Penguins Beat Sabres 4-1 in Preseason Clash
Dewar, Rust and Cederblom scored as Pittsburgh downed Buffalo 4-1 in NHL preseason action, part of a busy night of exhibition games across the league.
Washington beat Philadelphia 5-2, Pittsburgh saw off Buffalo 4-1, Montreal edged Ottawa 3-2 in overtime, and Chicago got past Minnesota 4-3, also in overtime.
Pittsburgh's win carried the most detail. Connor Dewar put the Penguins ahead at 11 minutes, set up by Rust and Kuzmenko. Rust doubled the lead himself at 33 minutes on the power play, assisted by Lapierre and Letang. Buffalo replied through Richard at 39 minutes, but Hayes restored the two-goal gap a minute later. Cederblom added an empty-netter at 59 minutes, again from Rust and Dewar, to make it 4-1. Murashov started in the Pittsburgh goal and stopped all 13 shots he faced before Blomqvist took over and made 10 saves on 11; Buffalo used Lyon, beaten three times on 19 shots, and Ellis, who stopped 8 of 8.
Elsewhere on the night:
- Columbus 1-0 Detroit, decided by shootout
- New Jersey 3-2 Rangers
- Washington 5-2 Philadelphia
- Montreal 3-2 Ottawa, overtime
- Winnipeg 3-1 Colorado
- Chicago 4-3 Minnesota, overtime
- Dallas 2-1 St. Louis
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