Pittsburgh Penguins Game Notes Wed, Mar 24, 2021 NHL Game #509 Pittsburgh Penguins 19 - 11 - 2 (40 pts) Buffalo Sabres 6 - 20 - 4 (16 pts) Team Game: 33 12 - 3 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 31 2 - 11 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 17 7 - 8 - 1 (Road) Road Game: 16 4 - 9 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 1 Casey DeSmith 11 7 3 0 2.11 .919 31 Dustin Tokarski 1 0 1 0 4.26 .892 31 Maxime Lagace - - - - - - 40 Carter Hutton 13 1 10 1 3.47 .886 35 Tristan Jarry 22 12 8 2 2.86 .909 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Chad Ruhwedel 16 0 2 2 3 14 4 L Taylor Hall 30 2 14 16 -18 22 3 D Yannick Weber 2 0 0 0 -3 0 9 C Jack Eichel 21 2 16 18 -9 6 4 D Cody Ceci 29 2 4 6 7 10 10 D Henri Jokiharju 20 1 1 2 -4 0 5 D Mike Matheson 24 2 2 4 1 20 12 C Eric Staal 30 3 7 10 -19 6 6 D John Marino 28 1 3 4 1 6 13 L Tobias Rieder 26 5 0 5 -4 0 7 C Colton Sceviour 24 2 1 3 -4 0 15 C Riley Sheahan 29 3 3 6 -4 4 8 D Brian Dumoulin 17 0 4 4 6 4 20 C Cody Eakin 29 1 3 4 -8 10 9 C Evan Rodrigues 16 2 3 5 0 0 21 R Kyle Okposo 24 1 4 5 -6 0 11 C Frederick Gaudreau 3 0 0 0 -1 0 23 R Sam Reinhart 28 11 9 20 -20 6 12 C Zach Aston-Reese 21 6 1 7 5 11 24 C Dylan Cozens 21 4 2 6 -6 5 13 L Brandon Tanev 30 7 8 15 11 22 26 D Rasmus Dahlin 30 1 10 11 -28 12 14 C Mark Jankowski 29 2 2 4 -3 0 27 C Curtis Lazar 28 4 3 7 -4 0 17 R Bryan Rust 32 11 12 23 5 8 33 D Colin Miller 28 3 3 6 -16 19 18 C Sam Lafferty 21 0 2 2 -7 12 37 C Casey Mittelstadt 15 1 4 5 -7 2 19 C Jared McCann 19 5 5 10 10 4 44 D Matt Irwin 15 0 2 2 -6 8 28 D Marcus Pettersson 23 1 2 3 3 14 53 L Jeff Skinner 27 3 1 4 -9 12 42 R Kasperi Kapanen 29 7 14 21 12 5 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 23 3 5 8 -15 14 50 D Juuso Riikola 2 0 0 0 0 0 62 D Brandon Montour 28 1 7 8 -12 16 57 C Anthony Angello 13 1 0 1 1 6 68 L Victor Olofsson 30 8 12 20 -17 4 58 D Kris Letang 31 5 17 22 10 16 72 R Tage Thompson 15 1 1 2 -5 4 59 L Jake Guentzel 32 13 17 30 4 16 74 C Rasmus Asplund 6 2 0 2 1 0 67 L Radim Zohorna - - - - - - 78 D Jacob Bryson 13 1 1 2 -6 8 87 C Sidney Crosby 31 12 20 32 5 14 General Manager Ron Hextall Owner/CEO Terry Pegula President of Hockey Brian Burke/Patrik Allvin Owner/President Kim Pegula Operations/Assistant GM General Manager Kevyn Adams Head Coach Mike Sullivan Interim Head Coach Don Granato Assistant Coaches Todd Reirden, Mike Vellucci Coaching Staff Mike Bales (Assistant Coach), Goaltending Coach / Video Coaches Mike Buckley / Andy Saucier, Matt Ellis (Interim Assistant Madison Nikkel Coach), Dan Girardi (Interim Assistant Coach), Myles Fee (Video Coach), Kyle Smith (Video Coordinator) Tonight's Officials Referees Mitch Dunning (43), Brian Pochmara (16) Linesmen Andrew Smith (51), Libor Suchanek (60) Supervisor Paul Devorski Video Judge DJ Johnson Ntl. Anthem * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule ANA @ MIN : 4:30 CGY @ OTT : 5:00 EDM @ MTL : 7:30 LAK @ SJS : 7:30 WPG @ VAN : 7:30 BUF @ PIT : 8:00 Pittsburgh Penguins: Roster Active (26 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 1 Casey DeSmith G 6' 0" 181 Aug 13, 1991 Rochester, NH, USA 2 Chad Ruhwedel D 5' 11" 191 May 7, 1990 San Diego, CA, USA 3 Yannick Weber D 5' 11" 200 Sep 23, 1988 Morges, CHE 4 Cody Ceci D 6' 2" 210 Dec 21, 1993 Ottawa, ON, CAN 5 Mike Matheson D 6' 2" 188 Feb 27, 1994 Pointe-Claire, QC, CAN 6 John Marino D 6' 1" 181 May 21, 1997 North Easton, MA, USA 7 Colton Sceviour C 6' 0" 