At the Horn | Penguins 4 - Sabres 0

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry made 36 saves to hand the Buffalo Sabres their first shutout loss of the season, a 4-0 defeat inside PPG Paints Arena on Saturday.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen also made 36 saves for the Sabres. Evgeni Malkin, Drew O’Connor, and Erik Karlsson scored goals for the Penguins.

Mattias Samuelsson returned to the lineup for the Sabres after missing three games with a lower-body injury and skated 18:42.

GOAL SUMMARY

Period 1, 19:01 – Evgeni Malkin from Ryan Graves and Radim Zohorna (1-0, PIT)

Malkin retrieved the puck along the end boards and quickly shuffled a backhand shot toward the goal, sending it in off the back of Luukkonen’s mask.

Period 2, 16:24 – Drew O’Connor from Lars Eller and Ryan Graves (2-0, PIT)

O’Connor buried a wrist shot on the rush from above the right faceoff circle.

Period 3, 0:27 (PP) – Erik Karlsson from Reilly Smith (3-0, PIT)

Karlsson sent a shot from the point that deflected off traffic on its way to the net. The Penguins finished the night 1-for-3 on the power play.

Period 3, 18:11 (EN) – Erik Karlsson from Jake Guentzel (4-0, PIT)

Karlsson scored his second of the game into an empty net.

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The Sabres return home to host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Tickets are available here.

Coverage on MSG/MSG+ begins at 6:30 p.m. with puck drop scheduled for 7.