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PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO APRIL 17, 2021 | 3:00 PM ET | KEYBANK CENTER DUMO THE DEFENDER Brian Dumoulin recorded an assist on Thursday to extend his point streak to a career-long six games (2G-4A). His previous career-long point streak was four games from Feb. 18-27, 2018. PIT n Dumoulin’s six-game point streak is the fourth-longest active streak in the NHL (tied), and the longest by a AT defenseman. BUF n Since his first full season in 2015-16, Dumoulin ranks near the top among all Penguins in several categories: Dumoulin Since 2015-16 Dumoulin’s Six-Game Point Streak ‘20-21 OVERALL Rank Among Game Goals Assists Points Category Stat PIT Players Apr. 3, 2021 at BOS 0 1 1 27-13-3 RECORD 11-25-7 TOI/GP 20:29 3rd Apr. 6, 2021 at NYR 1 0 1 7-2-1 LAST 10 GAMES 5-2-3 Hits 518 3rd Apr. 8, 2021 at NYR 0 1 1 22.4% POWER-PLAY 20.6% Blocked Shots 506 2nd Apr. 9, 2021 at NJD 1 0 1 BkS/60 min. 24.17 1st Apr. 11, 2021 at NJD 0 1 1 77.3% PENALTY KILL 78.4% Takeaways 155 4th Apr. 15, 2021 vs. PHI 0 1 1 3.35 GF/GP 2.37 Plus/Minus +67 1st Total 2 4 6 2.77 GA/GP 3.40 n This season, the Penguins are 19-6-3 with Dumoulin in the lineup, compared to 8-7-0 when he was out of the lineup due to injury. ‘20-21 HEAD TO HEAD GOALIE DUO 4-0-0 RECORD 0-4-0 With the team’s set of back-to-back games against the Sabres this weekend, both goaltenders look to see action in 2-0-0 RECORD AT BUF 0-2-0 Buffalo. 30.8% POWER-PLAY 0.00% n Both Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith are 2-0-0 each against the Sabres this season, only allowing a combined four goals in four games in the season series. 100.0% PENALTY KILL 69.2% n DeSmith has recorded three-straight shutouts against the Sabres, including two this season, dating back to March 14, 2019. He is riding a shutout streak is 179:52 minutes against Buffalo. 4.25 GF/GP 1.00 1.00 GA/GP 4.5 DeSmith and Jarry’s Career Numbers vs. Buffalo Goaltender Record GAA SV% Shutouts NOTABLES DeSmith 3-0-1 1.25 .960 3 Jarry 4-1-0 2.00 .931 1 The Penguins are riding a five- game winning streak against SID VS. SABRES the Sabres. Sidney Crosby is historically one of the best against the Sabres in NHL history. In 46 games against Buffalo, Crosby Pittsburgh has points in has 70 points (23G-47A) for a 1.52 PTS/GP average, the fourth-best (tied) in NHL history vs. Buffalo (min. 15 GP). 14-consecutive games in n Among active players, Crosby’s 47 assists and 70 points rank second to only Jason Spezza (23G-49A-72PTS), who Buffalo, dating back to March has played 20 more games against Buffalo than Crosby. 30, 2012 (12-0-2). Points Per Game vs. BUF Points vs. BUF NHL History (Min. 15 GP) Active Players The Penguins have points in 11 1. Mario Lemieux 1.75 1. Jason Spezza 72 of their last 13 games overall against the Sabres, dating back 2. Steve Yzerman 1.63 2. Sidney Crosby 70 to Oct. 5, 2013 (10-2-1). 3. Pavel Bure 1.59 3. Evgeni Malkin 58 4. Sidney Crosby 1.52 4. Alex Ovechkin 56 4. Bobby Orr 1.52 5. Zdeno Chara 51.