Game

Penguins at Sabres

Penguins 5, Sabres 2 · first star Avery Hayes (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Buffalo Sabres 2

Penguins PIT

5 FINAL 2

Sabres BUF

Thursday, February 5, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo · TV SNE

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Penguins	2	1	2	5	32
Sabres	1	0	1	2	27

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Penguins attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: PIT 32, BUF 27.

PIT in red BUF in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Penguins 32 shots on goal (5 goals, 11 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 27 shots on goal (2 goals, 22 missed, 11 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	10	2	16	8	1	21
2nd	7	1	13	9	0	21
3rd	15	2	25	10	1	18
Total	32	5	54	27	2	60

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	PIT SOG	PIT G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	24	4	22	1
Power play	6	0	5	1
Short-handed	2	1	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 52.6% of the shot attempts, and 50.6% of the 79 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Penguins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Penguins at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	56.8	53.6
2nd	61.8	69.2
3rd	41.9	42.1
Game	52.6	53.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

01:46 Jason Zucker (15) Ryan McLeod (30), Bowen Byram (18) · wrist 0–1
09:18 Avery Hayes (1) Ilya Solovyov (5), Rutger McGroarty (3) · snap 1–1
18:47 Avery Hayes (2) Anthony Mantha (22), Parker Wotherspoon (16) · snap 2–1

2nd period

07:44 Ben Kindel (13) Unassisted · wrist 3–1

3rd period

01:55 Tage Thompson (30) PP Jack Quinn (25), Rasmus Dahlin (37) · wrist 3–2
15:33 Tommy Novak (11) Egor Chinakhov (7), Evgeni Malkin (31) · backhand 4–2
19:46 Ben Kindel (14) SH EN Connor Dewar (11) · snap 5–2

Three stars

Avery Hayes PIT · R #85 · 2 G, 0 A
Ben Kindel PIT · C #81 · 2 G, 0 A
Tage Thompson BUF · C #72 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:54	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	high sticking	2	Owen Power
1st	18:59	PIT	Ryan Shea	holding	2	Jason Zucker
2nd	10:03	PIT	Sidney Crosby	cross checking	2	Rasmus Dahlin
2nd	17:54	BUF	Alex Tuch	tripping	2	Arturs Silovs
3rd	01:14	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2	Owen Power
3rd	04:13	BUF	Michael Kesselring	hooking	2	Bryan Rust
3rd	10:33	BUF	Peyton Krebs	interference goalkeeper	2	Arturs Silovs
3rd	10:33	PIT	Connor Clifton	fighting (major)	5	Peyton Krebs
3rd	10:33	BUF	Peyton Krebs	fighting (major)	5	Connor Clifton
3rd	18:31	PIT	Anthony Mantha	hooking	2	Owen Power

Boxscore

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ben Kindel #81	C	2	0	2	+2	2	1	0	0	40.0	17:27
Avery Hayes #85	R	2	0	2	+2	6	2	0	0	0.0	10:09
Tommy Novak #18	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	33.3	15:19
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	45.5	15:41
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	4	50.0	17:59
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	16:30
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	13:08
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	100.0	10:01
Ilya Solovyov #7	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:08
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	1	1	+2	1	5	2	0	0.0	23:37
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	2	52.2	20:05
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	23:31
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	11:11
Kevin Hayes #13	R	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	33.3	07:07
Brett Kulak #77	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18:44
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	+3	0	5	2	5	0.0	17:19
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	0	0.0	22:47
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	19:29

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	W	27	25	2	.926	21/22	4/5	59:38

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	0	1	-3	7	1	0	0	44.4	23:18
Jason Zucker #17	L	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	71.4	18:48
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	56.5	20:01
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	19:24
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	0.0	26:00
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	26:32
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	08:02
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	71.4	12:23
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	100.0	10:40
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50.0	10:38
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	0.0	11:10
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	2	0.0	20:53
Isak Rosen #63	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	10:36
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	0	0.0	18:35
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	04:19
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	22:42
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	2	0.0	07:56
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	3	0	0.0	25:12

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	L	31	27	4	.871	20/24	6/6	56:51

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.