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2019-20 regular season

Sabres at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Penguins 3–1 at PPG Paints Arena on October 3, 2019.

BUF – PIT
41–29
Shots on goal
1/2–1/5
Power play
35–42
Hits
19–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Conor Sheary
2 G
3 shots · 09:19 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Casey Mittelstadt
2 A
2 shots · 09:25 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Rasmus Dahlin
1 G
3 shots · 15:45 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Conor Sheary Go-ahead 1st · 05:23
Assists: Casey Mittelstadt · beat Matt Murray
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Tying 2nd · 05:50
Assists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · beat Carter Hutton
1–1
⚔️ Conor Sheary PP Go-ahead 2nd · 14:03
Assists: Casey Mittelstadt, Colin Miller · beat Matt Murray
2–1
⚔️ Rasmus Dahlin 2nd · 19:16
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Victor Olofsson · beat Matt Murray
3–1

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Olofsson · Eichel · Reinhart 19:37
L2 Johansson · Skinner · Sobotka 16:14
L3 Larsson · Vesey · Girgensons 12:56
L4 Sheary · Mittelstadt · Okposo 9:19
D1 McCabe · Ristolainen 24:32
D2 Scandella · Jokiharju 19:12
D3 Dahlin · Miller 15:23
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Guentzel 20:20
L2 Galchenyuk · Bjugstad · Hornqvist 15:22
L3 McCann · Tanev · Aston-Reese 13:31
L4 Kahun · Simon · Blueger 10:47
D1 Letang · Schultz 23:55
D2 Dumoulin · Pettersson 19:23
D3 Gudbranson · Johnson 14:34

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
41 Shots on goal 29
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
35 Hits 42
19 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 7
6 Giveaways 17
10 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 7.3% (3/41) PIT shooting 3.4% (1/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Carter Hutton
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
38/41
.927 SV% · 3 GA · 57:45 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Conor Sheary · 1st 05:23 · 1–0 Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 05:50 · 1–1 Conor Sheary · 2nd 14:03 · 2–1 Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 19:16 · 3–1
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Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 142019 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 5–0 Mar 12019 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 OT Nov 192018 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 5–4 OT Dec 22017 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 1–5 Dec 12017 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–0
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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on October 3, 2019?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Conor Sheary (2), Rasmus Dahlin.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Carter Hutton made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 38 saves on 41 shots (.927 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?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 7–1 AfterOct 5 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 2–7
🐧 Penguins
BeforeApr 16 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 3–1 AfterOct 5 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 2–7
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