Sabres Down Pittsburgh 3-2 - Match Report

Sabres Down Pittsburgh 3-2 - Match Report

Buffalo skated to a 3-2 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday in NHL action at Consol Energy Centre.

Buffalo was an underdog by +116 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Buffalo got goals from Drew Stafford, Nathan Gerbe, and Luke Adam in the victory. Gerbe opened the scoring at 9:24 of the first period.

Jhonas Enroth stopped 29 of 31 Pittsburgh shots in the victory.

Pittsburgh got goals from James Neal and Jordan Staal in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 of 28 shots for the Penguins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Buffalo went 0-for-1, while the Penguins were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 31-28.

Buffalo heads into a battle against the Canadiens. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, will have their next action against Winnipeg.