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Tuesday, December 22, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
PPG Paints Arena | SN-PIT
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
@
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
45% Win Probability
55% Win Probability
BUF is expected to score 2.93 goals PIT is expected to score 3.32 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 30, 2026 at 3:14 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Record 6-4-3 5-6-2
L10 Record 4-3-3 3-5-2
Pts% 57.69% 46.15%
Division Rank 7 (Atlantic) 6 (Metropolitan)
Conference Rank 11 (Eastern) 14 (Eastern)
Projected Points 90.30 89.03
xGF/G 3.28+0.12 ● 3.15
xGA/G 3.22 ● +0.163.06
xGF% 50.44% ● +0.2850.72%
L10 xGF 31.79+1.07 ● 30.72
L10 xGA 32.93 ● +2.4430.49
L10 xGF% 49.12% ● +1.0750.19%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.43 8 7 15 13 19:22 5.6 2.4 55 14.5 0.102 4.3 149 67 45.0 0.83 -0.15 0.68
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.43 7 5 12 13 19:24 5.6 1.4 38 18.4 0.146 3.8 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.42 1 0 1 4 12:19 1.7 -0.7 9 11.1 0.185 -7.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.41 3 3 6 13 19:33 5.4 -2.4 33 9.1 0.162 -7.1 6 3 50.0 0.00 -0.06 -0.06
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.41 2 9 11 13 19:42 5.3 -4.3 29 6.9 0.183 -11.4 13 4 30.8 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.35 4 5 9 13 18:56 4.5 -0.5 30 13.3 0.150 -1.7 124 46 37.1 0.03 -0.17 -0.14
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.30 3 3 6 10 17:14 3.0 0.0 26 11.5 0.115 0.0 89 40 44.9 0.01 0.00 0.01
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.29 3 4 7 13 19:16 3.8 -0.8 25 12.0 0.150 -3.0 255 133 52.2 0.48 -0.26 0.23
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.27 6 5 11 12 16:58 3.2 2.8 26 23.1 0.124 10.7 10 4 40.0 0.04 0.00 0.04
PIT Bryan Rust (R)+ 0.24 3 2 5 7 17:22 1.7 1.3 9 33.3 0.187 14.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.21 3 5 8 13 15:33 2.7 0.3 19 15.8 0.144 1.4 116 41 35.3 0.02 -0.05 -0.03
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.20 2 2 4 9 15:53 1.8 0.2 14 14.3 0.132 1.1 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.20 2 1 3 13 15:33 2.6 -0.6 20 10.0 0.129 -2.9 5 2 40.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.20 2 1 3 13 14:54 2.6 -0.6 15 13.3 0.171 -3.8 128 66 51.6 0.13 -0.47 -0.34
PIT Nicholas Robertson (L) 0.18 6 0 6 13 12:48 2.4 2.6 28 21.4 0.085 13.0 2 2 100.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
BUF Jiri Kulich (C)+ 0.18 1 2 3 8 13:09 1.4 -0.4 9 11.1 0.159 -4.8 55 28 50.9 0.00 -0.14 -0.14
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.16 2 3 5 13 13:25 2.1 -0.1 22 9.1 0.094 -0.3 31 10 32.3 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
PIT Elmer Soderblom (L)+ 0.15 0 1 1 6 11:25 0.9 -0.9 5 0.0 0.185 -18.5 1 1 100.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
PIT Rutger McGroarty (R) 0.15 0 0 0 2 13:40 0.3 -0.3 2 0.0 0.148 -14.8 4 1 25.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Hendrix Lapierre (C) 0.15 2 4 6 9 12:31 1.3 0.7 10 20.0 0.133 6.7 46 21 45.7 0.02 0.00 0.02
PIT Ville Koivunen (R) 0.14 2 3 5 11 14:03 1.6 0.4 12 16.7 0.129 3.7 2 2 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.14 0 4 4 13 13:23 1.8 -1.8 14 0.0 0.126 -12.6 173 76 43.9 0.03 -0.27 -0.23
PIT Andrei Kuzmenko (L) 0.13 0 1 1 9 13:02 1.2 -1.2 8 0.0 0.145 -14.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Konsta Helenius (C)+ 0.12 1 2 3 11 12:59 1.3 -0.3 12 8.3 0.112 -2.9 8 1 12.5 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.12 1 2 3 13 15:06 1.5 -0.5 13 7.7 0.116 -4.0 147 76 51.7 0.23 -0.23 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.10 0 7 7 13 13:32 1.3 -1.3 7 0.0 0.179 -17.9 39 20 51.3 0.17 0.00 0.17
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.08 0 2 2 13 10:51 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.145 -14.5 7 4 57.1 0.00 -0.11 -0.11
BUF Justin Danforth (R)+ 0.04 0 0 0 6 9:09 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.251 -25.1 40 20 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.04 1 0 1 5 11:00 0.2 0.8 2 50.0 0.090 41.0 26 12 46.2 0.00 -0.10 -0.10
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.01 0 1 1 5 7:39 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.046 -4.6 19 10 52.6 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.23 2 5 7 10 24:47 2.3 -0.3 31 6.5 0.073 -0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.15 3 3 6 12 19:46 1.8 1.2 26 11.5 0.069 4.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.13 2 11 13 13 23:19 1.7 0.3 21 9.5 0.083 1.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Samuel Girard (D) 0.11 1 6 7 10 18:50 1.1 -0.1 14 7.1 0.079 -0.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Declan Carlile (D) 0.11 3 2 5 13 19:08 1.4 1.6 20 15.0 0.072 7.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 2 9 11 13 26:36 1.4 0.6 18 11.1 0.077 3.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.11 2 6 8 13 23:40 1.4 0.6 20 10.0 0.069 3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.10 0 6 6 13 20:14 1.3 -1.3 25 0.0 0.051 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Kaedan Korczak (D) 0.07 0 6 6 13 18:20 0.9 -0.9 13 0.0 0.067 -6.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Ilya Solovyov (D) 0.06 0 0 0 3 16:14 0.2 -0.2 3 0.0 0.056 -5.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.03 1 1 2 5 9:55 0.2 0.8 1 100.0 0.174 82.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.03 0 1 1 13 13:25 0.4 -0.4 12 0.0 0.037 -3.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 2 2 11 12:31 0.3 -0.3 5 0.0 0.061 -6.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Spencer Stastney (D) 0.03 0 2 2 8 17:29 0.2 -0.2 7 0.0 0.029 -2.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Trevor van Riemsdyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 5 18:48 0.0 0.0 2 0.0 0.002 -0.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +0.49% 1.2 2.98 0.889 5 9 3 55.6 2 27 243 216 28.2
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.11% 0.1 3.11 0.880 3 5 1 60.0 1 14 117 103 14.1
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -1.42% -3.3 3.56 0.866 3 9 3 33.3 0 31 231 200 27.7
PIT Sergei Murashov (G) -2.00% -2.4 3.50 0.883 0 4 3 0.0 0 14 120 106 11.6