Penguins 3–1 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 21, 2017)

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Conor Sheary

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:39 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Nick Bonino

1 G

4 shots · 20:24 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

1 G

3 shots · 22:31 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:51

Assists: Justin Schultz, Conor Sheary · beat Robin Lehner

1–0

3rd period

⚔️ Sam Reinhart Tying 3rd · 02:09

Assists: Hudson Fasching, Marcus Foligno · beat Matt Murray

1–1

🐧 Nick Bonino Go-ahead 3rd · 14:31

Assists: Ian Cole, Tom Kuhnhackl · beat Robin Lehner

2–1

🐧 Conor Sheary 3rd · 16:29

Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner

3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Bonino · Hornqvist 20:24

L2 Sheary · Kunitz · Cullen 18:29

L3 Wilson · Kessel · Kuhnhackl 15:02

L4 Rowney · Sundqvist · Guentzel 5:49

D1 Schultz · Ruhwedel 24:24

D2 Dumoulin · Cole 20:04

D3 Streit · Corrado 13:46

⚔️Sabres

L1 Kane · Eichel · O'Reilly 20:35

L2 Reinhart · Ennis · Gionta 15:06

L3 Rodrigues · Girgensons · Fasching 12:03

L4 Foligno · Moulson · Bailey 10:04

D1 Bogosian · McCabe 28:45

D2 Gorges · Austin 20:32

D3 Nelson · Ristolainen 9:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT BUF⚔️

34 Shots on goal 30

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1

10 Hits 16

12 Blocked shots 11

0 Takeaways 6

8 Giveaways 4

2 Penalty minutes 23

PIT shooting 8.8% (3/34) BUF shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Matt Murray

29/30

.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Robin Lehner

31/34

.912 SV% · 3 GA · 59:28 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located

PIT BUF

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

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 13-2-2 (76% win rate, 17 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-11-2 (35% win rate, 20 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 17-0 (100% win rate, 17 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-10-3 (28% win rate, 18 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Penguins lead the season series 2–1

Mar 52017 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–4 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

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❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on March 21, 2017?

Penguins won 3–1. The final score was Penguins 3, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Conor Sheary, Nick Bonino, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Sabres?

Sam Reinhart.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 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?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 19 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 0–4 AfterMar 23 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 1–2

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–1 AfterMar 25 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 2–5

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