Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 24 - 26
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PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:75/87=86 %, Challenges:21/51=40 %
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PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:36/49=72 %
Attendance: 10338 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 460041 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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16:07 1-0
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Jason Pominville [3] (Mark Mancari, Matt Ellis)
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28:11 1-1
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Sidney Crosby [3] (Pascal Dupuis, Maxime Talbot)
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42:11 2-1
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Matt Ellis [1] (Clarke MacArthur, Mark Mancari)
48:25 3-1
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Jochen Hecht [2] (Tim Connolly, Matt Ellis)
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Penalty summary:
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01:38
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Mike Rupp (5 min for fighting)
01:38
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Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
02:23
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Alex Goligoski (2 min for roughing)
02:23
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Drew Stafford (2 min for roughing)
10:28
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Chris Kunitz (2 min for roughing)
10:28
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Nathan Paetsch (2 min for roughing)
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45:47
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Matt Ellis (2 min for slashing)
55:48
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Nathan Paetsch (2 min for holding the stick)
58:31
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Alex Goligoski (2 min for elbowing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 8.30 7
R Adam Mair 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 13.40 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16.20 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 19.30 7
C Matt Ellis 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 5.00 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 18.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 17.20 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 18.20 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.00 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Chris Butler 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15.40 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 19.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 22.00 6
D Joe DiPenta 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 18.10 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 21.40 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 9.10 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 3 3 5 0 0 18.10 7
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -2 15.20 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 5 6 1 7 0 0 18.40 9
C Mike Rupp 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 7.30 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 16.30 7
C Evgeni Malkin 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 16.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Maxime Talbot 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 7.50 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 18.10 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -3 17.40 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 15.00 8
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.40 6
D Kris Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 20.50 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 21.30 6
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 19.10 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Ellis
2nd star: Ryan Miller
3rd star: Mark Mancari
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Matt Ellis ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Matt Ellis ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Other notes:
-Mike Rupp beat Adam Mair in a fight.