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23/9/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 28 - 29
PP: 1 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:52/69=75 %, Challenges:41/47=85 %
PP: 1 of 8 (14 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:28/36=75 %
Attendance: 5578 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 263281 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:42 1-0
Craig Rivet [1] (Adam Mair)
07:43 2-0
Drew Stafford [1] (Mathieu Darche, Adam Mair)
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30:47 3-0
Tim Connolly [3] (Craig Rivet, Jaroslav Spacek)
32:14 3-1
Sidney Crosby [4] (Ruslan Fedotenko)
39:25 3-2
Pascal Dupuis [1] (Petr Sykora, Sidney Crosby)PP
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42:35 4-2
Maxim Afinogenov [2] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)PP
45:29 5-2
Thomas Vanek [8] (Derek Roy, Jason Pominville)
46:35 5-3
Evgeny Malkin [4] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Petr Sykora)
50:03 6-3
Ales Kotalik [1] (Nathan Paetsch, Andrej Sekera)
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Penalty summary:
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01:02
Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
03:38
Andrej Sekera (2 min for roughing)
09:01
Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
12:56
Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
12:56
Matt Cooke (2 min for roughing)
18:11
Jason Pominville (2 min for elbowing)
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20:08
Adam Mair (2 min for tripping)
22:01
Ales Kotalik (2 min for high-sticking)
24:29
Sidney Crosby (2 min for holding the stick)
26:32
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for holding the stick)
38:15
Daniel Paillé (2 min for tripping)
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42:09
Kristopher Letang (2 min for tripping)
47:09
Paul Gaustad (2 min for tripping)
49:13
Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
49:13
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
52:47
Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
54:56
Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7.00 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 15.50 9
R Jason Pominville 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 9.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
C Adam Mair 0 2 1 6 1 2 7 2 12.10 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 18.10 6
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 13.00 8
C Tim Connolly 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7.00 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 6.00 5
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 20.40 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 6.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 28.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 3 23.20 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 5 3 0 1 0 -1 22.10 9
D Craig Rivet 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 -1 6.10 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 9.10 5
R Petr Sykora 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 19.50 9
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.40 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -2 21.30 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 20.00 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 3 1 0 0 6 -1 26.20 8
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 8.40 6
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 9.10 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 6.30 8
L Pascal Dupuis 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 22.10 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 11.30 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 19.00 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 28.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -3 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Kotalik
2nd star: Adam Mair
3rd star: Tim Connolly
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Adam Mair ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Pascal Dupuis ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Godard beat Adam Mair in a fight.