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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Mike Leggo, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18313
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1023
Buffalo 0011
Periods:
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  • 3
1
Pittsburgh   Buffalo
  0:00 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  0:08 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  0:38 Zemgus Girgensons shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Conor Sheary shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 0:52  
  1:17 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 1:29  
Phil Kessel shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 1:41  
  2:18 Sam Reinhart shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 2:20  
  2:37 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  2:38 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  3:28 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Sidney Crosby shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 3:38  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 3:39  
Mark Streit shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 3:41  
  3:42 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  4:13 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Conor Sheary shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 4:21  
  4:56 Matt Moulson shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  7:48 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  7:49 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  8:28 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  8:46 Rasmus Ristolainen penalty for Misconduct - 10 mins.
  8:46 Rasmus Ristolainen penalty for Interference - 5 mins.
  8:46 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Nick Bonino shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 10:28  
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 11:21  
  12:24 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  13:59 Matt Moulson shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  14:00 Sam Reinhart wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  15:01 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  15:04 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  15:05 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  15:15 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 15:16  
  16:30 Hudson Fasching shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Tom Kuhnhackl shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 17:28  
Chris Kunitz shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 18:23  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 18:24  
Mark Streit shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 18:26  
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 18:28  
  18:44 Brady Austin shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Evander Kane. 18:45  
  19:12 Zemgus Girgensons penalty for Hooking - 2 mins.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 19:12  
Sidney Crosby scores a power play goal. Assisted by Justin Schultz. Assisted by Conor Sheary. 19:51
(1-0)
 
  19:51 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
2
Pittsburgh   Buffalo
  0:00 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  0:39 Brian Gionta shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  0:40 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Tom Kuhnhackl shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 1:10  
  1:11 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  1:31 Evan Rodrigues shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Conor Sheary shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 2:55  
Chris Kunitz shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 3:14  
  3:32 Brian Gionta shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Matt Cullen shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 4:20  
  4:45 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  4:47 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  5:14 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Oskar Sundqvist.
Brian Dumoulin shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 5:48  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Brian Gionta. 7:31  
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 8:09  
  8:34 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Scott Wilson wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 9:31  
Mark Streit shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 9:34  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 9:52  
Brian Dumoulin shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 10:34  
  10:35 Sam Reinhart wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  13:20 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Carter Rowney shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:21  
Sidney Crosby shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:38  
  14:40 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 15:09  
Matt Cullen shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 15:18  
  15:19 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  15:26 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  15:42 Evander Kane shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  16:10 Evander Kane shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 16:13  
  17:48 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 17:53  
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 18:15  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 18:24  
Justin Schultz shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 18:52  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Sam Reinhart. 18:53  
3
Pittsburgh   Buffalo
  0:00 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Sam Reinhart. 1:29  
  2:09
(1-1)
Sam Reinhart scores. Assisted by Hudson Fasching. Assisted by Marcus Foligno.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 2:09  
  3:05 Justin Bailey shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  3:06 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Nick Bonino shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 3:51  
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 3:56  
  4:16 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Sam Reinhart. 5:12  
Conor Sheary shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 5:24  
  5:41 Sam Reinhart shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  5:43 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  5:48 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 5:57  
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 6:02  
  7:05 Casey Nelson penalty for Tripping - 2 mins.
  7:05 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Scott Wilson shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 7:25  
Scott Wilson shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 7:26  
  7:28 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Evander Kane. 7:45  
  8:30 Brian Gionta shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Scott Wilson shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 8:52  
  9:24 Tyler Ennis shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Chad Ruhwedel penalty for Hooking - 2 mins. 9:44  
  9:44 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 9:55  
  12:11 Josh Gorges shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  12:36 Zemgus Girgensons shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  12:38 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  13:35 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
Nick Bonino scores. Assisted by Ian Cole. Assisted by Tom Kuhnhackl. 14:31
(2-1)
 
  14:31 Sam Reinhart wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  15:27 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Nick Bonino shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 15:55  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 15:56  
Chad Ruhwedel shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 16:06  
Conor Sheary scores. 16:29
(3-1)
 
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 16:29  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 17:20  
  17:45 Sam Reinhart shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  18:17 Ryan O'Reilly shoots. Saved by Matt Murray.
  18:35 Evander Kane penalty for High Sticking - Double Minor - 4 mins.
  18:35 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.