Penguins vs Sabres Live Stream: Score, Rosters, Stats (26 Sep, 2026)

Penguins vs Sabres Live Score (26 Sep, 2026)

Final

3 : 1

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
PIT	2	0	1	3
BUF	0	0	1	1

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

3–1

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

3–1

3rd Period 19:36

Sam Carrick faceoff won against Thomas Novak

3–1

3rd Period 19:36

Goalie Stopped

3–1

3rd Period 19:33

Rutger McGroarty Backhand saved by Colten Ellis

3–1

3rd Period 19:20

Peyton Krebs hit Samuel Girard

3–1

3rd Period 18:55

Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre

3–1

3rd Period 18:55

Nick Robertson Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Rickard Rakell (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)

3–1

3rd Period 18:46

Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk

2–1

3rd Period 18:29

Sidney Crosby Snap Shot Wide Right

2–1

3rd Period 18:27

Giveaway by Tage Thompson

2–1

3rd Period 17:51

Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis

2–1

3rd Period 17:32

Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin

2–1

3rd Period 16:53

Ville Koivunen Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis

2–1

3rd Period 16:49

Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Ryan McLeod

2–1

3rd Period 16:49

Goalie Stopped

2–1

3rd Period 16:46

Erik Karlsson Slap Shot Wide Right

2–1

3rd Period 16:37

Rickard Rakell hit Zach Metsa

2–1

3rd Period 16:08

Zach Benson hit Trevor van Riemsdyk

2–1

3rd Period 15:36

Egor Chinakhov Wrist Shot Wide Left

2–1

3rd Period 15:35

Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Left

2–1

3rd Period 15:32

Giveaway by Owen Power

2–1

3rd Period 15:28

Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Thomas Novak

2–1

3rd Period 15:28

High Stick

2–1

Scoring Summary

1st Period

9:00

Sidney Crosby

Assists: Tommy Novak, Declan Carlile

Sidney Crosby Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Novak (1), Declan Carlile (1)

1 - 0

10:56

Ville Koivunen

Assists: Hendrix Lapierre, Bryan Rust

Ville Koivunen Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Hendrix Lapierre (2), Bryan Rust (3)

2 - 0

3rd Period

11:30

Ryan McLeod

Assists: Owen Power, Noah Ostlund

Ryan McLeod Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Owen Power (4), Noah Ostlund (2)

2 - 1

18:55

Nicholas Robertson

Assists: Rickard Rakell, Trevor van Riemsdyk

Nick Robertson Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Rickard Rakell (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)

3 - 1

Team Stats

PIT

BUF

15 Blocked Shots 9

18 Hits 24

5 Takeaways 2

20 Giveaways 19

0 Power Play Goals 1

1 Power Play Opportunities 3

24 Total Shots 24

6 Penalty Minutes 2

0.0 Power Play % 33.3

0 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

20 Faceoffs Won 39

33.9 Faceoff Percent 66.1

3 Penalties 1

Game Leaders

PIT

BUF

Sidney Crosby#87 · C

Goals

Ryan McLeod#71 · C

Declan CarlileD

Assists

Owen Power#25 · D

Sidney Crosby#87 · C

Points

Ryan McLeod#71 · C

Player Box Score

Penguins

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Tristan Broz#26 · C	0	1	0	0	10:07	0:00	0:00	10:07	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	37.5	0	0	0
Egor Chinakhov#59 · RW	0	1	0	0	16:42	1:13	0:26	15:03	21	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Sidney Crosby#87 · C	0	0	0	2	16:03	0:53	0:11	14:59	21	1	1	0	2	3	8	9	47.1	2	0	0
Filip Hallander#11 · C	0	1	0	0	14:17	0:00	1:16	13:01	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Ville Koivunen#41 · RW	1	0	0	1	15:38	1:03	0:00	14:35	17	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Hendrix Lapierre#22 · C	2	0	0	1	18:48	1:07	3:31	14:10	21	0	0	1	3	0	2	16	11.1	0	0	0
Evgeni Malkin#71 · C	1	1	2	1	17:45	1:12	0:00	16:33	19	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	4	1	2
Rutger McGroarty#2 · RW	0	3	0	0	11:20	0:00	0:30	10:50	14	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Tommy Novak#18 · C	0	0	0	1	16:29	0:48	0:00	15:41	21	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	40.0	2	0	0
Rickard Rakell#67 · RW	0	1	0	1	14:59	0:47	0:54	13:18	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Nicholas Robertson#14 · LW	3	0	2	1	15:34	0:00	2:36	12:58	21	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Bryan Rust#17 · RW	3	0	0	1	8:04	0:50	2:17	4:57	9	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0

