Zone Glace
Thu, Mar 5, 2026
12:00 AM
FinalRegular season
PPG Paints Arena

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted
BUF 43%57% PIT
Probable score
3 - 4
Regulation win (home)
53%
OT / shootout probability
15%
Elo home / away
1511 / 1533
1 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct
0.32 goal · 28%0
0.31 goal · 27%0
0.30 goal · 26%0
0.28 goal · 25%0
0.28 goal · 24%1
0.28 goal · 24%1

Tonight's matchup

Tage Thompson

BUF · C · 81 GP

vs
Erik Karlsson

PIT · D · 75 GP

BUFStatPIT
40G15
41A51
81PTS66
14.7%S%8.5%
19.2TOI23.6

Result

Three stars

1
O. Power

D · BUF

1G · 1A · 2P

2
U. Luukkonen

G · BUF

0G · 0A · 0P

3
B. Rust

R · PIT

1G · 0A · 1P

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

  • 04:10

    J. Doan (23), B. Byram (22)

    BUF 2–1 PIT
  • 06:18

    O. Power (15), T. Thompson (32)

    BUF 3–1 PIT
  • 10:30

    J. Norris (13), N. Ostlund (12)

    BUF 4–1 PIT

3rd period

Team comparison

BUFStatPIT
26Shots28
1Power play—
20Hits18
11Blocked shots11
10PIM23