🐧 Away Penguins 27-13-3
3–2
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 11-25-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 1203
⚔️ BUF 0112

Penguins at Sabres

Penguins beat Sabres 3–2 at KeyBank Center on April 17, 2021.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2020-21 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 5–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Jared McCann
1 G
5 shots · 15:22 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evan Rodrigues
1 G
5 shots · 16:09 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Bryan Rust
1 G
5 shots · 20:50 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Jared McCann Go-ahead 1st · 10:30
Assists: Mike Matheson, Cody Ceci · beat Dustin Tokarski
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Evan Rodrigues 2nd · 05:57
Assists: Teddy Blueger · beat Dustin Tokarski
2–0
⚔️ Tage Thompson 2nd · 06:41
Unassisted · beat Tristan Jarry
2–1
🐧 Bryan Rust PP 2nd · 12:15
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel · beat Dustin Tokarski
3–1
3rd period
⚔️ Casey Mittelstadt PP 3rd · 11:44
Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Sam Reinhart · beat Tristan Jarry
3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Rust 21:03
L2 Carter · Blueger · Rodrigues 16:15
L3 McCann · Zucker · Aston-Reese 15:22
L4 Zohorna · Sceviour · Jankowski 8:10
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 22:30
D2 Ceci · Matheson 19:18
D3 Marino · Pettersson 16:27
⚔️Sabres
L1 Bjork · Reinhart · Mittelstadt 17:26
L2 Olofsson · Skinner · Cozens 16:40
L3 Ruotsalainen · Thompson · Asplund 14:24
L4 Rieder · Fogarty · Eakin 11:18
D1 Dahlin · Jokiharju 22:35
D2 Ristolainen · Bryson 20:08
D3 Miller · Irwin 17:18

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
41 Shots on goal 30
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1
13 Hits 12
14 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 5
6 Giveaways 4
2 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 7.3% (3/41) BUF shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:53 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dustin Tokarski
38/41
.927 SV% · 3 GA · 57:39 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Jared McCann · 1st 10:30 · 1–0 Evan Rodrigues · 2nd 05:57 · 2–0 Tage Thompson · 2nd 06:41 · 2–1 Bryan Rust · 2nd 12:15 · 3–1 Casey Mittelstadt · 3rd 11:44 · 3–2
PIT BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 12-2-1 (80% win rate, 15 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-10 (17% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 9-0 (100% win rate, 9 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-8 (0% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 5–0
Mar 252021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 0–4 Mar 242021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Mar 132021 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 Mar 112021 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Mar 52020 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2
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❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on April 17, 2021?

Penguins won 3–2. The final score was Penguins 3, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust, Evan Rodrigues, Jared McCann.

Who scored for Sabres?

Casey Mittelstadt, Tage Thompson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dustin Tokarski made 38 saves on 41 shots (.927 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 5–0 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeApr 15 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 2–1 AfterApr 18 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 15 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–2 AfterApr 18 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
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