Pittsburgh earns a much-needed win on a historic night from their goaltender, who registers a goal and an assist

With the Penguins leading the Sabres 4-2 and Buffalo's goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen at the bench, the Sabres would put the puck into the corner and the puck would come to Nedeljkovic. With that goal, Nedeljkovic would become just the second goalie in the Penguins' history to score a goal.

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

Former Plymouth, Flint and Niagara goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scored the 20th goal in NHL history Friday night.

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic set a historic NHL record on Friday night by becoming the first NHL goalie to record a goal and an assist in the same game.

It seemed like an innocuous comment at the moment. But with the benefit of almost nine years, it proved to be insightful. During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ prospect development camp in Cranberry in June 2016,

We watched the Pittsburgh Penguins match up with the Buffalo Sabres at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo on Friday night. This was the Penguins’ first game since announcing they waived their former All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry.

Alex Nedeljkovic became the second goaltender in Pittsburgh Penguins history to score a goal during a 5-2 victory against the host Buffalo Sabres on Friday at KeyBank Center. His score came on an empty net at 17 minutes,

Nedeljkovic will start Sunday's road matchup ... Carolina ranks seventh in the league with 3.36 goals per game and lost 4-0 to Minnesota on Saturday.

Many hockey minds make this claim ... Former Detroit Red Wings goalie Alex Nedeljkovic knows that very well. He went from a career year with the Carolina Hurricanes to being the starting goalie ...

Watch as Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin scores to inch closer ... who was recalled from American Hockey League to make his 15th career start. He made 31 saves. Jordan Binnington stopped ...