Game Preview: 03.13.21 at BUF

GM 27 | MARCH 13 | 7:00 PM ET | KEYBANK CENTER
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PIT: 16 - 9 - 1 (33 pts)
BUF: 6 - 15 - 4 (16 pts)

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MATCHUP PREVIEW

The Penguins conclude their brief two-game stop in Buffalo as they take on the Sabres at KeyBank Center. Pittsburgh has points in 20 of its last 22 games against Buffalo (17-2-3) dating back to October 5, 2013. During that span, the Penguins have outscored the Sabres by a 83-44 margin. The Penguins have an active 13-game point streak versus the Sabres in Buffalo (11-0-2). Going back further, they're 13-1-2 in their last 16 road games against Buffalo. The Penguins have earned points in nine of their last 12 games overall (9-3-0).
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QUICK HITS

Following the team's win on Thursday night, head coach Mike Sullivan became the fourth American-born head coach, and tied for 13th fastest in NHL history (559 GP), to win 300 games.
Evgeni Malkin has points in 13 consecutive games against Buffalo (7G-13A), and has 57 points (19G-38A) in 43 career games overall.
Evgeni Malkin enters tonight's game riding a season-long six-game point streak (3G-6A). With a point tonight, Malkin can record his first official seven-game point streak since Nov. 13-24, 2018 (2G-8A). He had an unofficial nine-game point streak during the 2019-20 campaign.
Sidney Crosby enters tonight's game with 199 career multi-assist games, and his next such instance will make him the 22nd player in NHL history to have 200 or more games with multiple assists, moving him into a three-way tie with Doug Gilmour (200) and Bobby Clarke (200) for the 20th most multi-assist games in NHL history.
Evgeni Malkin and Kasperi Kapanen continue to be a dynamic duo for Pittsburgh. Over the past six games, the two have combined for 17 points (7G-10A). The seven goals have accounted for 26.9% of Pittsburgh's 26 goals in the span.

MALKIN CLOSING IN ON 1,100 POINTS

Evgeni Malkin has been a huge contributing factor to Pittsburgh's improved play as of late, as he's picked up points in 10 of his last 12 games (4G-10A). Malkin enters tonight's game three points shy of becoming the 63rd player in NHL history to record 1,100 points in their career. He also would join Mario Lemieux (1,723) and Sidney Crosby (1,288) as the only players in Penguins history to record 1,100 points with the team.
A veteran of 933 career games, Malkin is looking to become just the 20th player in NHL history to achieve this milestone in fewer than 950 games.
Malkin enters tonight's game riding a six-game point streak (3G-6A). Only Carolina's Dougie Hamilton (7 games) and St. Louis' David Perron (7 games) have longer active point streaks in the NHL than Malkin.

STOPPING PUCKS AND SETTING UP GOALS

Goaltender Tristan Jarry picked up his third assist of the season on Bryan Rust's empty-net goal on Thursday night, giving him three assists on the year. Jarry's three assists are the most in the NHL among goaltenders this year, and the most by a Penguins goaltender in a season since Marc-Andre Fleury assisted on three goals in 67 games during the 2006-07 season.
The assist was the fifth of Jarry's career, moving him into a four-way tie for the fifth-most assists in franchise history among goaltenders, while only Tom Barrasso (31A in 640GP), Fleury (14A in 691GP), Wendell Young (7A in 111GP) and Denis Herron (6A in 290GP) have more assists than Jarry.
In four career starts against the Buffalo Sabres, Tristan Jarry is 3-1-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average, a .931 save percentage and one shutout.

PLAYER INTERVIEW

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