Pittsburgh Penguins 2 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 34 - 30
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:66/74=89 %, Challenges:47/59=78 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/78=85 %, Challenges:36/43=81 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:19 1-0
Petr Sykora [10] (Alexander Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby)
14:46 1-1
Dmitri Kalinin [2] (Marek Zagrapan)
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29:03 1-2
Thomas Vanek [7] (Tim Connolly, Dmitri Kalinin)
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47:28 1-3
Tim Connolly [6] (Jochen Hecht, Thomas Vanek)
48:58 2-3
Alexander Ovechkin [12] (Petr Sykora, Brian Pothier)
59:38 2-4
Jochen Hecht [8] (Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman) EN
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Penalty summary:
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35:47
Jochen Hecht (2 min for roughing)
35:47
Carl Sneep (2 min for roughing)
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44:23
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 14.40 4
R Nathan Horton 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 6
R Petr Sykora 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 7
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.00 6
L Gary Roberts 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 -1 20.40 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
R Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 17.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 8
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 4
D Carl Sneep 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 18.30 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 24.10 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -2 14.00 5
D Ian White 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 22.40 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 1 25.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 4 0 26 0 0 58.20 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 13.50 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 2 6 1 1 0 3 21.00 9
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.20 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.50 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Tim Connolly 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 19.10 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 13.50 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.10 6
L Jochen Hecht 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 4 17.40 8
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 21.40 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 19.30 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 1 4 5 0 4 0 4 25.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 32 0 0 60.00 10
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dmitri Kalinin
2nd star: Ryan Miller
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Petr Sykora scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tim Connolly notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Tim Connolly ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jochen Hecht ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Dmitri Kalinin finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 43) , Rochester Americans 4( 13)
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1-0 WIL Arpad Mihaly (Kenny Corupe)
1-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Phillip Gogulla, Michael Ryan)
1-2 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Mark Mancari, Michael Ryan)
1-3 ROC Justin Aikins (David Lundbohm, Dylan Hunter)
2-3 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Ryan Stone, David Gove)
3-3 WIL David Gove (Ryan Stone)
3-4 ROC Marc-André Gragnani (Blair Yaworski)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Pier-Olivier Pelletier