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20/3/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 2 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 18 - 43
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:48/70=68 %, Challenges:33/46=70 %
PP: 2 of 9 (20 shots), Passing:80/97=82 %, Challenges:43/56=75 %
Attendance: 13483 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 622915 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:59 0-1
Bryan Berard [7] (Tomas Kaberle)PP
11:17 0-2
Tomas Kaberle [12] (Bryan Berard, Derek Roy)PP
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no scoring
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46:02 1-2
Petr Sykora [25] (Pascal Dupuis, Jason Spezza)
51:21 2-2
Daniel Alfredsson [23] (Evgeny Malkin, Keven Veilleux)
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62:38 2-3
Tomas Plekanec [6] (Toni Lydman, Henrik Tallinder)
Penalty summary:
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03:49
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for tripping)
06:37
Miroslav Satan (2 min for diving)
08:24
Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
09:28
Max Pacioretty (2 min for roughing)
09:28
Robert Scuderi (2 min for roughing)
11:05
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for tripping)
13:11
Petr Sykora (2 min for tripping)
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30:31
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
38:25
Derek Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
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52:34
Philippe Boucher (2 min for elbowing)
55:35
Derek Armstrong (2 min for high-sticking)
56:37
Hal Gill (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 5.50 4
R Bill Guerin 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 15.30 5
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 20.00 8
C Keven Veilleux 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 6.20 6
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 14.20 5
C Jason Spezza 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 20.40 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.50 4
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 20.40 8
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 16.10 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17.30 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 0 27.40 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 1 20.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 40 0 0 62.30 10
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 7.40 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 12.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 21.10 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 21.30 9
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 7
C Jason Pominville 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 19.00 6
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 7
L Dominic Moore 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 6
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 -1 11.30 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Tim Connolly 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12.30 6
D Bryan Berard 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 8
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 26.30 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.20 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 6
D Tomas Kaberle 1 1 6 2 1 2 0 0 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 16 0 0 62.30 6
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bryan Berard
2nd star: Tomas Kaberle
3rd star: Tomas Plekanec
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Petr Sykora scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Keven Veilleux ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tomas Kaberle has marked a new career high in goals with 12 tallies.
-Tomas Plekanec finally ended his 45 game goal drought.
-Jochen Hecht had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Tim Connolly had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Henrik Tallinder ended his 9 game point drought.
-Bryan Berard finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Toni Lydman finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 3( 23) , Portland Pirates 4( 12)
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0-1 POR Marek Zagrapan (Nathan Gerbe, Ryan O'Byrne)
1-1 WBS Dustin Jeffrey (Aaron Boogaard)
1-2 POR Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan)
1-3 POR Marek Zagrapan (Nathan Gerbe)
1-4 POR Mark Mancari (Nathan Gerbe, Marek Zagrapan)
2-4 WBS Jeff Taffe (Joey Mormina)
3-4 WBS Chris Minard (Kris Beech)