Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres Game Boxscore

FINAL	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
PIT	0	1	1		(0 - 0)	2
BUF	1	2	1		(0 - 0)	4

Scoring Summary

1st Period
06:06	BUF	PPG - M. Afinogenov Snap - ASST: D. Briere AND J. Spacek	1 - 0 BUF

2nd Period
09:00	BUF	T. Vanek Wrist - ASST: N. Paetsch AND M. Afinogenov	2 - 0 BUF
11:28	BUF	PPG - C. Drury Snap - ASST: J. Pominville AND J. Hecht	3 - 0 BUF
15:14	PIT	S. Crosby Wrist - ASST: M. Recchi AND R. Scuderi	3 - 1 BUF

3rd Period
18:59	PIT	S. Crosby Snap - ASST: M. Recchi AND M. Ouellet	3 - 2 BUF
19:15	BUF	EN - A. Kotalik Snap - ASST: C. Drury AND P. Gaustad	4 - 2 BUF

Penalty Summary

1st Period
04:01	PIT	Mark Recchi : Holding (Brian Campbell)
05:25	PIT	Josef Melichar : Boarding (Paul Gaustad)
13:07	BUF	Jiri Novotny : Tripping (Mark Recchi)
15:07	BUF	Thomas Vanek : Interference (Dominic Moore)
15:33	BUF	Jiri Novotny : Hi-sticking (Rob Scuderi)

2nd Period
06:08	BUF	Danny Briere : Holding (Dominic Moore)
10:04	PIT	Sidney Crosby : Cross checking (Brian Campbell)

3rd Period
08:57	BUF	Adam Mair : Charging (Dominic Moore)
08:57	BUF	Adam Mair : Roughing (Dominic Moore)
12:18	PIT	Evgeni Malkin : Interference (Paul Gaustad)

Stats

Pittsburgh Penguins Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
2	J. Melichar	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	-	15:06
4	N. Welch	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	-	17:10
5	R. Scuderi	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	-	20:13
7	M. Ouellet	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	-	15:18
8	M. Recchi	R	0	2	2	1	2	4	2	0	2	0	-	20:18
10	J. Leclair	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	1	0	-	7:53
11	J. Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	33%	12:19
18	D. Moore	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	0	46%	15:48
19	R. Whitney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-	26:45
20	C. Armstrong	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	-	12:50
22	C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	-	8:34
25	M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	33%	13:34
28	N. Ekman	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	-	14:22
37	J. Ruutu	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	9:48
44	B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-	14:55
55	S. Gonchar	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	-	25:10
71	E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	2	0	60%	22:15
87	S. Crosby	C	2	0	2	1	2	3	0	1	2	0	56%	22:34

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
41	J. Thibault (L)	24 - 25	5 - 7	3 - 3	32 - 35	.914	0	59:03

Buffalo Sabres Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
6	J. Spacek	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	-	24:12
12	A. Kotalik	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	5	0	1	1	100%	14:51
13	J. Novotny	C	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	46%	13:32
21	D. Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	10:47
22	A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	100%	7:48
23	C. Drury	C	1	1	2	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	70%	18:02
26	T. Vanek	L	1	0	1	1	2	5	0	2	1	0	25%	15:45
27	T. Numminen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	24:30
28	P. Gaustad	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	25%	13:05
29	J. Pominville	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0	0	1	-	17:08
33	M. Card	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:49
38	N. Paetsch	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	-	14:31
45	D. Kalinin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	3	0	0	-	22:32
48	D. Briere	R	0	1	1	-2	2	2	2	0	3	3	50%	18:44
51	B. Campbell	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	2	0	-	29:57
55	J. Hecht	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0%	19:31
61	M. Afinogenov	R	1	1	2	1	0	3	0	1	3	0	-	17:06
76	A. Peters	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	-	5:15

Buffalo Sabres Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
43	M. Biron (W)	29 - 31	5 - 5	0 - 0	34 - 36	.944	0	59:55

Official Game Reports

SHOTS BY PERIOD

PERIOD	PIT	BUF
1st	8	12
2nd	16	13
3rd	12	11
Total	36	36

TEAM STATS

CATEGORY	PIT	BUF
Power Plays	0/6	2/4
Hits	12	20
Faceoff Wins	31	35
Giveaways	19	15
Takeaways	3	8
Blocked Shots	13	17
Penalty Minutes	8	12

Additional Game Facts

OFFICIALS
Referees: Dennis LaRue, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik

HEAD COACHES
Michel Therrien: (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Lindy Ruff: (Buffalo Sabres)

Pittsburgh Penguins SCRATCHES

Buffalo Sabres SCRATCHES

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