Game Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins (9-9-0) at Buffalo Sabres (8-9-2) – 24 Nov 2023 – 6:00PM EST

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# Pittsburgh [](/r/penguins) Penguins (9-9-0) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (8-9-2)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|3:00PM|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|TVAS, SNE, SNO, SNP, TNT, MAX|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/pittsburgh-penguins-buffalo-sabres-game-preview-november-24) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020301/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020301/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020301/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Dylan Cozens|Alex Tuch|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|Sidney Crosby|Drew O’Connor|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Casey Mittelstadt|John Jason Peterka|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Reilly Smith|Evgeni Malkin|Alex Nylander|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tyson Jost|Victor Olofsson|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Radim Zohorna|Lars Eller|Vinnie Hinostroza|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Zemgus Girgensons|Kyle Okposo|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Matthew Nieto|Noel Acciari|Jeff Carter|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Ryan Graves|Kris Letang|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|Erik Karlsson|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|Erik Johnson|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Ryan Shea|John Ludvig|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Tage Thompson|14 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Thompson (upper body) was designated for injured reserve Friday, per the NHL media site.|02 Dec 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|27 Dec 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Bryan Rust|21 Nov 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Rust (lower body) is expected to miss Wednesday’s game against the New York Rangers, per Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff.|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Rickard Rakell|21 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Rakell is expected to be sidelined long-term due to an upper-body injury, Pens Inside Scoop reports Tuesday.|16 Dec 2023|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Chad Ruhwedel|19 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Ruhwedel (lower body) is considered week-to-week according to coach Mike Sullivan, Pens Inside Scoop reports Tuesday.|28 Nov 2023|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Pierre-Olivier Joseph|18 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Joseph (lower body) has no clear recovery timeline and will be sidelined indefinitely, Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive.com reports Tuesday.|28 Nov 2023|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Samuel Poulin|01 Nov 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Poulin (lower body) is considered week-to-week for AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Taylor Haase of DKPittsburghSports.com reports.|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Will Butcher|21 Sep 2023|Undisclosed|IR-NR|Butcher (undisclosed) was on the ice for Tuesday’s optional skate, Penguins radio play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports.|28 Nov 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/pittsburgh-penguins/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|19|8|9|2|18|0.474|2.84|3.21|12.73|85.71|28.32|29.84|44.74|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|18|9|9|0|18|0.500|3.22|2.61|13.73|85.71|33.89|30.89|55.32|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|9|7|4|3|1|1|2.80|0.911|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|8|8|3|4|1|0|3.66|0.879|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|14|14|6|8|0|3|2.47|0.916|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|3|3|2|1|0|1|2.00|0.944|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=5 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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