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20/9/2006
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 25 - 21
PP: 1 of 14 (14 shots), Passing:75/83=90 %, Challenges:36/44=80 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:67/94=71 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
Attendance: 5578 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 174592 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:41 0-1
Nils Ekman [4] (Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar)PP
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25:35 0-2
Evgeny Malkin [1] (Mark Recchi, Georges Laraque)
36:08 0-3
Sidney Crosby [3] (Mark Recchi, Ryan Whitney)
38:18 1-3
Chris Drury [3] (Jaroslav Spacek)
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41:05 2-3
Maxim Afinogenov [2] (Chris Drury, Jochen Hecht)
47:23 3-3
Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Daniel Brière, Thomas Vanek)PP
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63:48 3-4
Georges Laraque [1] (Ryan Malone, Sergei Gonchar)SH
Penalty summary:
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00:37
Sidney Crosby (2 min for cross-checking)
03:44
Ales Kotalik (2 min for boarding)
08:36
Derek Roy (2 min for slashing)
10:37
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for hooking)
18:08
Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
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20:05
Brooks Orpik (2 min for roughing)
20:05
Ales Kotalik (2 min for roughing)
22:48
Gary Roberts (2 min for slashing)
27:35
Gary Roberts (2 min for tripping)
30:53
Nils Ekman (2 min for slashing)
36:16
Gary Roberts (2 min for boarding)
38:51
Maxime Talbot (2 min for hooking)
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42:53
Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for hooking)
45:45
Sidney Crosby (2 min for holding the stick)
46:52
Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for high-sticking)
50:36
Colby Armstrong (2 min for hooking)
53:07
Jason Pominville (2 min for elbowing)
55:35
Mark Recchi (2 min for high-sticking)
58:36
Ryan Whitney (2 min for roughing)
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62:43
Nils Ekman (2 min for hooking)
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 -1 22.30 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.10 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 21.20 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 4
C Chris Drury 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 22.50 9
C Daniel Brière 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 6.40 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 25.00 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 12.10 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 31.10 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.40 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 -1 33.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 17 0 0 63.50 4
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 1 1 3 7 1 6 0 0 22.40 10
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 -1 19.00 9
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
R Mark Recchi 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 15.30 7
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.50 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.10 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 2 1 1 0 6 1 17.10 7
L Nils Ekman 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 13.20 7
L Ryan Malone 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 23.00 8
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 -1 14.30 7
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 14.30 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 14.30 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 24.40 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23.30 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 21.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 22 0 0 63.50 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Georges Laraque
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Sidney Crosby
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes: