Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (7-6-1) at Pittsburgh Penguins (6-6-0) – 11 Nov 2023 – 7:30PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (7-6-1) at Pittsburgh [](/r/penguins) Penguins (6-6-0)

#PPG Paints Arena

##In-Game Updates

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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|1st – 00:08|

|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|0|–|–|0|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|1|–|–|1|

##Team Stats

|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|14|9|1|38.9%|1|1|0/1|0|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|14|3|4|61.1%|2|1|0/0|2|

##Goals

|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|19:01|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Short Handed|Evgeni Malkin (8) backhand shot, assist(s): None|

##Penalties

|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|15:43|[PIT](/r/penguins)|MIN|2|Ryan Graves slashing against Jeff Skinner|

**Officials**

* Referees: Wes McCauley, Eric Furlatt
* Linesmen: Tommy Hughes, Brad Kovachik

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|4:30PM|5:30PM|6:30PM|7:30PM|8:30PM|12:30AM|##Game Info:

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|:–:|:–:|
|TV|MSG-B, SN-PIT|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020217) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020217/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020217/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020217/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|Sidney Crosby|Bryan Rust|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Dylan Cozens|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Reilly Smith|Evgeni Malkin|Rickard Rakell|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|John Jason Peterka|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Drew O’Connor|Lars Eller|Radim Zohorna|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|Peyton Krebs|Matthew Savoie|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Matthew Nieto|Noel Acciari|Jeff Carter|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Tyson Jost|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Ryan Graves|Kris Letang|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Ryan Johnson|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|Erik Karlsson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Chad Ruhwedel|Ryan Shea|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|Erik Johnson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Magnus Hellberg|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Joel Blomqvist|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|07 Nov 2023|Eye|DTD|Jarry (face) will not play Thursday in LA, according to Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Samuel Poulin|01 Nov 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Poulin (lower body) is considered week-to-week for AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Taylor Haase of DKPittsburghSports.com reports.|16 Nov 2023|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Valtteri Puustinen|01 Nov 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Puustinen (upper body) is considered week-to-week for AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Taylor Haase of DKPittsburghSports.com reports.|16 Nov 2023|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|25 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Nedeljkovic (lower body) is skating in Pittsburgh.|19 Nov 2023|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|John Ludvig|24 Oct 2023|Concussion|IR-LT|Concussion|19 Nov 2023|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Will Butcher|21 Sep 2023|Undisclosed|IR-NR|Butcher (undisclosed) was on the ice for Tuesday’s optional skate, Penguins radio play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports.|14 Nov 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Alex Tuch|09 Nov 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Tuch (upper body) will be a game-time decision Friday versus Minnesota.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Brandon Biro|06 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Biro (undisclosed) was placed on injured reserve Monday.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|03 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Samuelsson (lower body) could be an option to face Pittsburgh on Saturday.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|31 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|The Sabres put Benson (lower body) on injured reserve Friday, Sabres insider Joe Yerdon reports.|17 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|27 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|Comrie (lower body) felt good after participating in Thursday’s skate, but he’s likely to get into a few more practices before returning, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550|14 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|14 Nov 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/pittsburgh-penguins/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|12|6|6|0|12|0.500|3.50|2.83|17.14|82.50|34.58|29.33|55.91|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|14|7|6|1|15|0.536|3.14|3.07|11.63|85.45|28.14|30.14|43.63|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|9|9|4|5|0|2|2.51|0.907|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Magnus Hellberg|3|1|1|0|0|0|2.50|0.922|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|6|5|3|2|1|1|3.10|0.899|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|6|6|3|3|0|0|3.17|0.896|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=5 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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