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2017-18 regular season

Penguins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Penguins beat Sabres 4–0 at KeyBank Center on December 1, 2017.

PIT – BUF
25–34
Shots on goal
19–29
Hits
14–10
Blocked shots
4–4
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:17 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Tom Kuhnhackl
1 G
5 shots · 11:11 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Tristan Jarry
34 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Tom Kuhnhackl Go-ahead 1st · 03:23
Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
🐧 Sidney Crosby 1st · 06:38
Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner
2–0
🐧 Jake Guentzel 1st · 18:05
Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Robin Lehner
3–0
2nd period
🐧 Patric Hornqvist 2nd · 19:20
Assists: Conor Sheary, Sidney Crosby · beat Robin Lehner
4–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Guentzel · Sheahan · Kessel 16:50
L2 Sheary · Crosby · Malkin 15:26
L3 Hagelin · Hornqvist · Rust 14:02
L4 Rowney · Kuhnhackl · Reaves 11:11
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 23:56
D2 Maatta · Cole 18:42
D3 Hunwick · Schultz 17:00
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · Eichel · Reinhart 19:56
L2 O'Reilly · Nolan · Okposo 15:43
L3 Pouliot · Larsson · Pominville 14:01
L4 Moulson · Criscuolo · Girgensons 10:30
D1 Ristolainen · Beaulieu 21:58
D2 Bogosian · Scandella 20:21
D3 McCabe · Antipin 15:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
25 Shots on goal 34
19 Hits 29
14 Blocked shots 10
4 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 4
10 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 16.0% (4/25) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry Shutout
34/34
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Tom Kuhnhackl · 1st 03:23 · 1–0 Sidney Crosby · 1st 06:38 · 2–0 Jake Guentzel · 1st 18:05 · 3–0 Patric Hornqvist · 2nd 19:20 · 4–0
PIT BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Nov 142017 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–5 OT Mar 212017 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Mar 52017 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Nov 192016 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Mar 292016 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–5 SO
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Who won Penguins vs Sabres on December 1, 2017?

Penguins won 4–0. The final score was Penguins 4, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jake Guentzel, Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby, Tom Kuhnhackl.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 34 saves on 34 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeNov 27 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 4–5 AfterDec 2 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 1–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 28 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–0 AfterDec 2 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 1–5
Also on December 1
🏛️OTT 6–5 🏝️NYI 🌪️CAR 1–5 🗽NYR 🦆ANA 2–4 🧥CBJ 🦈SJS 2–1 🐆FLA 👑LAK 4–1 🎵STL 🎰VGK 4–7 ✈️WPG 😈NJD 2–1 🏔️COL
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