The Sabres welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to KeyBank Center Friday night. Buffalo looks to make it back to back wins this week at home as Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen gets the start in net.

Nedeljkovic scored when he sent the puck from behind the net down the ice and into an empty net with 2:42 left in the third.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history ... and Bryan Rust also scored for Pittsburgh who ended a three-game losing streak. Owen Power and Zach Benson scored for Buffalo and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 14 saves.

Pittsburgh goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made NHL history by scoring an empty-net goal and adding an assist to go along with 40 saves in the Penguins' 5-2 road win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night. Nedeljkovic is the first NHL goalie ever to have a goal and an assist in the same game.

Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL ... for Pittsburgh who ended a three-game losing streak.Owen Power and Zach Benson scored for Buffalo and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen ...

Perhaps it was the sleepy, San Jose crowd at a half-empty SAP Center. Or, it could have been the reality that Evgeni Malkin will be out week-to-week more seriously settling in with the team. Whatever the reason,

With 5:34 remaining, Compher poked in a goal after working in front of the net throughout a key power-play opportunity ... pushed it past Penguins goalie Alex Nedeljkovic after bounced off ...

The club is last in the Eastern Conference with an 18-26-5 record and, barring an unprecedented run, the playoff drought that’s chased off season-ticket holders will reach 14 years.

The Sabres didn't have a shot on goal for the first 11 minutes of this game but had a 19-7 advantage in the third period and didn't score. Over the final two periods, they had 36 shots on goal, 35 scoring chances and and 12 high-danger chances,

Nedeljkovic stopped 27 of 29 shots in Wednesday's 3-2 overtime win over Utah. Nedeljkovic picked up his third win in five outings. He did a good job to keep the game close, with the Penguins bouncing back from a pair of one-goal deficits before Sidney Crosby finished off the win with a backhand shot in overtime.

Nedeljkovic is set to start on the road against Utah on Wednesday, per Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff. Nedeljkovic has a 9-9-4 record, 3.21 GAA and .894 save percentage in 23 appearances in 2024-25.

That's the verdict of ex-Red Devil Owen Hargreaves, who is convinced Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee would be "fourth or fifth choice" during his Old Trafford playing days. In his view ...