Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 26 - 29
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:37/56=64 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:49/56=86 %
Attendance: 17752 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 765111 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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19:55 1-0
Ales Kotalik [5] (Paul Gaustad, Henrik Tallinder)
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28:21 1-1
Tuomo Ruutu [1] (Sidney Crosby)
34:19 2-1
Clarke MacArthur [2] (Paul Gaustad, Henrik Tallinder)
34:44 2-2
Ryan Malone [5] (Colby Armstrong, Jordan Staal)
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46:47 2-3
Sergei Gonchar [3] (Tuomo Ruutu, Petr Sykora)
55:07 3-3
Jason Pominville [8] (Dmitri Kalinin)
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60:44 3-4
Sidney Crosby [9] (Ryan Whitney, Tuomo Ruutu)
Penalty summary:
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03:24
Jordan Staal (2 min for roughing)
03:24
Derek Roy (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 8
R Jason Pominville 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 -1 21.00 8
C Dan Paillé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 14.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 16.50 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 21.00 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 8.20 5
L Clarke MacArthur 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -1 21.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 18.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 26.00 4
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 4 4 2 0 -1 28.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 60.50 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gary Roberts 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 9.20 5
L Ryan Malone 1 0 3 2 1 6 0 1 16.40 9
R Mark Recchi 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 8
R Petr Sykora 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 18.10 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 6
C Jordan Staal 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 15.20 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 -1 9.20 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 16.40 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 18.10 9
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 16.40 5
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 24.50 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 24.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 23 0 0 60.50 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tuomo Ruutu
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dmitri Kalinin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Clarke MacArthur finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Tuomo Ruutu ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 36) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 21)
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1-0 ROC Dylan Hunter (Eric Himelfarb, Adam Mair)
2-0 ROC Roman Cervenka (Patrick Kaleta)
3-0 ROC Jeff Szwez (Lucas Lawson)
4-0 ROC Adam Mair (Dylan Hunter, Nathan Paetsch)
5-0 ROC Adam Mair (Eric Himelfarb)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Dany Sabourin