The Sabres also shuffled their power-play groups heading into the game. They put two defensemen, Owen Power and Rasmus Dahlin, on the top unit with Thompson, Dylan Cozens and Jason Zucker. The second unit was Bowen Byram up top with Jack Quinn, Alex Tuch, Zach Benson and Peterka.

Getting a point in overtime was fine and well but losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins wasn't ideal for the Buffalo Sabres.

Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal at 1:38 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Wednesday night. J.J. Peterka, back after missing the last two games with a concussion,

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Tuch has recorded three points (1+2) in his last two games against Pittsburgh, including at least one point in each game in that span.

Sidney Crosby earned his 1600th point, and Evgeni Malkin scored his 500th goal, but the historical milestones were just part of the wild night in which each team rallied.