| SOG | HIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Road | 32 | 20 |
| Home | 27 | 16 |
Scoring
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Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | FO% | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutger McGroartyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:01 |
| Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 07:07 |
| Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23:31 |
| Tommy NovakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| Connor DewarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.454545 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:41 |
| Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| Ben KindelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| Avery HayesR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10:09 |
| Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.521739 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Ryan SheaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 |
| Ilya SolovyovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:08 |
| Parker WotherspoonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 23:37 |
| Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22:47 |
| Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17:19 |
| Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:44 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | FO% | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0.714286 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:48 |
| Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:40 |
| Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11:10 |
| Tyson KozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10:38 |
| Isak RosenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.565217 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:01 |
| Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0.444444 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23:18 |
| Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0.714286 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 |
| Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| Josh DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| Konsta HeleniusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 08:02 |
| Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:00 |
| Michael KesselringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 07:56 |
| Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:42 |
| Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25:12 |
| Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:32 |
| Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:19 |
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