Final/Fri Feb 6, 2026/KeyBank Center, Buffalo/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
2125
1012

02/Scoring summary

7 goals

1st

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsPITBUF
01:46BUFJason Zucker (15)Ryan McLeod, Bowen Byram01
09:18PITNHL 8482993 (1)Ilya Solovyov, NHL 848348711
18:47PITNHL 8482993 (2)Anthony Mantha, Parker Wotherspoon21

2nd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsPITBUF
07:44PITBen Kindel (13)unassisted31

3rd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsPITBUF
01:55BUFTage Thompson (30)Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin32
15:33PITTommy Novak (11)Yegor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin42
19:46PITBen Kindel (14)Connor Dewar52

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
PIT
Away / Home
BUF
5
Goals
2
32
Shots on goal
27
11
Missed shots
22
8
Blocked shots
10
54
Shot attempts
60
20
Hits
16
30
Faceoffs won of 66
36
45.5%
Faceoff win %
54.5%
17
Giveaways
15
6
Takeaways
4
6
Penalties
4
15
Penalty minutes
11
3
Power plays
5

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Pittsburgh Penguins

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Ben KindelC202+202104-617:27
NHL 8482993202+2062010:09
Parker WotherspoonD011+2015223:37
Evgeni MalkinC011045001-117:59
Anthony ManthaR011+1200016:30
Connor DewarC011+201105-615:41
Tommy NovakC101002004-815:19
Yegor ChinakhovR0110030013:08
Ilya SolovyovD011+1001012:08
NHL 8483487011+100112-010:01
Bryan RustR0000001323:31
Erik KarlssonD000+2022022:47
Sidney CrosbyC000+1260012-1120:05
Ryan SheaD0000210019:29
Brett KulakD0000000018:44
Connor CliftonD000+3505217:19
Justin BrazeauR000+1020011:11
Kevin HayesR000+101102-47:07
Skaters57121532208

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Arturs Silovs27252.92659:38
Stuart Skinner

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Buffalo Sabres

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Rasmus DahlinD011-1010026:32
Bowen ByramD011-1010226:00
Tage ThompsonC101-307108-1023:18
Ryan McLeodC0110010213-1020:01
Jack QuinnR011-1040019:24
Jason ZuckerL101-101105-218:48
Owen PowerD000-1030325:12
Mattias SamuelssonD000-1002022:42
Alex TuchR000-223000-120:53
Josh DoanR000-4001018:35
Noah OstlundC000-100025-212:23
Beck MalenstynL000-1024011:10
Peyton KrebsC000070201-010:40
Tyson KozakC000001114-410:38
NHL 84827650000021010:36
NHL 8484797000-100100-18:02
Michael KesselringD000-221207:56
Jacob BrysonD000-100004:19
Skaters24611271610

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Alex Lyon31274.87156:51
Colten Ellis

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

10 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st15:54PITEvgeni MalkinHigh-sticking2Owen Power
1st18:59PITRyan SheaHolding2Jason Zucker
2nd10:03PITSidney CrosbyCross-checking2Rasmus Dahlin
2nd17:54BUFAlex TuchTripping2Arturs Silovs
3rd01:14PITEvgeni MalkinTripping2Owen Power
3rd04:13BUFMichael KesselringHooking2Bryan Rust
3rd10:33BUFPeyton KrebsGoaltender interference2Arturs Silovs
3rd10:33PITConnor CliftonFighting5Peyton Krebs
3rd10:33BUFPeyton KrebsFighting5Connor Clifton
3rd18:31PITAnthony ManthaHooking2Owen Power

07/Game

Date
Fri Feb 6, 2026
Venue
KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025020903

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 4 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.