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Penguins Fall To The Sabres In Pittsburgh 3-1, 1/6/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Penguins played against the Sabres in Pittsburgh on Saturday, January 6th. After a great win in Boston, the Penguins lost to the Sabres with a 3-1 score.


Penguins lineup against the Sabres:

Guentzel - Crosby - Rakell

Smith - Malkin - Rust

O'Connor - Eller - Puustinen

Harkins - Acciari - Carter


Pettersson - Letang

Joseph - Karlsson

Graves - Ruhwedel


Jarry

Nedeljkovic


Sabres lineup against the Penguins:

Skinner - Thompson - Tuch

Quinn - Cozens - Peterka

Greenway - Mittelstadt - Benson

Robinson - Krebs - Girgensons


Dahlin - Jokiharju

Samuelsson - Clifton

Power - Johnson


Luukkonen

Levi


   Alex Tuch strikes first for the Sabres early into the first. Drew O'Connor ties it up - Buffalo challenges it and it ends up being offside, with no goal. Jake Guentzel scores with just over a minute left in first - Buffalo challenges it and it ends up being goaltender interference, no goal for Pittsburgh. The final score of the first period was 1-0.


   The whole second period is completely scoreless.


   Rickard Rakell ties up the game, this unfortunately being the only goal the Penguins get. Zemgus Girgensons gets the Sabres in the lead with only 4:21 left in the third. Rasmus Dahlin scores and Buffalo wins with a 3-1 score, wrapping up their road trip.



"I think it really goes unsaid how hard he works," Alex Tuch on Luukkonen. "He's always doing extra work, always out there early - I think both of our goalies do a really good job."



- Rickard Rakell was the third star of the game

- 400 NHL Games for Marcus Pettersson

- Alex Tuch stats:

   -10 Goals

   - 17 Assists

   - 27 Points

- Rickard Rakell stats:

   - 4 Goals

   - 9 Assists

   - 13 Points



"It didn't go our way tonight, but I think the majority of the time it will." Tristan Jarry said.

  



POST-GAME : Mike Sullivan

POST-GAME : Rickard Rakell


POST-GAME : Don Granato

POST-GAME : Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

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