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28/11/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 21 - 33
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:52/69=75 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
PP: 1 of 10 (19 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:44/49=88 %
Attendance: 18690 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 856002 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:42 1-0
Paul Gaustad [7] (Drew Stafford, Jochen Hecht)
12:17 2-0
Chris Drury [9] (Derek Roy, Tim Connolly)PP
19:45 3-0
Daniel Paillé [2] (Dominic Moore, Thomas Vanek)
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22:38 3-1
Petr Sykora [11] (Sidney Crosby, Philippe Boucher)
27:34 3-2
Sidney Crosby [12] (Kristopher Letang)SH
38:21 3-3
Sidney Crosby [13] (Ladislav Nagy)
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46:03 3-4
Sidney Crosby [14] (Philippe Boucher, Sergei Gonchar)PP
58:41 3-5
Mike Comrie [6] (Kristopher Letang, Hal Gill) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:06
Craig Rivet (2 min for high-sticking)
02:37
Sidney Crosby (2 min for high-sticking)
09:13
Chris Drury (2 min for high-sticking)
11:44
Ladislav Nagy (2 min for hooking)
14:15
Daniel Paillé (2 min for elbowing)
17:06
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for boarding)
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20:21
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
23:08
Dominic Moore (2 min for holding the stick)
26:25
Matt Cooke (2 min for elbowing)
39:02
Drew Stafford (2 min for hooking)
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45:48
Paul Gaustad (2 min for hooking)
46:12
Adam Mair (2 min for cross-checking)
48:43
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
48:43
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
51:41
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 1 5.10 6
R Drew Stafford 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 13.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 9.50 6
C Chris Drury 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 21.20 7
C Dominic Moore 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 9.50 8
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 -2 20.30 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 -1 8.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 4 6 2 1 0 -1 20.50 9
L Daniel Paillé 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 7.20 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
L Tim Connolly 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 9.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.50 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 -1 29.20 9
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 28 0 0 59.00 5
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4.50 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 11.50 7
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
C Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.30 6
C Mike Comrie 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
C Sidney Crosby 3 1 7 1 1 0 2 2 21.30 10
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 15.20 8
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 19.30 8
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 20.20 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 15.20 7
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 28.40 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 26.10 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Petr Sykora
3rd star: Mike Comrie
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tim Connolly notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Drew Stafford finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Daniel Paillé finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Kristopher Letang has marked a new career high in points with 18 points.
-Ladislav Nagy notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Comrie ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Sidney Crosby ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Adam Mair fought Bill Guerin in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2(
, W-B/Scranton Penguins 1( 24)
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0-1 WBS Alex Goligoski (Kris Beech, Konstantin Zakharov)
1-1 POR Bryce Swan (Mike Funk, Derek Whitmore)
2-1 POR Stanislav Lascek (Felix Schütz)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Bobby Nadeau