The game between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins will take place at KeyBank Center on Friday, December 9 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Buffalo Sabres will welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to KeyBank Center for an NHL game on Friday. The Sabres won 4-9 against the Blue Jackets in their last game. Tage Thompson matched an NHL record by scoring four times in the first period and finished with five goals and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres won their third straight road game, 9-4 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.
Thompson is the second U.S.-born player to score five goals in a game. He is the fourth player in NHL history to record four goals in the first period of a regular-season game, joining Peter Bondra (1994), Grant Mulvey (1982) and Joe Malone (1921). “It’s definitely a rewarding feeling,” Thompson said. “You’ve spent a lot of years working to get to this point and to be rewarded for it is a pretty good feeling and it just leaves you hungrier.”
The Penguins on the other hand won 4-1 against the Blue Jackets in their last game. Crosby scored twice in two very different ways in a 4-1 victory over Columbus on Tuesday night, chipping a puck into the net while being shoved to the ice to give the Penguins the lead in the second period, then planting himself at the right post and essentially having a puck deflect off him into the net as Pittsburgh improved to 8-1-1 its last 10 games.
Crosby now has 15 goals through 26 games and is on pace for 47, the most since he poured in 44 while winning his second Maurice Richard Trophy in 2017. “I mean it’s tough for a defender,” Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin said of Crosby. “(He’s) in front of the net on his first goal, that guy is doing all he can on him and he still gets a piece of it and puts it up over the goalie. It’s just impressive how good he is in all aspects of his game and it’s fun to watch.”
Jeff Skinner – Tage Thompson – Victor Olofsson
Jack Quinn – Casey Mittelstadt – Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs – Dylan Cozens – JJ Peterka
Zemgus Girgensons – Rasmus Asplund – Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson – Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power – Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson – Ilya Lyubushkin
Eric Comrie
Craig Anderson
Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Rickard Rakell
Jason Zucker – Evgeni Malkin – Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen – Jeff Carter – Kasperi Kapanen
Brock McGinn – Ryan Poehling – Josh Archibald
Brian Dumoulin – Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson – Jeff Petry
Ty Smith – Jan Rutta
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Buffalo Sabres: Vinnie Hinostroza , Ilya Lyubushkin, Eric Comrie, Ben Bishop
Pittsburgh Penguins: Kris Letang, Sam Poulin, Ryan Poehling
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 07.12.22 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 9-4 | Win |
| 04.12.22 | San Jose Sharks | 6-3 | Win |
| 01.12.22 | Colorado Avalanche | 4-6 | Loss |
| 30.11.22 | Detroit Red Wings | 5-4 | Win |
| 29.11.22 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5-6 | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 06.12.22 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4-1 | Win |
| 04.12.22 | St. Louis Blues | 6-2 | Win |
| 01.12.22 | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-3 | Win |
| 29.11.22 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2-3 | Loss |
| 26.11.22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-4 | Loss |
| Date | Match | Score | Winner |
| 03.11.22 | Sabres Penguins | 6 3 | Sabres |
| 08.10.22 | Sabres Penguins | 1 7 | Penguins |
| 01.10.22 | Sabres Penguins | 3 1 | Sabres |
| 24.03.22 | Sabres Penguins | 4 3 | Sabres |
| 18.12.21 | Sabres Penguins | 2 3 | Penguins |
The game between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins will take place at KeyBank Center on Friday, December 9 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators will be telecast live on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, MSG.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, MSG. | December 9 (7:00 PM ET) |
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