NHL · Oct 3, 2025 · Preseason

Buffalo Sabres

4–5

Final · OT

Pittsburgh Penguins

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The Penguins edged the Sabres 5–4 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena. S. Crosby took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Sabres	0	4	0	0	4	32
Penguins	1	1	2	1	5	30

★ Three Stars

1S. CrosbyPIT · 2G 0A

2R. RakellPIT · 1G 1A

3J.KulichBUF · 2G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

08:59

Philip Tomasino (Ben Kindel)

0-1

2nd Period

03:53

Tage Thompson (Josh Norris)

1-1

07:42

Jiri Kulich (Alex Tuch, Jacob Bryson)

2-1

10:05

Jason Zucker (Bowen Byram, Tage Thompson)PP

3-1

13:53

Harrison Brunicke (Connor Dewar, Filip Hallander)

3-2

16:37

Jiri Kulich (Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs)

4-2

3rd Period

06:45

Rickard Rakell (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)PP

4-3

13:54

Sidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson)PP

4-4

Overtime

00:09

Sidney Crosby (Erik Karlsson)

4-5

Penalties

1st Period

01:15

Evgeni Malkin#71High sticking double minor (drawn by Jiri Kulich)

Minor · 4 min

2nd Period

09:24

Sidney Crosby#87Slashing (drawn by Vsevolod Komarov)

Minor · 2 min

18:28

Ryan Johnson#33Holding (drawn by Connor Dewar)

Minor · 2 min

3rd Period

06:31B

BenchToo many men on the ice

Bench minor · 2 min

08:19

Ville Koivunen#41Holding (drawn by Justin Danforth)

Minor · 2 min

12:27

Tage Thompson#72Holding the stick (drawn by Evgeni Malkin)

Minor · 2 min

Boxscore

Sabres4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
J.KulichC	2	0	2	+2	0	3	1	3	15:50
T. ThompsonC	1	1	2	-2	2	5	1	0	19:13
A. TuchR	0	2	2	+2	0	5	0	2	21:29
J. ZuckerL	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	16:33
B. ByramD	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	0	26:18
J. BrysonD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	0	18:21
J. NorrisC	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	2	18:07
P. KrebsC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	4	0	14:42
B. MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	9:44
C. TimminsD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	20:47
J. DanforthR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:05
J. DoanR	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	14:31
J. QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	14:52
R. JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	16:31
R. McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:41
T. KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:50
V. KomarovD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	17:31
Z. MetsaD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	14:41

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Lyon	13	11	2	.846	40:00
A. Georgiev	17	14	3	.824	20:09

Penguins5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
S. CrosbyC	2	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	18:04
R. RakellR	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	0	18:44
E. KarlssonD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	22:14
H. BrunickeD	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	15:55
P. TomasinoR	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	12:16
B. KindelC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	13:07
C. DewarC	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	14:13
E. MalkinC	0	1	1	-2	4	3	0	2	20:30
F. HallanderC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	12:11
K. LetangD	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	2	25:34
A. ManthaR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	13:03
C. CliftonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	17:13
C. JonesD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	4	20:09
J. BrazeauR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	14:22
N. AcciariC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	14:20
P. WotherspoonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:09
T. NovakC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	10:57
V. KoivunenR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	11:45

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Murashov	13	12	1	.923	29:52
T. Jarry	19	16	3	.842	30:17