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8/12/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 2 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 17 - 18
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:66/86=76 %, Challenges:36/59=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:25/48=51 %
Attendance: 7752 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 368995 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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19:08 0-1
Paul Gaustad [2] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jason Pominville)
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25:37 1-1
Alexei Yashin [4] (Bill Guerin, Chris Kunitz)
29:46 2-1
Glen Murray [11] (Marc-André Fleury)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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14:41
Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
14:41
Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
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21:39
Petr Sykora (5 min for fighting)
21:39
Craig Rivet (5 min for fighting)
34:19
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for tripping)
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40:16
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
40:16
Craig Rivet (5 min for fighting)
43:25
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for hooking)
54:43
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
54:43
Craig Rivet (5 min for fighting)
54:43
Craig Rivet (10 min game misconduct)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
R Bill Guerin 0 1 3 2 2 3 12 1 13.40 7
R Glen Murray 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 18.50 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 17.40 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
C Alexei Yashin 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 16.50 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 19.10 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 18.00 8
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 17.10 5
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 27.40 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 17.10 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 1 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 -1 5.50 4
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 17.50 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 16.50 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 18.40 7
C Luke Adam 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 5.50 4
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 19.00 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 19.40 8
L Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 5.50 4
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 1 18.10 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 15.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17.50 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 21.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 23.50 5
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 19.00 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 2 1 2 27 0 15.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 15 0 0 58.50 6
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Glen Murray
2nd star: Alexei Yashin
3rd star: Bill Guerin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 17 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Craig Rivet beat Petr Sykora in a fight.
-Bill Guerin beat Craig Rivet in a fight.
-Bill Guerin beat Craig Rivet in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 15) , Rochester Americans 3( 19)
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0-1 ROC Justin Aikins (Dylan Hunter, Joonas Vihko)
0-2 ROC Mike Weber (Joonas Vihko)
1-2 WIL Milan Kraft (Alex Goligoski)
1-3 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Mark Mancari, Mike Card)
Goalies: Jean-Sébastien Aubin - Adam Dennis