Penguins 3–4 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 23, 2022)

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Tage Thompson

2 G

5 shots · 18:43 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 20:53 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 20:29 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Tage Thompson Go-ahead 1st · 17:15

Assists: Mattias Samuelsson · beat Casey DeSmith

0–1

2nd period

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Tying 2nd · 00:26

Assists: Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel · beat Craig Anderson

1–1

⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons Go-ahead 2nd · 15:56

Assists: Kyle Okposo · beat Casey DeSmith

1–2

🐧 Evgeni Malkin Tying 2nd · 18:46

Assists: Bryan Rust · beat Craig Anderson

2–2

3rd period

⚔️ Tage Thompson Go-ahead 3rd · 01:01

Assists: Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner · beat Casey DeSmith

2–3

🐧 Kris Letang PP Tying 3rd · 15:04

Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · beat Craig Anderson

3–3

Shootout

⚔️ Tage Thompson Go-ahead SO · 00:00

Unassisted

3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Rust 20:53

L2 Malkin · Carter · Rakell 18:06

L3 Heinen · Rodrigues · Kapanen 14:25

L4 Zohorna · Blueger · Boyle 9:07

D1 Letang · Dumoulin 24:44

D2 Marino · Matheson 20:22

D3 Pettersson · Ruhwedel 16:11

⚔️Sabres

L1 Thompson · Tuch · Okposo 18:43

L2 Mittelstadt · Skinner · Eakin 18:00

L3 Olofsson · Girgensons · Cozens 14:42

L4 Asplund · Hinostroza · Krebs 11:58

D1 Dahlin · Jokiharju 26:20

D2 Bryson · Samuelsson 19:14

D3 Pysyk · Miller 14:25

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 33

2/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

14 Hits 4

13 Blocked shots 10

4 Takeaways 11

8 Giveaways 8

6 Penalty minutes 4

PIT shooting 11.5% (3/26) BUF shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Casey DeSmith

30/33

.909 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Craig Anderson

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 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 — 0–1

Penguins

Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-6-3 (25% win rate, 12 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2-3 (55% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 2–2

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 8-2-4 (57% win rate, 14 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 7-5 (58% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Dec 172021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–3 OT Nov 162021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–1 May 82021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 0–1 May 62021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–8 Apr 182021 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4

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❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on March 23, 2022?

Sabres won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 3, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tage Thompson (2), Zemgus Girgensons.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Casey DeSmith made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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 22 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 1–5 AfterMar 25 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 1–5

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 3–2 AfterMar 25 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–3

Also on March 23

😈NJD 2–3 🍁TOR 🐋VAN 3–1 🏔️COL 🪶CHI 4–2 🦆ANA

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