The Pens netminder had an assist on Cody Glass’ goal and then he hit the empty net with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen pulled for the extra attacker. Glass came into the game with one goal and eight assists for nine points and he too had a goal and an assist.

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has his most points against a non-Metro division team versus the Buffalo Sabres with 85 points in 60 career games

Sidney Crosby has been one of the faces of the ... scoring an empty-net goal in a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres. That feat is rare enough, but Nedeljkovic became the first goalie to score ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins, on a three-game losing streak, take on the Buffalo Sabres. Buffalo has a 9-11-3 record at home and a 17-22-5 record overall. The Sabres have a -13 scoring differential, with 134 total goals scored and 147 allowed.

Seattle has a 7-1 record all-time against the Sabres and has outscored them, 40-24. And remember, this is a fourth-year franchise that has only made the playoffs once and isn't likely to get there this year either.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have a well-deserved day off with some sunshine on Tuesday. They’ll be somewhere in the Southern California sun, even if it is only 55 degrees.

Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman believes that the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres are two teams with trade synergy in the weeks leading up to the deadline.

Pittsburgh's game at Washington on Saturday night will be the 71st regular-season meeting of the team's superstar captains, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby ... over the host Buffalo Sabres on Friday ...

Bet: Penguins ML (+110), Sidney Crosby anytime goal (+170), Penguins Sabres Over 6.5 goals (-105 ... Since ending their horrid x-game losing streak, Buffalo has won three of their last four ...

The Penguins begin a seven-game road trip with a game on Friday night, Jan. 17, at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.

You have to be kind of special to steal the spotlight in a moment where your teammate makes National Hockey League history in multiple different ways, and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is definitely special.