Sabres 3–4 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 5, 2017)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
⚔️ BUF	3	0	0	3
🐧 PIT	0	2	2	4

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Justin Schultz

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 21:51 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Conor Sheary

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 14:55 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 20:37 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Ryan O'Reilly Go-ahead 1st · 06:19

Assists: Brian Gionta, Evander Kane · beat Matt Murray

1–0

⚔️ Brian Gionta PP 1st · 14:53

Assists: Matt Moulson · beat Matt Murray

2–0

⚔️ Jack Eichel 1st · 18:07

Assists: Marcus Foligno, Sam Reinhart · beat Matt Murray

3–0

2nd period

🐧 Justin Schultz 2nd · 07:45

Assists: Phil Kessel, Evgeni Malkin · beat Anders Nilsson

3–1

🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 2nd · 13:42

Assists: Justin Schultz, Patric Hornqvist · beat Anders Nilsson

3–2

3rd period

🐧 Jake Guentzel Tying 3rd · 16:14

Assists: Conor Sheary, Nick Bonino · beat Anders Nilsson

3–3

🐧 Conor Sheary Go-ahead 3rd · 17:04

Assists: Justin Schultz, Brian Dumoulin · beat Anders Nilsson

3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Eichel 23:16

L2 Foligno · Reinhart · Gionta 16:51

L3 Rodrigues · Girgensons · Ennis 10:58

L4 Moulson · Deslauriers · Bailey 8:05

D1 Ristolainen · McCabe 26:12

D2 Gorges · Bogosian 16:36

D3 Franson · Falk 13:46

🐧Penguins

L1 Malkin · Crosby · Kessel 19:59

L2 Hagelin · Cullen · Hornqvist 15:58

L3 Sheary · Kunitz · Guentzel 14:54

L4 Bonino · Wilson · Kuhnhackl 8:49

D1 Hainsey · Schultz 22:36

D2 Streit · Dumoulin 19:41

D3 Cole · Ruhwedel 14:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF PIT🐧

49 Shots on goal 45

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

36 Hits 21

12 Blocked shots 6

1 Takeaways 5

1 Giveaways 12

12 Penalty minutes 12

BUF shooting 6.1% (3/49) PIT shooting 8.9% (4/45)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Anders Nilsson

41/45

.911 SV% · 4 GA · 59:07 TOI

🐧Penguins

Marc-Andre Fleury Shutout

28/28

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 39:44 TOI

Matt Murray

18/21

.857 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

BUF PIT

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–0

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Penguins

Penguins — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

After 2nd — 3–2

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)

Penguins

Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-4-2 (45% win rate, 11 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Season series tied 1–1

Nov 192016 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Mar 292016 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–5 SO Feb 212016 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Oct 292015 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Apr 112015 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–0

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❓ BUF vs PIT, answered

Who won Sabres vs Penguins on March 5, 2017?

Penguins won 4–3. The final score was Sabres 3, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Brian Gionta, Jack Eichel, Ryan O'Reilly.

Who scored for Penguins?

Conor Sheary, Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel, Justin Schultz.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Anders Nilsson made 41 saves on 45 shots (.911 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 28 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Sabres vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Sabres vs Penguins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 4 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 AfterMar 7 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 6–3

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 3 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–5 AfterMar 8 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 7–4

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