Penguins 5–2 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Jan 17, 2025)

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

Cody Glass

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 12:58 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Bryan Rust

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 18:39 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Alex Nedeljkovic

40 saves

0.952 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Owen Power PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:16

Assists: Zach Benson, Bowen Byram · beat Alex Nedeljkovic

0–1

2nd period

🐧 Rickard Rakell PP Tying 2nd · 01:41

Assists: Bryan Rust, Matt Grzelcyk · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

1–1

🐧 Anthony Beauvillier Go-ahead 2nd · 02:08

Assists: Cody Glass · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2–1

🐧 Cody Glass PP 2nd · 11:43

Assists: Philip Tomasino, Alex Nedeljkovic · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

3–1

3rd period

🐧 Bryan Rust PP 3rd · 01:09

Assists: Matt Grzelcyk, Michael Bunting · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

4–1

⚔️ Zach Benson 3rd · 14:46

Assists: Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch · beat Alex Nedeljkovic

4–2

🐧 Alex Nedeljkovic Empty net 3rd · 17:18

Unassisted

5–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Bunting · Crosby · Rust 18:13

L2 Beauvillier · Malkin · Rakell 15:45

L3 O'Connor · Glass · Lizotte 12:58

L4 Acciari · Tomasino · Hayes 12:01

D1 Grzelcyk · Karlsson 23:31

D2 Pettersson · Joseph 20:15

D3 Pickering · Graves 13:50

⚔️Sabres

L1 Benson · Thompson · Tuch 20:23

L2 Cozens · Peterka · Quinn 17:42

L3 Zucker · McLeod · Krebs 16:23

L4 Malenstyn · Lafferty · Kozak 8:18

D1 Dahlin · Power 25:17

D2 Byram · Samuelsson 17:34

D3 Jokiharju · Clifton 13:32

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT BUF⚔️

19 Shots on goal 42

3/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

21 Hits 19

17 Blocked shots 14

6 Takeaways 1

12 Giveaways 9

22 Penalty minutes 20

PIT shooting 26.3% (5/19) BUF shooting 4.8% (2/42)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Alex Nedeljkovic

40/42

.952 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

14/18

.778 SV% · 4 GA · 56:29 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

PIT BUF

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Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Penguins

Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-2-3 (44% win rate, 9 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-3-3 (54% win rate, 13 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

Sabres

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

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Oct 162024 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 5–6 OT Jan 62024 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Nov 242023 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 Nov 112023 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 0–4 Dec 102022 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 1–3

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Who won Penguins vs Sabres on January 17, 2025?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Nedeljkovic, Anthony Beauvillier, Bryan Rust, Cody Glass, Rickard Rakell.

Who scored for Sabres?

Owen Power, Zach Benson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Alex Nedeljkovic made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 14 saves on 18 shots (.778 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeJan 14 🦑SEA @ 🐧PIT 4–2 AfterJan 18 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 1–4

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeJan 15 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 AfterJan 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🦑SEA 4–6

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