BUFFALO -- Alex Nedeljkovic had a goal and an assist and made 40 saves for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Friday.

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made history by becoming the first netminder to record a goal and an assist in an NHL game.

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.

In the Penguins' 5-2 win in Buffalo, Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to notch a goal and an assist in a single game.

During the final minutes of the Penguins’ game against the Sabres on Friday, goalie Alex Nedeljkovic sniped a goal from the other side of the ice, becoming the first goalie in history to record a goal and an assist in the same NHL game. Upon scoring the goal, Nedeljkovic leaped into the Penguins’ bench, where he was mobbed by his teammates.

Nedeljkovic joins Tristan Jarry as the only Pittsburgh goalie to score a goal in the NHL. On top of scoring a goal, he finished the evening with 39 saves as the Penguins defeated the Sabres 5-2.

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,

"At this point, we just feel it's best in the long run for the team and for Tristan to allow Joel [Blomqvist] to come up here," Dubas said. "We think over the past year and a half, with his play in Wilkes-Barre and when he's been up here with us,

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,