September 21, 2026
Final
Sabres
BUF
1
4
PIT
Penguins
1st2nd3rdT
BUF-1-1
PIT1214

Scoring

1PlayBUFPIT
10:27
Player
Connor Dewar(1) Wrist Shot, assists: Bryan Rust(1), Andrei Kuzmenko(1)-1
2PlayBUFPIT
12:16
Player
Bryan Rust(1) Wrist Shot, assists: Hendrix Lapierre(1), Kris Letang(1)-2
18:32
Player
Jake Richard(1) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Bordeleau(1), Zach Metsa(1)12
19:58
Player
Avery Hayes(1) Wrist Shot Unassisted13
3PlayBUFPIT
18:13
Player
Elmer Soderblom(1) Wrist Shot, assists: Bryan Rust(2), Connor Dewar(1)14
SKATERSGA+/-SPIMTOI
Matthew Peca00-20018:01
Justin Danforth0000017:32
Jiri Kulich00-10019:39
Aidan McDonough0000011:51
Liam Valente00-10014:54
Jason Polin00-10015:37
Conor Sheary0000005:35
Riley Fiddler-Schultz00-10014:19
Tyson Kozak00-20017:01
Trevor Kuntar00-10014:52
Jake Richard10-10016:02
Thomas Bordeleau01-10016:57
Jack Rathbone0000216:22
Ryan Johnson00-10018:42
Dennis Gilbert00-10220:02
Radim Mrtka00-20020:28
Zach Metsa01-10021:55
Vsevolod Komarov0000017:33
GOALIESSVSSV%TOI
Alex Lyon16/1916/190.84210540:00
Colten Ellis8/88/8118:52

Team Statistics

24
SHOTS
28
16
HITS
26
46
FACEOFF WIN %
54
1/3
POWER PLAY
1/2
4
PIM
6
15
BLOCKED SHOTS
14
BUFPIT
Shots2428
Hits1626
Faceoff Win %4654
Power Play1/31/2
PIM46
Blocked Shots1514

Game Information

Officials

Referees:Carter Sandlak,Justin Kea

Linesmen:James Tobias,Mark Shewchyk

Head Coaches

Pittsburgh:Dan Muse

Buffalo:Lindy Ruff

Scratches

Pittsburgh:Evgeni Malkin,Sidney Crosby,Erik Karlsson,Rickard Rakell,Ryan Segalla,Tommy Novak,Caleb Jones,Samuel Girard,Joseph Masonius,Philip Kemp,Collin Delia,Cam Johnson,Hugh McGing,Rafael Harvey-Pinard,Blake Lizotte,Taylor Gauthier,Kaedan Korczak,Nick Robertson,Arturs Silovs,Filip Lindberg,Ilya Solovyov,Egor Chinakhov,Brent Johnson,Ville Koivunen,Lucas Ciona,Ryan Mast,Kirill Tankov,Daniel Laatsch,Declan Carlile,Rutger McGroarty,Zam Plante,Luke Devlin,Atley Calvert,Mark Senden,Mikhail Ilyin,Kalle Kangas,Emil Jarventie,Finn Harding,Melvin Fernström,Tomas Galvas,Oliver Okuliar,Max Graham,Joona Väisänen,Mac Swanson,Brayden Edwards,Parker Von Richter,Bill Zonnon,Charlton Trethewey,Peyton Kettles,William Horcoff,Brady Peddle,David Breazeale,Gabriel D'Aigle,Travis Hayes,Ryan Miller,Quinn Beauchesne,Jordan Charron,Carter Sanderson,Kale Dach,Maleek McGowan,Pierce Mbuyi,Liam Ruck,Markus Ruck,Broten Sabo,Daniel Russell,Jake Livanavage,Matvei Nikonovich,Tyler Duke,Jack Horbach,Tiernan Shoudy,Carter Casey,Benett Kelly,Xavier Wendt

Buffalo:Artem Kriukov,Jason Zucker,Sam Carrick,Mason Geertsen,Brendan Warren,Beck Malenstyn,Tage Thompson,Vasily Glotov,Conor Timmins,Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen,Josh Norris,Matt Villalta,Carson Meyer,Ryan McLeod,Mattias Samuelsson,Rasmus Dahlin,Peyton Krebs,Louis Crevier,Jack Quinn,Matteo Costantini,Josh Doan,Redmond Savage,Owen Power,Prokhor Poltapov,Olen Zellweger,Talyn Boyko,Noah Laaouan,Topias Leinonen,Noah Ostlund,Graham Slaggert,Zach Benson,Gavin McCarthy,Scott Ratzlaff,Maxim Strbak,Sean Keohane,Norwin Panocha,Zac Funk,Brodie Ziemer,Konsta Helenius,Adam Kleber,Luke Osburn,Simon-Pier Brunet,Patrick Geary,Vasily Zelenov,David Bedkowski,Matous Jan Kucharcik,Samuel Meloche,Noah Laberge,Ashton Schultz,Melvin Novotny,Yevgeni Prokhorov,Ryan Rucinski,Brayden Holberton,Ilia Morozov,Daxon Rudolph,Olivers Murnieks,Doman Szongoth,Dylan Dumont,Jean-Christoph Lemieux,Sawyer Mayes,Caden Dabrowski,Cohen Bidgood,Kristopher Richards,Eddy Doyle

Venue:PPG Paints Arena