190 Apr 20, 1989 Red Deer, AB, CAN 8 Brian Dumoulin D 6' 4" 207 Sep 6, 1991 Biddeford, ME, USA 9 Evan Rodrigues C 5' 11" 184 Jul 28, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 11 Frederick Gaudreau C 6' 0" 179 May 1, 1993 Bromont, QC, CAN 12 Zach Aston-Reese C 6' 0" 204 Aug 10, 1994 Staten Island, NY, USA 13 Brandon Tanev L 6' 0" 180 Dec 31, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 14 Mark Jankowski C 6' 4" 212 Sep 13, 1994 Hamilton, ON, CAN 17 Bryan Rust R 5' 11" 192 May 11, 1992 Pontiac, MI, USA 18 Sam Lafferty C 6' 1" 195 Mar 6, 1995 Hollidaysburg, PA, USA 19 Jared McCann C 6' 1" 185 May 31, 1996 Stratford, ON, CAN 28 Marcus Pettersson D 6' 3" 177 May 8, 1996 Skellefteå, SWE 31 Maxime Lagace G 6' 2" 190 Jan 12, 1993 Saint-Augustin, QC, CAN 35 Tristan Jarry G 6' 2" 194 Apr 29, 1995 Surrey, BC, CAN 42 Kasperi Kapanen R 6' 1" 194 Jul 23, 1996 Kuopio, FIN 50 Juuso Riikola D 6' 0" 189 Nov 9, 1993 Joensuu, FIN 57 Anthony Angello C 6' 5" 210 Mar 6, 1996 Albany, NY, USA 58 Kris Letang D 6' 0" 201 Apr 24, 1987 Montreal, QC, CAN 59 Jake Guentzel L 5' 11" 180 Oct 6, 1994 Omaha, NE, USA 67 Radim Zohorna L 6' 6" 220 Apr 29, 1996 Havlickuv, CZE 87 Sidney Crosby C 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1987 Cole Harbour, NS, CAN 26 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 193 Age: 27.9 Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 16 Jason Zucker L 5' 11" 192 Jan 16, 1992 Newport Beach, CA, USA 52 Mark Friedman D 5' 11" 185 Dec 25, 1995 Toronto, ON, CAN 53 Teddy Blueger C 6' 0" 185 Aug 15, 1994 Riga, LVA 71 Evgeni Malkin C 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks JAKE GUENTZEL (2 / 2 Games) SIDNEY CROSBY (1-2-3 / 2 Games) BRYAN RUST (2-1-3 / 3 Games) JAKE GUENTZEL (2-2-4 / 3 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (24 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Taylor Hall L 6' 1" 206 Nov 14, 1991 Calgary, AB, CAN 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 213 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 10 Henri Jokiharju D 6' 0" 199 Jun 17, 1999 Oulu, FIN 12 Eric Staal C 6' 4" 195 Oct 29, 1984 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 13 Tobias Rieder L 5' 11" 189 Jan 10, 1993 Landshut, DEU 15 Riley Sheahan C 6' 2" 216 Dec 7, 1991 St. Catharines, ON, CAN 20 Cody Eakin C 6' 0" 196 May 24, 1991 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 220 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 23 Sam Reinhart R 6' 2" 193 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 24 Dylan Cozens C 6' 3" 188 Feb 9, 2001 Whitehorse, YT, CAN 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 207 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 27 Curtis Lazar C 6' 0" 193 Feb 2, 1995 Salmon Arm, BC, CAN 31 Dustin Tokarski G 6' 0" 198 Sep 16, 1989 Watson, SK, CAN 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 199 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 37 Casey Mittelstadt C 6' 1" 196 Nov 22, 1998 Eden Prairie, MN, USA 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 208 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 44 Matt Irwin D 6' 2" 189 Nov 29, 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 197 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 221 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 62 Brandon Montour D 6' 0" 194 Apr 11, 1994 Brantford, ON, CAN 68 Victor Olofsson L 5' 11" 182 Jul 18, 1995 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 