Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins Game Boxscore

FINAL	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
BUF	1	1	1		(0 - 0)	3
PIT	1	0	1		(0 - 0)	2

Scoring Summary

1st Period
04:59	PIT	M. Murley Slap - ASST: M. Recchi AND J. Leclair	1 - 0 PIT
11:56	BUF	M. Afinogenov Slap - ASST: D. Roy AND D. Kalinin	1 - 1 TIE

2nd Period
11:41	BUF	P. Gaustad Wrist - ASST: C. Drury AND J. McKee	2 - 1 BUF

3rd Period
01:33	PIT	PPG - J. Leclair Snap - ASST: M. Recchi AND S. Gonchar	2 - 2 TIE
05:43	BUF	PPG - A. Kotalik Wrist - ASST: M. Afinogenov AND T. Numminen	3 - 2 BUF

Penalty Summary

1st Period
07:46	PIT	Steve Poapst : Cross checking (Michael Grier)
10:27	BUF	Tim Connolly : Hooking (Matt Hussey)
11:29	PIT	Ryan Whitney : Holding (Jochen Hecht)
13:11	BUF	Tim Connolly : Interference (Maxime Talbot)
16:24	BUF	Maxim Afinogenov : Interference (Erik Christensen)

2nd Period
04:19	BUF	Toni Lydman : Holding the stick (John Leclair)
06:50	PIT	Josef Melichar : Interference (Thomas Vanek)
09:30	BUF	Dmitri Kalinin : Hooking (Sidney Crosby)
12:02	PIT	Lasse Pirjeta : Holding (Maxim Afinogenov)
15:22	PIT	Matt Murley : Tripping (Rory Fitzpatrick)

3rd Period
00:26	BUF	Toni Lydman : Holding the stick (Erik Christensen)
03:24	BUF	Dmitri Kalinin : Hooking (Mark Recchi)
05:26	PIT	Ryan Whitney : Holding (Jochen Hecht)
07:50	BUF	Ales Kotalik : Hi-sticking (Mario Lemieux)
12:19	BUF	Dmitri Kalinin : Holding (Matt Murley)
16:42	PIT	Steve Poapst : Holding (Thomas Vanek)

Stats

Buffalo Sabres Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
5	T. Lydman	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	-	21:53
8	R. Fitzpatrick	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	11:59
9	D. Roy	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	36%	19:14
10	H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	0	-	20:04
12	A. Kotalik	R	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	0	0	0	-	14:09
19	T. Connolly	C	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	0	0	20%	18:23
22	A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	7:42
23	C. Drury	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	45%	15:40
25	M. Grier	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	-	17:38
26	T. Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	-	15:21
27	T. Numminen	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	20:53
28	P. Gaustad	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	62%	11:07
29	J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	1	-	13:04
45	D. Kalinin	D	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	-	5:50
51	B. Campbell	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	17:11
55	J. Hecht	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0%	18:24
61	M. Afinogenov	R	1	1	2	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	-	18:16
74	J. McKee	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0%	14:22

Buffalo Sabres Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
43	M. Biron (W)	19 - 20	8 - 9	3 - 3	30 - 32	.938	0	59:41

Pittsburgh Penguins Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
2	J. Melichar	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	-	12:33
3	S. Poapst	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	4	0	0	-	16:47
8	M. Recchi	R	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	82%	21:20
10	J. Leclair	L	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	-	17:54
11	L. Pirjeta	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	100%	5:18
12	R. Malone	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0	1	-	17:38
16	E. Christensen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	0	42%	13:56
17	M. Murley	L	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	12:50
19	R. Whitney	D	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	1	0	0	-	22:10
25	M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	36%	10:41
28	M. Hussey	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	100%	7:08
32	D. Tarnstrom	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	-	19:30
33	Z. Palffy	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	0	0	-	24:05
37	Vandenbussche	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	3:09
44	B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4	0	0	-	17:29
55	S. Gonchar	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	1	0	0	-	29:05
66	M. Lemieux	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	77%	17:30
87	S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	0	50%	19:21

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
29	M. Fleury (L)	16 - 18	8 - 9	0 - 0	24 - 27	.889	0	58:46

Official Game Reports

SHOTS BY PERIOD

PERIOD	BUF	PIT
1st	9	12
2nd	12	10
3rd	6	10
Total	27	32

TEAM STATS

CATEGORY	BUF	PIT
Power Plays	1/7	1/9
Hits	4	10
Faceoff Wins	21	32
Giveaways	6	3
Takeaways	1	1
Blocked Shots	15	18
Penalty Minutes	18	14

Additional Game Facts

OFFICIALS
Referees: Don Koharski, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Angelo D'Amico, Tim Nowak

HEAD COACHES
Lindy Ruff: (Buffalo Sabres)
Eddie Olczyk: (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Buffalo Sabres SCRATCHES

Pittsburgh Penguins SCRATCHES

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