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14/3/2011
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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 27 - 29
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:49/61=80 %, Challenges:29/46=61 %
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:83/101=82 %, Challenges:39/47=81 %
Attendance: 6538 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 315785 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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17:54 0-1
Chris Conner [3] (Kris Letang, Keven Veilleux)
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23:58 0-2
Matt Cooke [11] (Chris Kunitz, Tyler Kennedy)
25:14 1-2
Stefan Janosi [5] (Dan Boyle, Jim Vandermeer)
25:51 2-2
Thomas Vanek [29] (Aki Karila, Adam Mair)
27:14 3-2
Daymond Langkow [21] (Henrik Tallinder, Kyle Wellwood)
30:59 3-3
Michael Ryder [23] (Rick Nash, Sergei Gonchar)
32:02 4-3
David Perron [12] (Kyle Wellwood)
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44:32 4-4
Mike Richards [31] (Michael Ryder, Rick Nash)
49:13 5-4
Jay Pandolfo [5] (Andrew Cogliano, Joe DiPenta)
55:14 6-4
Andrej Sekera [2] (Thomas Vanek, Dan Boyle)
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Penalty summary:
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04:32
Steven Barnes (2 min for high-sticking)
14:34
Daymond Langkow (2 min for elbowing)
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21:19
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for boarding)
38:14
Daymond Langkow (2 min for elbowing)
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46:46
Aki Karila (2 min for holding the stick)
49:59
Chris Conner (2 min for hooking)
56:17
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Mair 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 7
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 6
R Daymond Langkow 1 0 4 1 2 0 4 1 12.00 6
R Aki Karila 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 19.50 7
C Stefan Janosi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 7
C Andrew Cogliano 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.00 6
C Scott Gomez 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Steven Barnes 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9.20 5
L Jay Pandolfo 1 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 19.40 8
R David Perron 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 19.50 8
D Joe DiPenta 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.40 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 26.20 9
D Jim Vandermeer 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 14.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Jhonas Enroth 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 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 8.50 7
R Luca Caputi 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 -3 22.40 6
R Rick Nash 0 2 5 3 1 3 0 0 24.50 10
C Keven Veilleux 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Matt Cooke 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 7
C Jason Pominville 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 16.20 5
C Mike Richards 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 26.40 8
L Chris Conner 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.00 6
C Chris Kunitz 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 11.50 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -3 15.10 6
L Michael Ryder 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8.00 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -3 22.20 7
D Kris Letang 0 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 29.20 8
D Matt Smaby 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 13.30 7
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 17.50 5
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Andrej Sekera
3rd star: Daymond Langkow
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Andrew Cogliano notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Stefan Janosi finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Stefan Janosi finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Andrej Sekera finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Henrik Tallinder ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Tyler Kennedy notched his 20th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 26) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 10)
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1-0
Luke Adam (Justin Jokinen, Matt Ellis)
2-0
Konstantin Zakharov (Drew Schiestel, Tyler Ennis)
3-0
Marek Zagrapan (Konstantin Zakharov, Drew Schiestel)
3-1 WIL Casey Pierro-Zabotel (Matt Duffy)
4-1
Drew Schiestel (Patrick Kaleta, Konstantin Zakharov)
Goalies: Connor Knapp - Brad Thiessen