Pens, Sabres to face off for third, final time in Buffalo

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Määttä heads to the bench during his second NHL game, October 5, 2013 against the Buffalo Sabres at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

Michael Miler

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Määttä heads to the bench during his second NHL game, October 5, 2013 against the Buffalo Sabres at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

After an impressive 5-3 win against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night, the 5X time Stanley Cup Champions Pittsburgh Penguins will face off against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night March 14 at 7 p.m. at Key Bank Center in Buffalo.

The Sabres are just finishing up a two-game homestand which began with a 2-0 shut-out win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, March 12 and now Buffalo concludes their two-game homestand as they face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Buffalo.

The Sabres are now 30-30-9 and are in sixth place in the Atlantic Division.

The Penguins just finished up a two-game homestand which began with a 4-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Sunday, March 10 and ended with a 5-3 win against the 2018 Stanley Cup Champions Washington Capitals on Tuesday, March 12.

The Penguins are now 38-24-9 and are in third place in the Metropolitan Division.

When Thursday night comes around, the Penguins and Sabres will meet for the third and final time this season. These two teams last played in Buffalo on March 1, in which the Sabres won that game by the score of 4-3 in overtime.

Even though the Penguins still have injuries to Zach Aston Reese, Chad Ruhwedel, Bryan Rust, Kris Letang, and Olli Maatta, it should be an entertaining game Thursday night in Buffalo as the Penguins are looking for their third consecutive win and to move two points ahead and be tied with the New York Islanders and move two points behind the Washington Capitals and inch closer to winning the greatest trophy in all of sports, the STANLEY CUP.