Buffalo Sabres 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins · Thursday, March 5, 2026

Final

Thursday, March 5, 2026

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

ESPN, SN, TVAS

Scoring

1st period

12:00

Ryan McLeod (12)shUnassisted · backhand1–0

14:48

Bryan Rust (21)shBen Kindel (15) · wrist1–1

2nd period

04:10

Josh Norris (9)ppJosh Doan (23), Bowen Byram (22) · wrist2–1

06:18

Alex Tuch (25)shOwen Power (15), Tage Thompson (32) · tip-in3–1

10:30

Owen Power (6)Josh Norris (13), Noah Ostlund (12) · wrist4–1

3rd period

16:53

Mattias Samuelsson (12)empty netUnassisted · wrist5–1

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	13:22	18
9	J. Norris	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	50	17:41	18
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	0	100	14:11	13
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	67	10:35	16
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	2	0	–	11:49	17
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	1	0	100	14:25	20
44	J. Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	100	08:37	12
71	R. McLeod	C	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	1	1	54	18:23	25
72	T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	100	18:43	17
86	N. Ostlund	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	1	0	–	16:42	19
89	A. Tuch	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	1	1	0	25	17:37	25
91	J. Doan	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	18:28	19
4	B. Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	–	22:32	22
8	M. Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	–	12:58	18
23	M. Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	+3	0	1	0	3	2	1	–	21:19	24
25	O. Power	D	1	1	2	+3	0	1	1	1	0	0	–	20:45	21
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	4	4	1	0	0	0	–	21:29	25
73	Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	11:00	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. LuukkonenSTART	W	28	27	1	.964	59:24
92	C. Ellis		0	0	0	–	00:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	J. Brazeau	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	1	0	–	14:13	20
17	B. Rust	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	2	0	–	19:53	20
18	T. Novak	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	2	0	40	15:03	18
19	C. Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	–	14:43	13
39	A. Mantha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	2	0	–	15:58	13
46	B. Lizotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	44	16:44	17
55	N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	56	15:27	16
59	E. Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	-4	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	17:27	20
67	R. Rakell	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	0	40	18:34	18
71	E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	–	05:54	6
81	B. Kindel	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	36	14:52	19
85	A. Hayes	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	12:43	16
5	R. Shea	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0	1	–	18:30	19
28	P. Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	14:54	16
49	S. Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	18:02	18
58	K. Letang	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	1	0	–	17:09	18
65	E. Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	2	0	–	23:05	17
75	C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	17:55	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	A. SilovsSTART	L	25	21	4	.840	55:54
74	S. Skinner		0	0	0	–	00:00

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