3–5

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 25-15-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	3	0	3
PIT	2	0	3	5

Sabres at Penguins

Penguins beat Sabres 5–3 at PPG Paints Arena on February 2, 1999.

🗓 Tue, Feb 2, 1999 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Jaromir Jagr

1 G, 4 A

5 shots · 29:05 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Kip Miller

2 G, 2 A

7 shots · 19:34 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Jan Hrdina

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 19:36 TOI · +3

4rd star 🐧 PIT

Peter Skudra

31 saves

0.912 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Kip Miller Go-ahead 1st · 00:32

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Jiri Slegr

0–1

🐧 Kevin Hatcher PP 1st · 17:41

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Kip Miller

0–2

2nd period

⚔️ Jason Woolley PP 2nd · 00:29

Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Vaclav Varada

1–2

⚔️ Brian Holzinger Tying 2nd · 09:12

Unassisted

2–2

⚔️ Miroslav Satan Go-ahead 2nd · 19:56

Assists: Michal Grosek, Derek Plante

3–2

3rd period

🐧 Jan Hrdina PP Tying 3rd · 13:59

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Alex Kovalev

3–3

🐧 Kip Miller Go-ahead 3rd · 15:11

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Jan Hrdina

3–4

🐧 Jaromir Jagr Empty net 3rd · 19:59

Assists: Kip Miller, Jan Hrdina

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF PIT🐧

34 Shots on goal 29

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

24 Hits 27

10 Blocked shots 7

4 Takeaways 1

13 Giveaways 17

12 Penalty minutes 6

BUF shooting 8.8% (3/34) PIT shooting 17.2% (5/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

24/28

.857 SV% · 4 GA · 59:47 TOI

🐧Penguins

Peter Skudra

31/34

.912 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Peca · Holzinger · Satan 18:40

L2 Grosek · Ward · Brown 16:16

L3 Sanderson · Plante · Varada 13:58

L4 Kruse · Primeau · Ray 7:06

D1 Zhitnik · Shannon 23:16

D2 McKee · Smehlik 20:04

D3 Woolley · Patrick 16:16

🐧Penguins

L1 Straka · Jagr · Kovalev 25:32

L2 Hrdina · Miller · Barnes 19:34

L3 Lang · Titov · Morozov 15:23

L4 Sonnenberg · Wright 3:25

D1 Moran · Hatcher 22:42

D2 Slegr · Werenka 21:26

D3 Dollas · Kasparaitis 9:04

D4 Wilkinson 4:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Penguins won

2–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs PIT, answered

Who won Sabres vs Penguins on February 2, 1999?

Penguins won 5–3.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Penguins?

The final score was Sabres 3, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Brian Holzinger, Jason Woolley, Miroslav Satan.

Who scored for Penguins?

Kip Miller (2), Jan Hrdina, Jaromir Jagr, Kevin Hatcher.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Peter Skudra made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Jan 30

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Jan 31

Also on February 2, 1999

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