NHL · Feb 5, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins

5–2

Final

Buffalo Sabres

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The Penguins beat the Sabres 5–2 at KeyBank Center. A. Hayes took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Penguins	2	1	2	5	32
Sabres	1	0	1	2	27

★ Three Stars

1A. HayesPIT · 2G 0A

2B. KindelPIT · 2G 0A

3T. ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

01:46

Jason Zucker (Ryan McLeod, Bowen Byram)

0-1

09:18

Avery Hayes (Ilya Solovyov, Rutger McGroarty)

1-1

18:47

Avery Hayes (Anthony Mantha, Parker Wotherspoon)

2-1

2nd Period

07:44

Ben Kindel

3-1

3rd Period

01:55

Tage Thompson (Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin)PP

3-2

15:33

Tommy Novak (Egor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin)

4-2

19:46

Ben Kindel (Connor Dewar)SH EN

5-2

Boxscore

Penguins5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ben KindelC	2	0	2	+2	0	2	1	0	17:27
Avery HayesR	2	0	2	+2	0	6	2	0	10:09
Tommy NovakC	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	15:19
Egor ChinakhovR	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	13:08
Connor DewarC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	15:41
Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	0	4	5	0	0	17:59
Ilya SolovyovD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	12:08
Parker WotherspoonD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	5	2	23:37
Anthony ManthaR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	16:30
Rutger McGroartyR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	10:01
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:44
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	11:11
Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	+1	2	6	0	0	20:05
Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	23:31
Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	0	22:47
Kevin HayesR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	7:07
Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	+3	5	0	5	2	17:19
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	19:29

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	27	25	2	.926	59:38
Stuart Skinner	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	-3	0	7	1	0	23:18
Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	0	18:48
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	20:01
Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0	19:24
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	26:32
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2	26:00
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-4	0	0	1	0	18:35
Konsta HeleniusC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	8:02
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	10:38
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	10:40
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	11:10
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	12:23
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	3	25:12
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	22:42
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	20:53
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	7:56
Isak RosenR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	10:36
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4:19

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	31	27	4	.871	56:51
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00