
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Face Off 19:14 5-5
Lars Eller faceoff won against Tage Thompson
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Goal 19:14 5-5
Rickard Rakell Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Bryan Rust (1), Evgeni Malkin (8)
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Shot 19:11 5-4
Evgeni Malkin Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Missed 19:05 5-4
Bryan Rust Snap Shot Wide Left
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Giveaway 18:45 5-4
Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
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Takeaway 18:01 5-4
Takeaway by Alex Tuch
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Giveaway 17:45 5-4
Giveaway by Alex Tuch
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Face Off 17:22 5-4
Tage Thompson faceoff won against Lars Eller
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Stoppage 17:22 5-4
Hand Pass
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Face Off 17:15 5-4
Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Lars Eller
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Stoppage 17:15 5-4
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 17:13 5-4
Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Blocked 17:02 5-4
Marcus Pettersson shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
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Face Off 16:58 5-4
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
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Stoppage 16:58 5-4
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 16:57 5-4
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Giveaway 16:05 5-4
Giveaway by Lars Eller
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Giveaway 15:32 5-4
Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
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Blocked 15:30 5-4
Alex Tuch shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
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Shot 15:23 5-4
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Joel Blomqvist
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Face Off 14:30 5-4
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
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Stoppage 14:30 5-4
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 14:29 5-4
Jack St. Ivany Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Blocked 13:28 5-4
Jack Quinn shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
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Team Stats
BUF
PIT
17
Blocked Shots
14
21
Hits
18
6
Takeaways
11
33
Shots
43
0
Power Play Goals
2
1
Power Play Opportunities
5
0.0
Power Play Percentage
40.0
0
Short Handed Goals
1
0
Shootout Goals
0
25
Faceoffs Won
41
37.9
Faceoff Win Percent
62.1
17
Giveaways
23
6
Total Penalties
2
12
Penalty Minutes
4
Head to Head
PIT leads series 1-0
Injuries
Pittsburgh Penguins
- Evgeni Malkin Day-To-Day
- Elmer Soderblom Injured Reserve
- Bryan Rust Injured Reserve
- Trevor van Riemsdyk Injured Reserve
- Ryan Graves Injured Reserve
Buffalo Sabres
- Konsta Helenius Out
- Justin Danforth Injured Reserve
- Alex Lyon Injured Reserve
- Matt Grzelcyk Injured Reserve
- Conor Timmins Injured Reserve
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