Field Level Media
07 May 2021, 07:25 GMT+10
Jeff Carter scored a career-high four goals Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins jumped back into first place in the East Division with an 8-4 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres.
Jared McCann added a goal and two assists, Sidney Crosby and Kasperi Kapanen a goal and an assist each, Brian Dumoulin scored, Frederick Gaudreau had three assists, and Kris Letang and Jason Zucker two assists each for the Penguins (36-16-3, 75 points).
Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry made 19 saves.
Drake Caggiula scored twice, Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner each had a goal and assist, and Rasmus Ristolainen had two assists for the Sabres (15-33-7, 37 points).
Michael Houser, in his third career start, all this week, made 26 saves in his first loss.
Caggiula gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead at 2:45 of the first on a short-side from the left dot.
Pittsburgh tied it seven minutes after Carter got a shot behind Houser. Defenseman Ristolainen swiped the puck away and play continued. It took officials looking at replays to determine the puck had crossed the goal line at 9:57 of the first.
Carter struck again at 11:39 of the first on a power play, converting McCann's touch pass for a one-timer and a 2-1 Penguins lead.
At 3:32 of the second, Thompson scored off a cross-ice pass from Casey Mittelstadt for a 2-2 tie.
Carter notched his seventh career hat trick in the regular season at 4:36 of the second, off a rebound of Marcus Pettersson's shot. Carter also has two hat tricks in postseason play.
Buffalo scored its third goal on its eighth shot, at 5:13 of the second, to tie it once more on Caggiula's lofted shot.
After Crosby won a faceoff, Dumoulin scored from the left point for a 4-3 Pittsburgh lead at 6:26 of the second.
Just 49 seconds later McCann's rising shot from the top of the slot gave the Penguin a 5-3 edge.
Carter lifted a backhander past Houser's glove at 3:02 of the third to boost it to 6-3.
Crosby made it 7-3 when he redirected a shot by Letang at 6:25 of the third, and Skinner answered at 9:49 on the power play.
Kapanen pushed it to 8-4 at 13:05.
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