Sabres 2–5 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 24, 2021)

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

7 shots · 20:02 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Zach Aston-Reese

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:20 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Evan Rodrigues

1 G

8 shots · 16:00 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Evan Rodrigues Go-ahead 1st · 07:36

Assists: Sam Lafferty, Mark Jankowski · beat Dustin Tokarski

0–1

🐧 Kris Letang 1st · 15:44

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust · beat Dustin Tokarski

0–2

⚔️ Rasmus Dahlin 1st · 17:17

Assists: Brandon Montour, Taylor Hall · beat Tristan Jarry

1–2

2nd period

🐧 John Marino 2nd · 17:29

Assists: Jared McCann, Zach Aston-Reese · beat Dustin Tokarski

1–3

🐧 Zach Aston-Reese SH 2nd · 19:36

Assists: Frederick Gaudreau · beat Dustin Tokarski

1–4

3rd period

🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 03:57

Assists: Jake Guentzel, Mike Matheson · beat Dustin Tokarski

1–5

⚔️ Victor Olofsson 3rd · 14:35

Unassisted · beat Tristan Jarry

2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Skinner · Staal · Reinhart 18:33

L2 Hall · Cozens · Sheahan 17:19

L3 Olofsson · Mittelstadt · Lazar 15:20

L4 Eakin · Asplund 7:26

D1 Ristolainen · Montour 20:13

D2 Miller · Irwin 16:51

D3 Dahlin · Bryson 15:26

D4 Jokiharju 13:47

🐧Penguins

L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Rust 20:02

L2 Aston-Reese · Rodrigues · Jankowski 16:00

L3 McCann · Lafferty · Gaudreau 13:36

L4 Sceviour · Angello · Kapanen 10:46

D1 Letang · Marino 22:48

D2 Dumoulin · Pettersson 19:28

D3 Ceci · Matheson 15:22

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF PIT🐧

28 Shots on goal 42

33 Hits 17

16 Blocked shots 4

4 Takeaways 6

2 Giveaways 7

10 Penalty minutes 6

BUF shooting 7.1% (2/28) PIT shooting 11.9% (5/42)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dustin Tokarski

37/42

.881 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

26/28

.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:35 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

BUF PIT

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

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-7 (22% win rate, 9 games)

Penguins

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

After 2nd — 1–4

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–0

Mar 132021 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 Mar 112021 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Mar 52020 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Feb 222020 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Oct 32019 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–1

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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on March 24, 2021?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Rasmus Dahlin, Victor Olofsson.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evan Rodrigues, John Marino, Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby, Zach Aston-Reese.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dustin Tokarski made 37 saves on 42 shots (.881 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 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

BeforeMar 22 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–5 AfterMar 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 0–4

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 21 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 2–1 AfterMar 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 0–4

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