Sabres

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach Benson#6 · LW	0	5	0	-2	17:43	3:41	0:25	13:37	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Sam Carrick#10 · C	0	1	0	-1	13:07	0:00	0:10	12:57	20	0	0	0	1	1	9	7	56.3	0	0	0
Josh Doan#91 · RW	0	1	0	0	17:00	3:41	0:00	13:19	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Konsta Helenius#94 · C	1	2	0	0	14:34	2:10	0:00	12:24	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tyson Kozak#48 · C	1	1	0	-1	10:39	0:00	0:00	10:39	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Peyton Krebs#19 · C	0	2	1	0	15:57	0:00	0:07	15:50	19	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn#29 · LW	0	2	0	-1	12:08	0:00	1:15	10:53	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeod#71 · C	1	0	0	-1	16:18	2:02	0:43	13:33	21	1	1	0	2	0	12	7	63.2	2	0	0
Josh Norris#9 · C	0	0	0	0	14:38	2:13	0:00	12:25	20	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	100.0	0	1	2
Noah Ostlund#86 · C	0	1	0	-1	16:10	2:11	0:35	13:24	21	0	2	1	0	1	2	2	50.0	0	0	0
Jack Quinn#22 · RW	0	1	0	-2	16:57	3:49	0:38	12:30	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage Thompson#72 · C	0	0	1	-1	19:23	3:36	0:07	15:40	21	0	1	0	1	0	8	3	72.7	2	0	0

Penguins

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Declan Carlile#72 · D	1	3	0	2	22:24	0:00	3:38	18:46	24	0	1	1	0	1
Samuel Girard#49 · D	2	1	0	0	20:44	0:00	2:15	18:29	21	0	0	1	1	0
Erik Karlsson#65 · D	0	1	0	2	18:46	0:58	0:00	17:48	22	0	0	0	1	2
Kaedan Korczak#6 · D	1	2	0	0	20:45	0:00	2:13	18:32	21	1	0	0	1	4
Kris Letang#58 · D	0	2	0	1	17:05	1:02	0:00	16:03	18	0	0	0	0	1
Trevor van Riemsdyk#57 · D	1	1	1	1	18:44	0:07	3:37	15:00	22	0	1	1	1	1

Sabres

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Louis Crevier#46 · D	1	4	0	16:54	0:00	1:09	15:45	22	0	0	4	0	3
Rasmus Dahlin#26 · D	1	0	-1	24:44	3:44	1:08	19:52	26	0	0	1	3	1
Matt Grzelcyk#24 · D	2	2	-2	16:48	0:00	0:07	16:41	21	0	0	1	1	1
Zach Metsa#73 · D	1	0	0	16:48	0:00	0:00	16:48	20	0	0	0	1	2
Owen Power#25 · D	0	1	-1	22:11	2:08	0:45	19:18	25	0	1	1	0	1
Conor Timmins#21 · D	1	1	-2	16:37	0:00	0:51	15:46	21	1	0	3	0	1

Penguins

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Arturs Silovs#37 · G	1	24	0	0	23	.958	20	3	0	59:55	0	0

Sabres

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Colten Ellis#92 · G	0	6	0	0	6	1.000	6	0	0	15:37	0	0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen#1 · G	2	17	0	0	15	.882	14	1	0	43:47	0	0

Injury Report

Penguins

Bryan Rust

#17 · RW · Array

DTD

#27 · D · Array

#16 · RW · Array

LW · Array

G · Array

Sabres

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

#1 · G · Array

DTD

#20 · C · Array

#23 · D · Array

D · Array

#34 · G · Array

Head-to-Head

PIT

Last 3 Games

BUF

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Mar 5, 2026

▸5

5◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Feb 5, 2026

4◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Nov 26, 2025

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
11/3/26	vs VGK	L2-3	NHL Regular Season
10/31/26	@ MTL	L4-5	NHL Regular Season
10/29/26	vs UTA	L3-4	NHL Regular Season
10/24/26	vs NSH	W3-2	NHL Regular Season
10/22/26	vs FLA	W4-0	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
11/4/26	vs OTT	L1-2	NHL Regular Season
10/31/26	@ LA	W3-2	NHL Regular Season
10/29/26	@ ANA	W7-6	NHL Regular Season
10/27/26	@ SJ	W2-0	NHL Regular Season
10/24/26	@ WSH	L3-4	NHL Regular Season

Game Information

Stage Preseason

Season 2027

Puck Drop Sat, Sep 26, 3:00 PM

Venue KeyBank Center

Location Buffalo, NY

Attendance 16,078

Officials Tommy Hughes · Linesman, Peter MacDougall · Referee, Andrew Smith · Linesman, Hayden Verbeek · Referee

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Sabres	82	50	23	9	—	109	+47	L1
Lightning	82	50	26	6	—	106	+59	L1
Canadiens	82	48	24	10	—	106	+27	L1
Bruins	82	45	27	10	—	100	+22	W2
Senators	82	44	27	11	—	99	+32	W1
Red Wings	82	41	31	10	—	92	-17	L3
Panthers	82	40	38	4	—	84	-25	W3
Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	—	78	-46	L7

Eastern Conference — Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	—	113	+56	W1
Penguins	82	41	25	16	—	98	+25	L3
Flyers	82	43	27	12	—	98	+7	W3
Capitals	82	43	30	9	—	95	+19	W4
Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	—	92	0	L2
Islanders	82	43	34	5	—	91	-8	L3
Devils	82	42	37	3	—	87	-24	L1
Rangers	82	34	39	9	—	77	-12	W1

