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 passed 1,600 NHL points with a goal and two assists for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday. The 37-year-old center reached the milestone at 11:01 of the first period with the secondary assist on a power-play goal from Bryan Rust set up by Evgeni Malkin.