Sabres 1–5 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 2, 2017)

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

Evgeni Malkin

1 G, 1 A

8 shots · 17:14 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Patric Hornqvist

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 18:24 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Tristan Jarry

32 saves

0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 1st · 18:44

Assists: Jake Guentzel, Olli Maatta · beat Chad Johnson

0–1

2nd period

🐧 Carl Hagelin 2nd · 05:36

Assists: Bryan Rust, Riley Sheahan · beat Chad Johnson

0–2

🐧 Patric Hornqvist PP 2nd · 19:00

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · beat Chad Johnson

0–3

3rd period

⚔️ Jason Pominville 3rd · 11:18

Assists: Jack Eichel, Evander Kane · beat Tristan Jarry

1–3

🐧 Phil Kessel 3rd · 13:14

Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Chad Johnson

1–4

🐧 Sidney Crosby Empty net 3rd · 18:58

Assists: Patric Hornqvist, Kris Letang

1–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Kane · Eichel · O'Reilly 21:34

L2 Pouliot · Reinhart · Pominville 14:13

L3 Larsson · Girgensons · Okposo 12:38

L4 Criscuolo · Nolan · Fasching 9:22

D1 Ristolainen · Scandella 27:32

D2 McCabe · Bogosian 18:36

D3 Gorges · Beaulieu 11:01

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Kessel · Hornqvist 19:58

L2 Malkin · Guentzel · Sheahan 15:53

L3 Hagelin · Sheary · Rust 14:26

L4 Rowney · Kuhnhackl · Reaves 9:28

D1 Letang · Cole 22:38

D2 Maatta · Hunwick 17:10

D3 Dumoulin · Schultz 16:28

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF PIT🐧

33 Shots on goal 29

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

33 Hits 21

14 Blocked shots 16

5 Takeaways 10

4 Giveaways 9

19 Penalty minutes 15

BUF shooting 3.0% (1/33) PIT shooting 17.2% (5/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Chad Johnson

24/28

.857 SV% · 4 GA · 59:03 TOI

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

32/33

.970 SV% · 1 GA · 59:49 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

BUF PIT

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

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

After 2nd — 0–3

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–0

Dec 12017 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–0 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

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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on December 2, 2017?

Penguins won 5–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville.

Who scored for Penguins?

Carl Hagelin, Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Chad Johnson made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 1 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–0 AfterDec 5 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 4–2

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 1 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–0 AfterDec 5 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 4–3

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