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2020-21 regular season

Sabres at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 7–1

Penguins beat Sabres 1–0 at PPG Paints Arena on May 8, 2021.

BUF – PIT
29–23
Shots on goal
23–23
Hits
8–7
Blocked shots
4–14
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Jeff Carter
1 G
3 shots · 14:34 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Frederick Gaudreau
1 A
11:46 TOI

Scoring

1 goal · in order
2nd period
🐧 Jeff Carter Go-ahead 2nd · 01:58
Assists: Frederick Gaudreau · beat Michael Houser
0–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Bjork · Olofsson · Reinhart 19:56
L2 Mittelstadt · Asplund · Thompson 15:31
L3 Caggiula · Sheahan · Skinner 13:48
L4 Murray · Cozens · Ruotsalainen 10:05
D1 Dahlin · Jokiharju 22:40
D2 Bryson · Samuelsson 18:32
D3 Ristolainen · Miller 18:14
🐧Penguins
L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Rust 20:31
L2 Zucker · Carter · Kapanen 16:09
L3 McCann · Malkin · Blueger 13:53
L4 Gaudreau · Aston-Reese · Sceviour 11:30
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 24:34
D2 Marino · Ceci 18:34
D3 Pettersson · Ruhwedel 15:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 23
23 Hits 23
8 Blocked shots 7
4 Takeaways 14
8 Giveaways 11
4 Penalty minutes 2
BUF shooting 0.0% (0/29) PIT shooting 4.3% (1/23)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Michael Houser
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 58:02 TOI
🐧Penguins
Maxime Lagace Shutout
29/29
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 1 goal located
Jeff Carter · 2nd 01:58 · 0–1
BUF PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 7-8-3 (39% win rate, 18 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 8-3-1 (67% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-9-2 (21% win rate, 14 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 7–1
May 62021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–8 Apr 182021 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Apr 172021 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Mar 252021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 0–4 Mar 242021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–5
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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on May 8, 2021?

Penguins won 1–0. The final score was Sabres 0, Penguins 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jeff Carter.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Michael Houser made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Maxime Lagace made 29 saves on 29 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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 7–1 after 8 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMay 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–8 AfterOct 14 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–5
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMay 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–8 AfterMay 16 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 4–3
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