Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Sat, Mar 13, 2021 NHL Game #431 Buffalo Sabres 6 - 15 - 4 (16 pts) Pittsburgh Penguins 16 - 9 - 1 (33 pts) Team Game: 26 2 - 8 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 27 11 - 2 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 13 4 - 7 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 14 5 - 7 - 1 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 34 Jonas Johansson 6 0 4 1 3.91 .883 1 Casey DeSmith 8 5 2 0 2.52 .901 40 Carter Hutton 9 1 7 1 3.40 .883 31 Maxime Lagace - - - - - - 35 Tristan Jarry 19 11 7 1 3.00 .901 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 L Taylor Hall 25 2 14 16 -16 20 2 D Chad Ruhwedel 13 0 2 2 2 14 9 C Jack Eichel 21 2 16 18 -9 6 3 D Yannick Weber 2 0 0 0 -3 0 10 D Henri Jokiharju 18 1 1 2 -7 0 4 D Cody Ceci 23 2 4 6 6 10 12 C Eric Staal 25 3 7 10 -14 4 5 D Mike Matheson 18 2 2 4 3 18 13 L Tobias Rieder 22 4 0 4 -5 0 6 D John Marino 25 1 3 4 2 6 15 C Riley Sheahan 24 3 2 5 0 4 7 C Colton Sceviour 18 2 1 3 -4 0 20 C Cody Eakin 25 1 3 4 -7 6 8 D Brian Dumoulin 11 0 3 3 3 2 21 R Kyle Okposo 20 0 3 3 -5 0 9 C Evan Rodrigues 10 1 2 3 0 0 23 R Sam Reinhart 23 11 8 19 -15 6 11 C Frederick Gaudreau - - - - - - 24 C Dylan Cozens 20 3 2 5 -7 5 12 C Zach Aston-Reese 15 5 1 6 4 9 26 D Rasmus Dahlin 25 1 10 11 -23 8 13 L Brandon Tanev 26 6 6 12 9 7 27 C Curtis Lazar 23 4 3 7 -3 0 14 C Mark Jankowski 23 1 2 3 -4 0 33 D Colin Miller 23 3 3 6 -13 13 17 R Bryan Rust 26 9 10 19 2 4 37 C Casey Mittelstadt 10 1 3 4 -5 0 18 C Sam Lafferty 17 0 1 1 -8 8 44 D Matt Irwin 13 0 2 2 -5 6 28 D Marcus Pettersson 17 1 1 2 0 10 53 L Jeff Skinner 22 1 1 2 -7 10 42 R Kasperi Kapanen 23 7 11 18 12 5 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 18 3 5 8 -10 14 50 D Juuso Riikola 2 0 0 0 0 0 62 D Brandon Montour 23 1 4 5 -11 14 53 C Teddy Blueger 26 4 10 14 7 2 68 L Victor Olofsson 25 8 11 19 -12 2 57 C Anthony Angello 7 1 0 1 1 0 72 R Tage Thompson 10 1 1 2 -2 2 58 D Kris Letang 25 5 12 17 7 14 78 D Jacob Bryson 9 1 0 1 0 6 59 L Jake Guentzel 26 9 14 23 2 16 71 C Evgeni Malkin 26 7 14 21 -3 20 87 C Sidney Crosby 25 9 16 25 2 12 Owner/CEO Terry Pegula General Manager Ron Hextall Owner/President Kim Pegula President of Hockey Brian Burke/Patrik Allvin General Manager Kevyn Adams Operations/Assistant GM Head Coach Ralph Krueger Head Coach Mike Sullivan Coaching Staff Mike Bales (Assistant Coach), Assistant Coaches Todd Reirden, Mike Vellucci Don Granato (Assistant Goaltending Coach / Video Coaches Mike Buckley / Andy Saucier, Coach), Steve Smith (Assistant Madison Nikkel Coach), Myles Fee (Video Coach), Kyle Smith (Video Coordinator) Tonight's Officials Referees Jake Brenk (26), Kelly Sutherland (11) Linesmen James Tobias (61), Tony Sericolo (84) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule NYR @ BOS : 1:00 DAL @ CBJ : 5:00 MTL @ CGY : 5:00 SJS @ ANA : 7:00 PIT @ BUF : 7:00 CHI @ FLA : 7:00 NYI @ NJD : 7:00 WSH @ PHI : 7:00 VGK @ STL : 7:00 NSH @ TBL : 7:00 WPG @ TOR : 7:00 EDM @ VAN : 7:00 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 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 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 199 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 34 Jonas Johansson G 6' 5" 220 Sep 19, 1995 Gävle, SWE 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 78 Jacob Bryson D 5' 9" 175 Nov 18, 1997 London, ON, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 200 Age: 27.1 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 KYLE OKPOSO (2 / 2 Games) RILEY SHEAHAN (1-1-2 / 2 Games) ERIC STAAL (2 / 2 Games) ERIC STAAL (0-2-2 / 2 Games) KYLE