Penguins 5–2 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 11, 2021)

The game

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

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Three stars

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1st star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 18:58 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Brandon Tanev

1 G

2 shots · 13:51 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Bryan Rust

1 G

2 shots · 18:08 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 1st · 06:27

Assists: Kasperi Kapanen · beat Jonas Johansson

1–0

⚔️ Tage Thompson Tying 1st · 06:54

Assists: Kyle Okposo, Cody Eakin · beat Tristan Jarry

1–1

2nd period

🐧 Brandon Tanev Go-ahead 2nd · 03:24

Assists: Teddy Blueger · beat Jonas Johansson

2–1

⚔️ Victor Olofsson Tying 2nd · 08:46

Assists: Riley Sheahan, Eric Staal · beat Tristan Jarry

2–2

🐧 Jake Guentzel PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:36

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · beat Jonas Johansson

3–2

3rd period

🐧 Anthony Angello 3rd · 02:43

Assists: Colton Sceviour · beat Jonas Johansson

4–2

🐧 Bryan Rust Empty net 3rd · 18:45

Assists: Tristan Jarry

5–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Malkin · Guentzel · Rust 18:08

L2 Crosby · Rodrigues · Kapanen 17:28

L3 Tanev · Blueger · Aston-Reese 13:51

L4 Jankowski · Angello · Sceviour 9:52

D1 Letang · Ceci 23:44

D2 Matheson · Dumoulin 19:47

D3 Pettersson · Ruhwedel 15:08

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hall · Olofsson · Reinhart 18:20

L2 Lazar · Staal · Skinner 15:42

L3 Sheahan · Mittelstadt · Okposo 14:40

L4 Thompson · Cozens · Eakin 11:17

D1 Ristolainen · Montour 22:06

D2 Bryson · Irwin 19:52

D3 Dahlin · Miller 17:10

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT BUF⚔️

27 Shots on goal 23

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

9 Hits 17

8 Blocked shots 9

1 Takeaways 6

2 Giveaways 12

9 Penalty minutes 19

PIT shooting 18.5% (5/27) BUF shooting 8.7% (2/23)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

21/23

.913 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Jonas Johansson

22/26

.846 SV% · 4 GA · 58:32 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

PIT BUF

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

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 2-4-2 (25% win rate, 8 games)

After 2nd — 3–2

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Mar 52020 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 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

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Who won Penguins vs Sabres on March 11, 2021?

Penguins won 5–2. The final score was Penguins 5, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Anthony Angello, Brandon Tanev, Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tage Thompson, Victor Olofsson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jonas Johansson made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 9 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 2–4 AfterMar 13 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–0

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 9 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 4–5 AfterMar 13 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–0

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