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NHL MATCHUP REPORT

March 5, 2026, 7:00 | PPG Paints Arena

Buffalo Sabres (34-19-6) VS Pittsburgh Penguins (30-15-12)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
Moneyline
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Total	o u	o u	o u	o u	o u

SMART CHART

BUF	NAME	PIT
3.40	OFFENSE	3.44
3.05	DEFENSE	2.98
19.77	POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES	26.00
82.69	PENALTY KILLS PERCENTAGES	84.52
27.60	SHOTS FOR	29.11
29.95	SHOTS AGAINST	27.32
0.35	DIFFERENTIAL	0.46

RECENT FORM

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Buffalo	34-19-6	$871	3.39	3.03	15-9	16-13	28-28-3
Pittsburgh	30-15-12	$287	3.44	2.98	13-10	14-16	29-26-2

TEAM RECORDS

Buffalo Sabres

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	34-19-6	17-8-3	17-11-3	15-9-3	16-13-3	28-28-3
Last 10	7-2-1	1-2	6-0-1	1-2	4-1-1	4-6
vs Div	12-4-3	6-2	6-2-3	2-2-1	9-2-2	10-7-2
vs WEST	13-7-2	6-3-2	7-4	8-2-1	5-4-1	10-11-1
vs EAST	21-12-4	11-5-1	10-7-3	7-4-2	11-6-2	18-17-2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	30-15-12	14-8-7	16-7-5	13-10-6	14-16-6	29-26-2
Last 10	8-1-1	3-1	5-0-1	6-1-1	2-1	6-4
vs Div	11-1-5	7-1-2	4-0-3	3-0-3	6-1-2	10-6-1
vs WEST	12-6-6	4-4-4	8-2-2	7-2-3	4-4-3	11-12-1
vs EAST	18-9-6	10-4-3	8-5-3	6-2-3	10-6-3	18-14-1

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.42	7	3.02	13
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.24	9	3.39	29
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	17.72	22	82.56	9
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.43	5	3.09	15
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.54	8	3.28	19
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	28.09	3	82.67	10

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	O/U	AVG	Shots	Power Play Goals	Power Play Percentage	Penalty Kill Percentage	Power Play Chances
Buffalo	3-5-2	5-5	2.80	33.30	4.00	12.90	70.59	31.00
Pittsburgh	7-3-0	5-5	3.70	31.60	10.00	29.41	87.10	34.00

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	Total	O/U	Away Shots	Home Shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Feb 5, 2026	PIT	5	BUF	2	-125	6.5	O	32	27	0	1	3	5	0	20	80	100
Nov 26, 2025	BUF	2	PIT	4	-120	6.5	U	31	19	0	0	0	1	-	0	100	-
Mar 27, 2025	PIT	3	BUF	7	-135	6	O	25	30	0	0	3	4	0	0	100	100
Jan 17, 2025	PIT	5	BUF	2	-120	6	O	19	42	3	1	4	5	75	20	80	25
Oct 16, 2024	BUF	5	PIT	6	-115	6.5	O	33	43	0	2	1	5	0	40	60	100
Jan 6, 2024	BUF	3	PIT	1	-165	6.5	U	32	41	0	1	3	5	0	20	80	100
Nov 24, 2023	PIT	2	BUF	3	105	6.5	U	33	34	0	1	2	4	0	25	75	100
Nov 11, 2023	BUF	0	PIT	4	-200	7	U	35	40	0	1	2	3	0	33.3	66.7	100
Dec 10, 2022	BUF	1	PIT	3	-220	6.5	U	38	31	0	1	3	3	0	33.3	66.7	100
Dec 9, 2022	PIT	4	BUF	3	130	6.5	O	33	31	2	1	5	4	40	25	75	60

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

Pittsburgh Penguins

Buffalo Sabres

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Buffalo Sabres

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Feb 27, 2026	FLA	3-2	W	-105	39	29	1/3	3/4	Daniil Tarasov	A
Feb 25, 2026	NJ	2-1	W	-110	30	28	0/3	2/2	Jake Allen	A
Feb 5, 2026	PIT	2-5	L	-125	27	32	1/5	3/3	Arturs Silovs	H
Feb 3, 2026	TB	3-4	L	170	26	35	1/3	1/2	Andrei Vasilevskiy	A
Feb 2, 2026	FLA	5-3	W	-105	20	42	1/3	3/4	Sergei Bobrovsky	A

Pittsburgh Penguins

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Feb 26, 2026	NJ	4-1	W	-160	37	30	1/3	5/5	Jacob Markstrom	H
Feb 5, 2026	BUF	5-2	W	105	32	27	0/3	4/5	Alex Lyon	A
Feb 3, 2026	NYI	4-5	L	-120	35	23	0/2	2/2	Ilya Sorokin	A
Feb 2, 2026	OTT	2-3	L	100	16	31	0/1	5/5	Linus Ullmark	H
Jan 31, 2026	NYR	6-5	W	-210	34	20	1/5	2/3	Jonathan Quick	H

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