OKPOSO (0-2-2 / 2 Games) VICTOR OLOFSSON (1-1-2 / 2 Games) 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 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 53 Teddy Blueger C 6' 0" 185 Aug 15, 1994 Riga, LVA 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 71 Evgeni Malkin C 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS 87 Sidney Crosby C 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1987 Cole Harbour, NS, CAN 26 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 192 Age: 28.3 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 16 Jason Zucker L 5' 11" 192 Jan 16, 1992 Newport Beach, CA, USA 19 Jared McCann C 6' 1" 185 May 31, 1996 Stratford, ON, CAN 52 Mark Friedman D 5' 11" 185 Dec 25, 1995 Toronto, ON, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks JAKE GUENTZEL (2 / 2 Games) SIDNEY CROSBY (2 / 2 Games) BRANDON TANEV (1-4-5 / 4 Games) EVGENI MALKIN (6 / 6 Games) JAKE GUENTZEL (2-0-2 / 2 Games) EVGENI MALKIN (3-6-9 / 6 Games) TEDDY BLUEGER (1-2-3 / 3 Games) SIDNEY CROSBY (2-5-7 / 5 Games) KASPERI KAPANEN (2-3-5 / 3 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 23 Sam Reinhart 23 11 8 19 -15 6 5 0 2 51 21.6 19:57 50.00 10 10 L 68 Victor Olofsson 25 8 11 19 -12 2 6 0 0 55 14.5 17:58 50.00 4 4 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 25 2 14 16 -16 20 1 0 0 66 3.0 19:16 0.00 18 8 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 25 1 10 11 -23 8 1 0 0 52 1.9 21:03 0.00 24 22 C 12 Eric Staal 25 3 7 10 -14 4 1 0 0 39 7.7 15:20 47.28 9 7 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 18 3 5 8 -10 14 1 0 0 34 8.8 22:35 0.00 70 17 C 27 Curtis Lazar 23 4 3 7 -3 0 0 0 0 21 19.0 13:05 48.78 48 12 D 33 Colin Miller 23 3 3 6 -13 13 1 0 0 28 10.7 18:07 0.00 46 22 C 15 Riley Sheahan 24 3 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 15 20.0 12:22 57.32 11 5 C 24 Dylan Cozens 20 3 2 5 -7 5 1 0 0 18 16.7 13:37 59.57 14 6 D 62 Brandon Montour 23 1 4 5 -11 14 0 0 0 41 2.4 20:54 0.00 24 31 L 13 Tobias Rieder 22 4 0 4 -5 0 0 0 0 30 13.3 12:16 25.00 12 19 C 20 Cody Eakin 25 1 3 4 -7 6 0 0 0 21 4.8 13:22 58.24 17 10 C 37 Casey Mittelstadt 10 1 3 4 -5 0 1 0 0 12 8.3 12:36 54.83 3 3 D 19 Jake McCabe 13 1 2 3 2 9 0 0 0 15 6.7 19:10 0.00 22 15 R 21 Kyle Okposo 20 0 3 3 -5 0 0 0 0 24 0.0 12:52 33.33 20 4 D 10 Henri Jokiharju 18 1 1 2 -7 0 0 0 0 19 5.3 17:32 0.00 16 17 L 53 Jeff Skinner 22 1 1 2 -7 10 0 0 0 44 2.3 13:36 50.00 7 8 R 72 Tage Thompson 10 1 1 2 -2 2 0 0 0 18 5.6 13:06 50.00 14 6 D 44 Matt Irwin 13 0 2 2 -5 6 0 0 0 16 0.0 18:19 0.00 34 24 D 78 Jacob Bryson 9 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 11 9.1 19:50 0.00 8 15 D 3 William Borgen 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 16:58 0.00 12 5 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 34 Jonas Johansson 6 322 3.91 0 4 1 0 21 159 .883 0 0 0 35 Linus Ullmark 12 690 2.44 5 4 2 0 28 316 .919 0 0 0 40 Carter Hutton 9 494 3.40 1 7 1 0 28 212 .883 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Penguins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 87 Sidney Crosby 25 9 16 25 2 12 3 0 2 69 13.0 20:09 54.59 20 15 L 59 Jake Guentzel 26 9 14 23 2 16 2 0 3 66 13.6 20:21 0.00 23 16 C 71 Evgeni Malkin 26 7 14 21 -3 20 3 0 0 58 12.1 18:43 42.76 16 11 R 17 Bryan Rust 26 9 10 19 2 4 2 0 1 90 10.0 19:44 60.00 28 11 R 42 Kasperi Kapanen 23 7 11 18 12 5 1 0 3 38 18.4 15:50 0.00 26 5 D 58 Kris Letang 25 5 12 17 7 14 1 0 2 58 8.6 24:24 0.00 43 31 C 53 Teddy Blueger 26 4 10 14 7 2 0 2 1 26 15.4 14:58 49.80 41 20 L 13 Brandon Tanev 26 6 6 12 9 7 0 1 0 37 16.2 14:41 27.27 117 30 C 19 Jared McCann 17 5 5 10 9 4 1 0 1 28 17.9 12:41 38.88 17 4 L