Penguins 4–2 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 5, 2020)

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Patric Hornqvist

2 G

4 shots · 13:01 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

2 A

4 shots · 16:56 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

1 G

5 shots · 19:23 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Patric Hornqvist Go-ahead 1st · 07:56

Assists: Nick Bjugstad, Jared McCann · beat Jonas Johansson

1–0

⚔️ Jake McCabe SH Tying 1st · 09:01

Unassisted · beat Matt Murray

1–1

🐧 Marcus Pettersson Go-ahead 1st · 12:26

Assists: Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin · beat Jonas Johansson

2–1

2nd period

🐧 Patric Hornqvist PP 2nd · 13:32

Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Justin Schultz · beat Jonas Johansson

3–1

3rd period

⚔️ Marcus Johansson 3rd · 01:57

Assists: Dominik Kahun, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Matt Murray

3–2

🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 06:02

Assists: Jason Zucker · beat Jonas Johansson

4–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Zucker · Crosby · Rust 19:23

L2 Sheary · Malkin · Marleau 15:26

L3 Tanev · Blueger · Hornqvist 12:41

L4 McCann · Bjugstad · Rodrigues 11:02

D1 Dumoulin · Letang 24:10

D2 Marino · Schultz 18:26

D3 Pettersson · Johnson 16:12

⚔️Sabres

L1 Eichel · Reinhart · Okposo 20:55

L2 Olofsson · Johansson · Skinner 16:12

L3 Larsson · Girgensons · Simmonds 12:51

L4 Vesey · Lazar · Kahun 8:06

D1 Dahlin · Ristolainen 23:06

D2 Montour · Jokiharju 18:58

D3 McCabe · Pilut 16:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT BUF⚔️

32 Shots on goal 30

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

7 Hits 18

10 Blocked shots 7

3 Takeaways 6

8 Giveaways 4

6 Penalty minutes 6

PIT shooting 12.5% (4/32) BUF shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Matt Murray

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Jonas Johansson

28/32

.875 SV% · 4 GA · 57:37 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

PIT BUF

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

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-7-4 (31% win rate, 16 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-8-1 (0% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Feb 222020 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Oct 32019 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Mar 142019 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 5–0 Mar 12019 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 OT Nov 192018 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 5–4 OT

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❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on March 5, 2020?

Penguins won 4–2. The final score was Penguins 4, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Patric Hornqvist (2), Marcus Pettersson, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jake McCabe, Marcus Johansson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jonas Johansson made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 3 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 3–7 AfterMar 7 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 5–2

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 3 ⚔️BUF @ ✈️WPG 1–3 AfterMar 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 1–3

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