Penguins

14th in Eastern Conference

Sabres

9th in Eastern Conference

Goaltenders

Sergei Murashov G 22 6' 2" 185 lbs

#37

Arturs Silovs G 25 6' 4" 208 lbs

Defensemen

#72

Declan Carlile D 26 6' 3" 190 lbs

#49

Samuel Girard D 28 5' 10" 170 lbs

#27

Ryan Graves D 31 6' 5" 222 lbs

#65

Erik Karlsson D 36 6' 0" 185 lbs

Kaedan Korczak D 25 6' 3" 206 lbs

#58

Kris Letang D 39 6' 0" 199 lbs

Jake Livanavage D 22 6' 0" 186 lbs

#44

Chase Pietila D 22 6' 2" 202 lbs

Ilya Solovyov D 26 6' 3" 208 lbs

#24

Spencer Stastney D 26 6' 0" 184 lbs

#57

Trevor van Riemsdyk D 35 6' 3" 210 lbs

Left Wings

#62

Andrei Kuzmenko LW 30 5' 11" 200 lbs

#14

Nick Robertson LW 25 5' 9" 180 lbs

#25

Elmer Soderblom LW 25 6' 8" 252 lbs

Centers

#87

Sidney Crosby C 39 5' 11" 200 lbs

#19

Connor Dewar C 27 5' 10" 187 lbs

#81

Ben Kindel C 19 5' 11" 182 lbs

#22

Hendrix Lapierre C 24 6' 0" 195 lbs

#46

Blake Lizotte C 28 5' 9" 176 lbs

#71

Evgeni Malkin C 40 6' 5" 213 lbs

#18

Tommy Novak C 29 6' 1" 190 lbs

Right Wings

#16

Justin Brazeau RW 28 6' 6" 232 lbs

#59

Egor Chinakhov RW 25 6' 1" 203 lbs

#85

Avery Hayes RW 24 5' 10" 175 lbs

#41

Ville Koivunen RW 23 6' 0" 184 lbs

#67

Rickard Rakell RW 33 6' 1" 194 lbs

#17

Bryan Rust RW 34 5' 11" 202 lbs

Goaltenders

#92

Colten Ellis G 26 6' 1" 191 lbs

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 27 6' 5" 223 lbs

#34

Alex Lyon G 33 6' 1" 199 lbs

Defensemen

#46

Louis Crevier D 25 6' 8" 228 lbs

#26

Rasmus Dahlin D 26 6' 3" 204 lbs

#48

Matt Grzelcyk D 32 5' 10" 180 lbs

#82

Caleb Jones D 29 6' 1" 194 lbs

#73

Zach Metsa D 28 5' 9" 198 lbs

#25

Owen Power D 23 6' 6" 226 lbs

Jack Rathbone D 27 5' 11" 188 lbs

#23

Mattias Samuelsson D 26 6' 4" 234 lbs

#21

Conor Timmins D 28 6' 3" 213 lbs

Olen Zellweger D 23 5' 10" 193 lbs

Left Wings

Zach Benson LW 21 5' 10" 177 lbs

#29

Beck Malenstyn LW 28 6' 3" 209 lbs

#17

Jason Zucker LW 34 5' 11" 198 lbs

Centers

#10

Sam Carrick C 34 6' 0" 202 lbs

#94

Konsta Helenius C 20 5' 11" 190 lbs

#48

Tyson Kozak C 23 5' 11" 185 lbs

#19

Peyton Krebs C 25 6' 0" 188 lbs

#20

Jiri Kulich C 22 6' 1" 195 lbs

#71

Ryan McLeod C 27 6' 3" 204 lbs

Josh Norris C 27 6' 2" 196 lbs

#86

Noah Ostlund C 22 5' 11" 180 lbs

#72

Tage Thompson C 29 6' 6" 220 lbs

Right Wings

#15

Justin Danforth RW 33 5' 8" 193 lbs

#91

Josh Doan RW 24 6' 2" 198 lbs

#22

Jack Quinn RW 25 6' 1" 185 lbs

Penguins

6th in Metropolitan Division

Sabres

7th in Atlantic Division

General

Games Played

5391:28

Time On Ice

5375:05

359:25

Time On Ice Per Game

358:20

Plus/Minus Rating

0:00

Production

0:00

5406

Shifts

5678

Losses

Wins

Offensive

Goals

Assists

387

Faceoffs Won

393

462

Faceoffs Lost

476

Game-Winning Goals

133

Points

123

Power Play Goals

Power Play Assists

Short Handed Goals

Short Handed Assists

420

Shots

417

Shootout Attempts

Shootout Goals

42.9

Shootout Shot Percentage

50.0

11.4

Shooting Percentage

10.6

45.6

Faceoff Win Percent

45.2

Defensive

3.40

Goals Against Average

3.33

365

Saves

359

.882

Save Percentage

.880

Goals Against

415

Shots Against

409

Overtime Losses

Shootout Saves

Shootout Shots Against

.571

Shootout Save Percentage

.000

Penalties

100

Penalty Minutes

144