🐧 Away Penguins 40-25-11 before this game

1–3

Final

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

Penguins at Sabres

Sabres beat Penguins 3–1 at KeyBank Center on April 5, 1999.

🗓 Mon, Apr 5, 1999 · 18:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Jason Woolley

1 G

3 shots · 16:37 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Dixon Ward

1 G

2 shots · 18:02 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Richard Smehlik

1 G

1 shots · 21:54 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Dixon Ward Go-ahead 1st · 10:40

Assists: Michael Peca, Curtis Brown

0–1

2nd period

⚔️ Jason Woolley 2nd · 02:28

Assists: Vaclav Varada, Stu Barnes

0–2

🐧 Rob Brown 2nd · 11:29

Assists: Dan Kesa, Bobby Dollas

1–2

3rd period

⚔️ Richard Smehlik Empty net 3rd · 19:35

Assists: Alexei Zhitnik

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 22

15 Hits 22

12 Blocked shots 8

2 Takeaways 3

17 Giveaways 19

18 Penalty minutes 8

PIT shooting 3.8% (1/26) BUF shooting 13.6% (3/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Peter Skudra

19/21

.905 SV% · 2 GA · 59:13 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

25/26

.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–2

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Hrdina · Jagr · Kovalev 20:28

L2 Miller · Straka · Brown 18:09

L3 Titov · Kesa · Barnaby 13:52

L4 Sonnenberg · Wright · Morozov 7:01

D1 Hatcher · Slegr 24:03

D2 Werenka · Dollas 19:06

D3 Andrusak · Butenschon 14:00

⚔️Sabres

L1 Peca · Brown · Satan 19:34

L2 Ward · Grosek · Barnes 15:44

L3 Holzinger · Juneau · Varada 13:01

L4 Sanderson · Primeau · Ray 8:31

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 24:46

D2 McKee · Warrener 19:36

D3 Woolley · Shannon 15:27

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

Mar 28, 1999

🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF

3–4 (OT) · Sabres won

Mar 27, 1999

⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT

1–1 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on April 5, 1999?

Sabres won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Sabres?

The final score was Penguins 1, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Rob Brown.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dixon Ward, Jason Woolley, Richard Smehlik.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Peter Skudra made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Apr 3

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Apr 3

Also on April 5, 1999

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