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Sun, Feb 17

Final 1 2 3 T
Pittsburgh 2 0 2 4
Buffalo 1 1 1 3

First Niagara Center - Buffalo

Pittsburgh Penguins (11-5-0)
4
Buffalo Sabres (6-9-1)
3

Team Statistics

Team SOG PPG/PPO PIM FOW GvA TkA Hits BkS
Pittsburgh Penguins 35 1/4 15 34 11 4 18 18
Buffalo Sabres 33 1/4 25 34 12 8 29 13
Legend

Stats Legend

SOG
Shots on goal
PPG/PPO
Power-play goals per power-play opportunities
PIM
Penalty minutes
FOW
Faceoffs won
GvA
Giveaways
TkA
Takeaways
BkS
Blocked shots
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Game Summary

1st Period

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail PIT BUF
0:35 PIT Pascal Dupuis (6): Assisted by B. Orpik (2), C. Kunitz (12) 1 0
1:27 PIT Sidney Crosby (7): Power play Assisted by E. Malkin (15), C. Kunitz (13) 2 0
6:32 BUF Cody Hodgson (7): Assisted by C. Ehrhoff (7), T. Vanek (13) 2 1
Period Penalties
Time Team Penalty Detail
1:08 BUF Tyler Myers: 2 minutes for High-sticking
3:52 BUF Jason Pominville: 2 minutes for Tripping
7:38 PIT Evgeni Malkin: 2 minutes for Slashing
7:38 BUF Mike Weber: 2 minutes for Interference
15:47 PIT James Neal: 2 minutes for Interference
20:00 BUF Robyn Regehr: 2 minutes for Interference

2nd Period

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail PIT BUF
9:16 BUF Thomas Vanek (12): Power play Assisted by C. Ehrhoff (8), T. Ennis (8) 2 2
Period Penalties
Time Team Penalty Detail
7:39 PIT Sidney Crosby: 2 minutes for Cross-checking
7:39 PIT Tanner Glass: 2 minutes for Face-off Violation
11:50 BUF Jason Pominville: 2 minutes for Holding

3rd Period

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail PIT BUF
5:17 BUF Steve Ott (3): Assisted by N. Gerbe (2), J. Hecht (5) 2 3
7:06 PIT Pascal Dupuis (7): Assisted by K. Letang (8), S. Crosby (16) 3 3
17:56 PIT Paul Martin (2): Assisted by S. Crosby (17), P. Dupuis (5) 4 3
Period Penalties
Time Team Penalty Detail
2:22 PIT Tanner Glass: 5 minutes for Fighting
2:22 BUF Cody McCormick: 5 minutes for Fighting
13:42 PIT Chris Kunitz: 2 minutes for Slashing
20:00 BUF Steve Ott: 10 minutes for Misconduct

Goalie Summary

Pittsburgh SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
M. Fleury 33 3 30 .909 59:40
Buffalo SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
R. Miller 35 4 31 .886 59:17
Legend

Stats Legend

SA
Shots against
GA
Goals against
Sv
Saves
Sv%
Save percentage
TOI
Time on ice
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Skater Summary

Pittsburgh G A PPG +/- PIM SOG Hits BkS GvA TkA FOW FOL FO% TOI
C. Adams, RW 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 11:13
B. Bennett, RW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.0 12:29
R. Bortuzzo, D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 8:49
M. Cooke, LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 13:52
S. Crosby, C 1 2 1 3 2 4 0 0 3 0 12 10 54.5 22:35
P. Dupuis, LW 2 1 0 2 0 5 3 1 1 2 0 1 0.0 15:01
D. Engelland, D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 13:10
M. Fleury, G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 59:40
T. Glass, LW 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 100.0 9:11
T. Kennedy, LW 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 13:20
C. Kunitz, LW 0 2 0 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 100.0 17:12
K. Letang, D 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 - 26:27
E. Malkin, C 0 1 0 -1 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 6 33.3 17:49
P. Martin, D 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 22:11
J. Neal, LW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 18:21
M. Niskanen, D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 23:03
B. Orpik, D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 20:58
B. Sutter, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 7 61.1 16:20
J. Vitale, C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 4 60.0 8:42
Buffalo G A PPG +/- PIM SOG Hits BkS GvA TkA FOW FOL FO% TOI
C. Ehrhoff, D 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 24:18
T. Ennis, C 0 1 0 -2 0 5 0 1 2 1 5 7 41.7 21:04
M. Foligno, LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 14:27
N. Gerbe, C 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 - 13:21
J. Hecht, C 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 14 5 73.7 15:38
C. Hodgson, C 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 3 9 25.0 17:50
P. Kaleta, RW 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 - 9:29
J. Leopold, D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 - 20:34
C. McCormick, C 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 50.0 4:27
R. Miller, G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 59:17
T. Myers, D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 19:42
S. Ott, C 1 0 0 1 10 3 5 0 0 0 3 5 37.5 16:04
J. Pominville, RW 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 1 2 0 6 3 66.7 19:47
R. Regehr, D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 - 16:23
J. Scott, LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4:47
D. Stafford, RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 3 25.0 19:40
A. Sulzer, D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 17:56
T. Vanek, LW 1 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 18:29
M. Weber, D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 18:28
Legend

Stats Legend

G
Goals
A
Assists
PPG
Power-play goals
+/-
Plus-minus rating
PIM
Penalty minutes
SOG
Shots on goal
BkS
Blocked shots
GvA
Giveaways
TkA
Takeaways
FOW
Faceoffs won
FOL
Faceoffs lost
FO%
Faceoff win percentage
TOI
Time on ice
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Shots on Goal

Team 1 2 3 Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 11 13 35
Buffalo Sabres 7 9 17 33

Game Information

Attendance: 19,070
Referees: Dave Jackson, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen Tim Nowak, Derek Nansen
Arena: First Niagara Center
Location: Buffalo, New York
Data provided by STATS LLC.

Three Stars

  1. Photo of Pascal Dupuis Pascal Dupuis Pittsburgh Penguins - LW

    G A SOG
    2 1 5

  2. Photo of Thomas Vanek Thomas Vanek Buffalo - LW

    G A SOG
    1 1 3

  3. Photo of Paul Martin Paul Martin Pittsburgh - D

    G A SOG
    1 0 2

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