72 Tage Thompson R 6' 7" 219 Oct 30, 1997 Phoenix, AZ, USA 74 Rasmus Asplund C 5' 11" 189 Dec 3, 1997 Filipstad, SWE 78 Jacob Bryson D 5' 9" 175 Nov 18, 1997 London, ON, CAN 24 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 199 Age: 27.2 Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 3 William Borgen D 6' 3" 205 Dec 19, 1996 Moorhead, MN, USA 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 204 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 28 Zemgus Girgensons L 6' 2" 213 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 215 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Pittsburgh Penguins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 87 Sidney Crosby 31 12 20 32 5 14 3 0 3 94 12.8 20:26 54.35 24 17 L 59 Jake Guentzel 32 13 17 30 4 16 4 0 4 86 15.1 20:25 0.00 25 18 C 71 Evgeni Malkin 29 8 16 24 -2 22 4 0 0 64 12.5 18:06 42.62 17 12 R 17 Bryan Rust 32 11 12 23 5 8 3 0 2 101 10.9 19:53 60.00 34 15 D 58 Kris Letang 31 5 17 22 10 16 1 0 2 76 6.6 24:39 0.00 53 41 R 42 Kasperi Kapanen 29 7 14 21 12 5 1 0 3 48 14.6 15:57 0.00 32 6 L 13 Brandon Tanev 30 7 8 15 11 22 0 1 0 42 16.7 14:34 27.27 133 32 C 53 Teddy Blueger 28 4 11 15 8 4 0 2 1 29 13.8 15:01 50.17 42 20 C 19 Jared McCann 19 5 5 10 10 4 1 0 1 34 14.7 12:57 35.55 17 7 C 12 Zach Aston-Reese 21 6 1 7 5 11 0 0 0 28 21.4 14:18 37.50 37 13 L 16 Jason Zucker 17 4 3 7 -5 8 0 0 0 30 13.3 16:30 28.57 40 8 D 4 Cody Ceci 29 2 4 6 7 10 0 0 0 30 6.7 18:12 0.00 48 44 C 9 Evan Rodrigues 16 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 24 8.3 15:22 42.62 12 6 D 5 Mike Matheson 24 2 2 4 1 20 0 0 0 49 4.1 19:31 0.00 25 27 C 14 Mark Jankowski 29 2 2 4 -3 0 0 0 0 28 7.1 11:07 43.96 21 13 D 6 John Marino 28 1 3 4 1 6 0 0 0 27 3.7 22:32 0.00 32 34 D 8 Brian Dumoulin 17 0 4 4 6 4 0 0 0 20 0.0 22:13 0.00 30 22 C 7 Colton Sceviour 24 2 1 3 -4 0 0 0 0 25 8.0 08:30 45.45 33 12 D 28 Marcus Pettersson 23 1 2 3 3 14 0 0 0 24 4.2 16:54 0.00 26 26 D 52 Mark Friedman 6 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 4 25.0 09:54 0.00 9 2 D 2 Chad Ruhwedel 16 0 2 2 3 14 0 0 0 14 0.0 14:48 0.00 28 13 C 18 Sam Lafferty 21 0 2 2 -7 12 0 0 0 18 0.0 09:18 50.00 56 8 C 57 Anthony Angello 13 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 14 7.1 08:05 0.00 40 2 D 3 Yannick Weber 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 11:19 0.00 4 0 C 11 Frederick Gaudreau 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 10:04 56.25 2 1 D 50 Juuso Riikola 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 11:25 0.00 5 1 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 1 Casey DeSmith 11 655 2.11 7 3 0 1 23 261 .919 0 1 0 31 Maxime Lagace - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Tristan Jarry 22 1282 2.86 12 8 2 0 61 606 .909 0 3 2 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 23 Sam Reinhart 28 11 9 20 -20 6 5 0 2 55 20.0 19:42 50.00 11 10 L 68 Victor Olofsson 30 8 12 20 -17 4 6 0 0 65 12.3 17:34 50.00 6 5 C 9 Jack Eichel 21 2 16 18 -9 6 1 0 1 61 3.3 20:29 49.74 20 15 L 4 Taylor Hall 30 2 14 16 -18 22 1 0 0 73 2.7 18:45 0.00 20 9 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 30 1 10 11 -28 12 1 0 0 59 1.7 21:00 0.00 30 25 C 12 Eric Staal 30 3 7 10 -19 6 1 0 0 52 5.8 15:20 47.13 11 7 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 23 3 5 8 -15 14 1 0 0 41 7.3 22:31 0.00 88 25 D 62 Brandon Montour 28 1 7 8 -12 16 0 0 0 46 2.2 20:52 0.00 27 40 C 27 Curtis Lazar 28 4 3 7 -4 0 0 0 0 28 14.3