Penguin Vs Buffalo

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:77/94=81 %, Challenges:19/41=45 %
PP: 0 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:76/90=84 %, Challenges:9/42=20 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:23 1-0 Cam Barker [1] (Dany Heatley, Joe Thornton)
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35:16 1-1 Rick Nash [4] (Jaroslav Spacek)
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40:12 2-1 Ryan Smyth [3] (Mike Komisarek, Dion Phaneuf)SH
47:07 2-2 Dmitri Kalinin [2] (Brian Gionta, Ilya Kovalchuk)
55:35 3-2 Ryan Stone [1] (Tyler Kennedy)
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Penalty summary:
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10:26 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:15 John LeClair (2 min for slashing)
28:32 Tyler Kennedy (2 min for holding the stick)
36:01 Nils Ekman (2 min for high-sticking)
38:59 Marian Gaborik (2 min for hooking)
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41:54 Mark Recchi (2 min for high-sticking)
58:47 Nils Ekman (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Ryan Stone 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 11.50 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 17.20 7
R Dany Heatley 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 20.20 7
C Tyler Kennedy 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 8.00 6
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 13.00 5
C Eric Staal 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 19.10 7
C Joe Thornton 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
L Robin Big Snake 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 18.40 8
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 20.30 7
D Cam Barker 1 0 2 6 4 6 0 -1 26.00 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 -1 12.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 3 4 3 0 1 20.40 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 5.50 4
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 12.20 4
L Paul Kariya 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
R Brian Gionta 0 1 5 1 1 2 0 -2 19.20 7
L Matthew Barnaby 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 8.50 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.20 4
C Jason Spezza 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 -1 19.50 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
L John LeClair 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5.50 4
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12.50 4
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 1 16.30 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 -1 20.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 -2 27.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.40 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 16.30 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 -1 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 24 0 0 58.30 7
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Stone
2nd star: Ryan Smyth
3rd star: Cam Barker

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Cam Barker finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Brian Gionta had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Vincent Lecavalier had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Dmitri Kalinin ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 27 - 20
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:99/112=88 %, Challenges:22/44=48 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:75/86=87 %, Challenges:16/37=42 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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22:42 0-1 Jason Spezza [3] (Vincent Lecavalier, Ilya Kovalchuk)
33:19 1-1 Marian Gaborik [4] (Mike Komisarek, Mark Recchi)
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51:16 2-1 Mark Recchi [1] (Gary Roberts, Wojtek Wolski)
52:44 3-1 Ryan Smyth [4] (Robin Big Snake, Ryan Stone)
56:22 3-2 Dmitri Kalinin [3] (Brian Gionta, Rick Nash)
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Penalty summary:
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12:42 Dany Heatley (2 min for roughing)
12:42 Nils Ekman (2 min for roughing)
16:02 Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
16:02 Gary Roberts (2 min for roughing)
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24:14 Cam Barker (2 min for cross-checking)
27:04 Nils Ekman (2 min for tripping)
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48:06 Ryan Stone (2 min for roughing)
48:06 Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for roughing)
52:59 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for elbowing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Ryan Stone 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 -1 6.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 11.50 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
R Dany Heatley 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 22.30 7
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 5
R Mark Recchi 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 7
C Eric Staal 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 18.00 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 22.40 7
L Robin Big Snake 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.40 6
L Gary Roberts 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 11.30 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 22.50 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 5
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 15.30 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 4 2 4 2 1 27.30 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 3 4 1 4 0 0 17.20 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 3 5 2 5 0 1 30.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 6.30 4
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 10.10 4
L Paul Kariya 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 19.50 5
R Brian Gionta 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 7
L Matthew Barnaby 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 10.40 5
C Jason Spezza 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 22.20 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 -1 21.20 8
L John LeClair 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 4
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 4
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 2 5 2 2 0 22.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 5 1 5 0 -1 19.20 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10.40 4
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 24.10 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 25.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 4
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22.10 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 -1 24.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Recchi
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Ryan Smyth

