VISITOR 1 BUFFALO SABRES Game 1 Away Game 1 Event Summary   Monday, September 21, 2026 Attendance 11,947 at PPG Paints Arena Start 7:08 EDT; End 9:31 EDT Game 0016 Final HOME 4 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Game 1 Home Game 1

SHOTS SUMMARY (Goals-Shots On Goal) EV PP SH TOT 0-18 1-5 0-1 1-24 5v5 5v4 5v3 4v5 4v4 4v3 3v5 3v4 3v3 0-18 1-5   0-1           EV PP SH TOT 3-25 1-2 0-1 4-28 5v5 5v4 5v3 4v5 4v4 4v3 3v5 3v4 3v3 3-25 0-1 1-1 0-1

FACE-OFF SUMMARY (Face-offs Won-Face-offs Total / Percentage) EV PP SH TOT 20-44/45% 2-5/40% 2-3/67% 24-52/46% EV PP SH TOT 24-44/55% 1-3/33% 3-5/60% 28-52/54%

TEAM SUMMARY

BUFFALO SABRES G A P +/- PN PIM TOI S A/B MS HT GV TK BS FW FL F% TOT SHF AVG PP SH EV 3 D RATHBONE, JACK         1 2 16:22 18 00:54 01:38 00:17 14:27 1 2     3 1 3       13 C PECA, MATTHEW       -2     18:01 19 00:56 01:44 01:08 15:09 1 1 1   2     7 8 47 15 R DANFORTH, JUSTIN             17:32 22 00:47 02:45 01:05 13:42 2   1 2 1     2 3 40 20 C KULICH, JIRI       -1     19:39 27 00:43 03:06 00:49 15:44 3 2 1 1       5 7 42 27 L MCDONOUGH, AIDAN             11:51 18 00:39 01:12 00:00 10:39     1         0 1 0 28 C VALENTE, LIAM       -1     14:54 16 00:55 00:27 00:00 14:27 3 1 1   2 1         33 D JOHNSON, RYAN       -1     18:42 22 00:51 00:00 01:29 17:13 2 3     1 1 1       41 R POLIN, JASON       -1     15:37 18 00:52 01:31 00:00 14:06   2 1 1       2 0 100 43 L SHEARY, CONOR             05:35 8 00:41 00:52 00:00 04:43                     44 D GILBERT, DENNIS       -1 1 2 20:02 22 00:54 00:00 00:52 19:10   1   2 1           45 C FIDDLER-SCHULTZ, RILEY       -1     14:19 17 00:50 00:02 01:33 12:44 1   1   1   2 5 3 63 48 C KOZAK, TYSON       -2     17:01 20 00:51 00:01 02:03 14:57 1 2   2 2   2 3 6 33 52 C KUNTAR, TREVOR       -1     14:52 18 00:49 00:01 00:00 14:51 3   1 4 1           57 D MRTKA, RADIM       -2     20:28 22 00:55 00:04 02:01 18:23 2 2     1 1 1       70 R RICHARD, JAKE 1   1 -1     16:02 17 00:56 02:43 00:00 13:19 2                   73 D METSA, ZACH   1 1 -1     21:55 23 00:57 02:47 01:25 17:43   1     1   2       76 D KOMAROV, VSEVOLOD             17:33 18 00:58 00:00 00:52 16:41 1   1 4     3       77 C BORDELEAU, THOMAS   1 1 -1     16:57 20 00:50 03:12 00:00 13:45 2   2   1   1       34 G LYON, ALEX                                             92 G ELLIS, COLTEN                                             TEAM TOTALS 1 2 3 -16 2 4             24 17 11 16 17 4 15 24 28 46     PITTSBURGH PENGUINS G A P +/- PN PIM TOI S A/B MS HT GV TK BS FW FL F% TOT SHF AVG PP SH EV 10 L KUZMENKO, ANDREI   1 1       19:02 18 01:03 02:11 00:00 16:51 1   4       1       11 C HALLANDER, FILIP             14:14 21 00:40 01:09 01:38 11:27 5     2             13 C GUSTAFSSON, DAVID             16:36 19 00:52 00:00 02:14 14:22 2     1 1     5 8 38 16 R BRAZEAU, JUSTIN         1 2 14:29 18 00:48 00:15 00:00 14:14 2     1 1           17 R RUST, BRYAN 1 2 3 +3     16:41 18 00:55 02:18 00:04 14:19 4   2 1     1 0 1 0 19 C DEWAR, CONNOR 1 1 2 +2     14:41 20 00:44 00:52 01:38 12:11 1 2 1 1 3     6 3 67 22 C LAPIERRE, HENDRIX   1 1       16:33 21 00:47 02:19 00:30 13:44 2 1 1         8 6 57 25 L SODERBLOM, ELMER 1   1 +1     15:31 18 00:51 01:17 02:01 12:13 1 1 1 4 1   1       26 C BROZ, TRISTAN       +2 1 2 17:48 19 00:56 02:19 00:05 15:24   2 2 1       3 5 38 27 D GRAVES, RYAN       +2 1 2 22:33 23 00:58 00:00 01:28 21:05 1 1   4 2   1       38 D PICKERING, OWEN             17:27 20 00:52 00:00 01:49 15:38 2   1 1   1 2       40 L HOWE, TANNER             12:28 14 00:53 00:00 00:00 12:28       3     1       44 D PIETILA, CHASE       +2     21:56 22 00:59 00:00 02:10 19:46 2 2   1 1   2       45 D BRUNICKE, HARRISON             16:30 20 00:49 01:09 01:07 14:14   3 1 3 1 1         57 D VAN RIEMSDYK, TREVOR       +1     17:21 21 00:49 00:00 01:06 16:15 1 1         2       58 D LETANG, KRIS   1 1 +1     20:49 23 00:54 02:19 01:08 17:22   1   1 2   2       81 C KINDEL, BEN             06:13 6 01:02 00:00 00:42 05:31 1 1 1       1 6 1 86 85 R HAYES, AVERY 1   1 +1     14:50 18 00:49 01:12 00:00 13:38 3 2 2 2 1 2         1 G MURASHOV, SERGEI                                 1           30 G BLOMQVIST, JOEL                                 1           TEAM TOTALS 4 6 10 +15 3 6             28 17 16 26 15 4 14 28 24 54

G=Goals A=Assists P=Points +/-=Plus/Minus PN=Number of Penalties PIM=Penalty Minutes TOI=Time On Ice SHF=# of Shifts AVG=Average Time/Shift S=Shots on Goal A/B=Attempts Blocked MS=Missed Shots HT=Hits Given GV=Giveaways TK=Takeaways BS=Blocked Shots FW=Faceoffs Won FL=Faceoffs Lost F%=Faceoff Win Percentage PP=Power Play SH=Short Handed EV=Even Strength OT=Overtime TOT=Total

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