PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO

MARCH 11, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | KEYBANK CENTER

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Teddy Blueger scored his third career shorthanded , and second of the season, on Tuesday vs. NYR. His shorthanded goal marked the Penguins’ third of the season, good for fourth in the league (tied). PIT AT n Blueger is the sixth player in the NHL this season to score multiple shorthanded goals. Only Cam Atkinson (4) has more shorthanded goals than Blueger this season. BUF n Since the beginning of the 2018-19 season, the Penguins’ 21 shorthanded goals rank third (tied) in the league.

Shorthanded Goals By Team Shorthanded Goals By Player ‘20-21 OVERALL 2018-21 2020-21 15-9-1 RECORD 6-14-4 1. Calgary 25 1. Cam Atkinson 4 2. Arizona 23 2. Teddy Blueger 2 7-3-0 LAST 10 GAMES 1-7-2

3. Pittsburgh 21 2. Tyler Toffoli 2 16.7% POWER-PLAY 28.8% 3. Vegas 21 2. Artturi Lehkonen 2 73.7% KILL 81.8% 5. Four Teams 20 2. Jean-Gabriel Pageau 2 2. Anthony Cirelli 2 3.12 GF/GP 2.25 KAP’N CRUNCH 3.08 GA/GP 3.25

Kasperi Kapanen has seven points (4G-3A) in his last five games, and stretching back further has 10 points (5G-5A) ‘19-20 HEAD TO HEAD in his last nine games dating back to Feb. 23. 1-2-0 2-1-0 n Since Feb. 23, no Penguin has more goals and points than Kapanen. RECORD 1-0-0 0-1-0 Even-Strength Points Plus/Minus RECORD AT BUF 2020-21 2020-21 20.0% POWER-PLAY 37.5% 1. Kasperi Kapanen 16 1. Kasperi Kapanen 11 62.5% PENALTY KILL 80.0% 1. 16 2. Jared McCann 9 3. Jake Guentzel 15 3. Brandon Tanev 8 2.33 GF/GP 3.33 3. 15 4. 7 3.33 GA/GP 2.33 5. Bryan Rust 13 5. Teddy Blueger 6 n Kapanen has thrived at even strength, leading the team with 16 even-strength points (tied) and a plus-11, which NOTABLES ranks 11th in the NHL among forwards (tied). Pittsburgh and Buffalo will meet CLOSING IN ON 300 for the first of eight matchups tonight. This season is the first Head coach Mike Sullivan enters tonight’s game one win away from number 300 in his career. With a win tonight, time these two teams will play Sullivan would become 13th-fastest coach in NHL history to win 300 games in 559 games (tied - Emile Francis). eight different times. n When Sullivan reaches 300 career wins, he will become just the fourth American-born head coach in NHL history to win 300 games. The Penguins have points in 19 Most Career Wins n 229 of Sullivan’s 299 career wins have come of the last 21 games against the with Pittsburgh. He sits three wins away American-Born Head Coaches from tying Ed Johnson on the Penguins’ Sabres, dating back to Oct. 5, 2013 (16-2-3). 1. John Tortorella 665 all-time wins list: 2. 652 Most Wins In Buffalo, Pittsburgh has points Penguins History 3. Dan Bylsma 320 in 12-straight games, dating back 1. Dan Bylsma 252 4. Mike Sullivan 299 to March 30, 2012 (10-0-2). 2. Ed Johnston 232 3. Mike Sullivan 229