Buffalo Sabres 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 45 - 17
BUF PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:45/51=86 %
PIT PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:54/71=76 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 637809 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:19 0-1 PIT Dion Phaneuf [1])
05:19 1-1 BUF Mark Mancari [2] (Joni Pitkänen, Alexandre Daigle)
10:41 1-2 PIT Colby Armstrong [6] (Brooks Orpik, Josef Melichar)
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20:59 1-3 PIT Tim Connolly [8] (Nils Ekman, Colby Armstrong)
22:48 2-3 BUF Brian Gionta [3] (Brian Rolston, Dmitri Kalinin)
26:29 3-3 BUF Teemu Selänne [2] (Evgeny Malkin, Joni Pitkänen)
28:54 4-3 BUF Pavol Demitra [4] (Brian Gionta, Jay Bouwmeester)
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41:55 5-3 BUF Olli Jokinen [5] (Evgeny Malkin)
48:28 6-3 BUF Olli Jokinen [6] (Zdeno Chara)
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Penalty summary:
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30:46 BUF Mark Mancari (2 min for hooking)
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50:35 BUF Dan Paillé (5 min for fighting)
50:35 PIT Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 13.30 8
C Dan Paillé 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 -1 13.00 6
L Brian Rolston 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 17.20 8
R Teemu Selänne 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
R Alexandre Daigle 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 12.40 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 15.50 7
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 15.20 9
C Evgeny Malkin 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12.40 7
L Richard Zednik 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 6
C Brian Gionta 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 9
C Olli Jokinen 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 16.10 9
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 2 18.30 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 2 2 10 1 6 0 2 26.20 10
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 -1 17.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 3 5 0 2 0 2 21.40 9
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 21.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 14 0 0 60.00 5
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
L Dominic Moore 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 13.30 7
C Tim Connolly 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 8
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
C Erik Christensen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 8.10 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.30 7
R Colby Armstrong 1 1 2 5 0 0 5 0 17.30 8
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 8.10 4
L Jordan Staal 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 13.30 7
L Nils Ekman 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.50 5
D Josef Melichar 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Dion Phaneuf 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 -2 24.50 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 6 0 39 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Olli Jokinen
3rd star: Pavol Demitra
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Dion Phaneuf finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Brooks Orpik ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Colby Armstrong beat Dan Paillé in a fight.