Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 19 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/78=73 %, Challenges:32/41=76 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/78=87 %, Challenges:29/57=50 %
Attendance: 8761 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 433669 Match televised: No
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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15:39 1-0
Petr Sykora [22] (Sergei Gonchar, Ryan Whitney)
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36:47 2-0
Robert Lang [11] (Maxime Talbot, Colby Armstrong)
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43:11 3-0
Michael Nylander [20] (Kristopher Letang, Ryan Whitney)
46:37 3-1
Valtteri Filppula [15] (Teppo Numminen, Ian White)
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Penalty summary:
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Wallace 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8.30 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
R Gary Roberts 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 17.50 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Robert Lang 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 8.30 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 13.40 7
C Michael Nylander 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
L Erik Christensen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 8.30 6
L Ryan Stone 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 13.40 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 5
L Alexander Semin 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14.20 5
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 1 5 0 5 0 1 25.50 10
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 7 2 7 0 1 14.20 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 -1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Mike Leclerc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 14.40 6
R Alexander Steen 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 16.10 7
R Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 19.50 6
C Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 9.20 6
L Valtteri Filppula 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 16.10 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 -1 19.50 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 9.20 5
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
C Matt Stajan 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 -1 16.10 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 15.50 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 26.50 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
D Ian White 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 18.10 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Whitney
2nd star: Petr Sykora
3rd star: Robert Lang
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ryan Whitney notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Michael Nylander scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Robert Lang finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
-Robert Lang finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Kristopher Letang ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Valtteri Filppula scored his 15th goal of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 12) , Rochester Americans 5( 18)
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0-1 ROC Michael Ryan (Nathan Paetsch)
0-2 ROC Mike Card (Niko Kapanen)
0-3 ROC Dylan Hunter (Eric Himelfarb, Mike Card)
0-4 ROC Richie Regehr (Niko Kapanen)
0-5 ROC Sam Paolini (Michael Ryan)
Goalies: Ty Conklin - Adam Dennis