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20/9/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 24 - 33
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:62/71=87 %, Challenges:28/36=75 %
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:56/78=71 %, Challenges:55/61=88 %
Attendance: 9297 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 436959 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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14:37 0-1
Tyler Kennedy [1] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Sergei Gonchar)
15:07 0-2
Sergei Gonchar [2] (Philippe Boucher)
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22:36 1-2
Craig Rivet [2] (Jason Pominville, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
28:41 1-3
Alex Kovalev [2] (Sidney Crosby, Matt Cooke)
29:56 1-4
Saku Koivu [3] (Kristopher Letang, Sergei Gonchar)
38:39 2-4
Paul Gaustad [2] (Daniel Paillé, Jochen Hecht)
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54:07 3-4
Henrik Tallinder [1] (Jason Pominville, Adam Mair)
59:07 3-5
Alex Kovalev [3] (Bill Guerin) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:07
Philippe Boucher (2 min for holding the stick)
04:03
Adam Mair (2 min for roughing)
10:42
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for hooking)
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21:43
Saku Koivu (2 min for high-sticking)
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49:28
Toni Lydman (2 min for elbowing)
55:12
Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -3 15.20 5
R Jason Pominville 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Luke Adam 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 5 5 1 4 0 0 15.50 9
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 16.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Adam Mair 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 9.00 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -3 14.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.30 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 17.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 22.10 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 15.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 21.50 7
D Craig Rivet 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 28 0 0 58.50 5
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 7.30 7
R Bill Guerin 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 -1 13.20 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 19.10 9
C Matt Cooke 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19.00 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 15.50 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
L Tyler Kennedy 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7.30 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 18.10 7
D Andy Wozniewski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 5
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 26.50 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 19.20 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
D Sergei Gonchar 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 25.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Sergei Gonchar
3rd star: Bill Guerin
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Henrik Tallinder ended his 5 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Tyler Kennedy ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes: