Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score | Status |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 1:46 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Jason Zucker (Assist: Ryan McLeod, Bowen Byram) |
| 9:18 | Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Avery Hayes (Assist: Ilya Solovyov, Rutger McGroarty) |
| 18:47 | Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Avery Hayes (Assist: Anthony Mantha, Parker Wotherspoon) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 7:44 | Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Ben Kindel |
| 3rd Period | |
| 1:55 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Tage Thompson (Assist: Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin) |
| 15:33 | Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Tommy Novak (Assist: Egor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin) |
| 19:46 | Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Ben Kindel (Assist: Connor Dewar) |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 15:54 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Evgeni Malkin 2 minutes for High-sticking Owen Power |
| 18:59 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Shea 2 minutes for Holding Jason Zucker |
| 2nd Period | |
| 10:03 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby 2 minutes for Cross-checking Rasmus Dahlin |
| 17:54 | Buffalo Sabres, Alex Tuch 2 minutes for Tripping Arturs Silovs |
| 3rd Period | |
| 1:14 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Evgeni Malkin 2 minutes for Tripping Owen Power |
| 4:13 | Buffalo Sabres, Michael Kesselring 2 minutes for Hooking Bryan Rust |
| 10:33 | Buffalo Sabres, Peyton Krebs 2 minutes for Interference - Goalkeeper Arturs Silovs served by Josh Doan |
| 10:33 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Fighting Peyton Krebs |
| 10:33 | Buffalo Sabres, Peyton Krebs 2 minutes for Fighting Connor Clifton |
| 18:31 | Pittsburgh Penguins, Anthony Mantha 2 minutes for Hooking Owen Power |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| J. Brazeau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| E. Chinakhov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| S. Crosby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:05 |
| C. Dewar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| K. Hayes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7:07 |
| A. Hayes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10:09 |
| B. Kindel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17:27 |
| E. Malkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:59 |
| A. Mantha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| R. McGroarty | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:01 |
| T. Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| B. Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:31 |
| C. Clifton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 |
| E. Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 |
| B. Kulak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:44 |
| R. Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:29 |
| I. Solovyov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 |
| P. Wotherspoon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23:37 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| J. Doan | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:35 |
| K. Helenius | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:02 |
| T. Kozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:01 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| I. Rosen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 |
| T. Thompson | 1 | 0 | -3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:18 |
| A. Tuch | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:53 |
| J. Zucker | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:48 |
| J. Bryson | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:19 |
| B. Byram | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:00 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:32 |
| M. Kesselring | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7:56 |
| O. Power | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:12 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22:42 |
Last updated on Friday, February 6, 2026 2:42 AM.