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mark Recchi finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Joe Thornton had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:

Buffalo Sabres 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 15 - 33
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/73=83 %, Challenges:13/41=31 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:94/104=90 %, Challenges:16/39=40 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:07 1-0 Vincent Lecavalier [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
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24:26 2-0 Paul Kariya [1] (Rick Nash, Jason Spezza)
30:06 2-1 Cam Barker [2] (Ryan Smyth)
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40:14 2-2 Dany Heatley [4] (Ryan Smyth, Eric Staal)
45:21 2-3 Joe Thornton [2] (Ryan Smyth, Cam Barker)
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Penalty summary:
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13:36 Gary Roberts (2 min for diving)
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25:06 Nils Ekman (2 min for tripping)
28:07 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for tripping)
33:28 Nils Ekman (2 min for tripping)
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55:55 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5.50 5
L Nils Ekman 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 14.10 4
L Paul Kariya 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
R Brian Gionta 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 17.10 6
L Matthew Barnaby 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.50 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 14.10 5
C Jason Spezza 0 1 0 4 3 2 0 -2 18.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 19.00 9
L John LeClair 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 5
L Rick Nash 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 -2 21.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 20.30 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 12.40 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 1 25.10 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19.10 4
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 17.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 6 4 6 0 0 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 30 0 0 58.30 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Ryan Stone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 8.50 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 -2 21.50 7
R Dany Heatley 1 0 6 4 3 4 0 3 21.20 9
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9.50 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
C Joe Thornton 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 22.20 7
L Robin Big Snake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.50 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 4 6 2 6 0 -2 22.30 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 3 5 2 2 0 0 3 21.40 9
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -2 18.10 6
D Cam Barker 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 3 29.40 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -2 19.10 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Smyth
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Cam Barker

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Brian Gionta had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:

Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 23 - 26
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:12/42=27 %
PP: 1 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:17/48=34 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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35:12 0-1 Nikolai Zherdev [1] (Gary Roberts, Ryan Smyth)
37:51 1-1 Brian Gionta [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Vincent Lecavalier)
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40:42 1-2 Joe Thornton [3] (Marian Gaborik, Wojtek Wolski)PP
49:31 2-2 Brian Gionta [5] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
52:18 2-3 Joe Thornton [4] (Cam Barker)
56:47 3-3 Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Brian Gionta, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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60:34 3-4 Mike Komisarek [1] (Wojtek Wolski, Marian Gaborik)
Penalty summary:
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04:46 Matthew Barnaby (2 min for high-sticking)
08:43 Matthew Barnaby (2 min for elbowing)
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23:47 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for hooking)
39:06 Toni Lydman (2 min for slashing)
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43:41 Marian Gaborik (2 min for tripping)
48:31 Tyler Kennedy (2 min for hooking)
54:29 Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for slashing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 5
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.10 4
L Paul Kariya 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.50 5
R Brian Gionta 2 1 7 0 1 1 0 0 18.30 9
L Matthew Barnaby 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 0 9.10 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 0 14.10 4
C Jason Spezza 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 -2 19.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 2 3 5 2 5 0 1 21.00 8
L John LeClair 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 7.10 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 14.10 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 16.00 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 3 6 3 0 2 0 1 20.40 9
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.50 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 15.10 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 28.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 17.50 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 15.10 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 4 6 6 6 0 -1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 22 0 0 60.30 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Ryan Stone 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 6.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 12.00 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 2 2 5 2 2 2 0 18.30 8
R Dany Heatley 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 1 21.40 5
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.20 5
R Mark Recchi 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 12.00 5
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 -1 20.40 7
C Joe Thornton 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 20.10 8
L Robin Big Snake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Gary Roberts 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 12.00 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 2 3 4 0 4 0 -1 21.10 9
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 20.40 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 17.40 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 24.20 7
D Cam Barker 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 23.40 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 16.50 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 -1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 20 0 0 60.30 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Wojtek Wolski

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Rick Nash had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Nikolai Zherdev finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Nikolai Zherdev finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Other notes: