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27/3/2010
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 30 - 21
PP: 2 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:69/77=89 %, Challenges:30/50=58 %
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:17/46=36 %
Attendance: 9236 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 419314 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:56 0-1
Daymond Langkow [26] (Rostislav Olesz, Mike Grier)PP
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29:07 1-1
Sergei Gonchar [7] (Eric Staal, Bryan Smolinski)
33:24 1-2
Chris Higgins [12] (Mike Grier, Steve Sullivan)
38:39 2-2
Eric Staal [31] (Bill Guerin, Sidney Crosby)PP
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46:31 2-3
Steve Sullivan [16] (Chris Higgins, Craig Rivet)
50:52 3-3
Eric Staal [32] (Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz)
55:57 4-3
Sidney Crosby [29] (Bill Guerin, Eric Staal)PP
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Penalty summary:
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09:55
Chris Kunitz (2 min for hooking)
11:38
Jordan Staal (2 min for hooking)
19:13
Bryan Smolinski (2 min for tripping)
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37:13
Manny Malhotra (2 min for boarding)
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54:14
Drew Stafford (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.40 5
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 10.00 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 13.10 7
R Bill Guerin 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Chris Kunitz 0 1 1 6 4 6 2 0 11.40 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12.20 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 16.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 10
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.40 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 11.00 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 11.50 6
L Eric Staal 2 2 4 4 2 4 0 0 24.10 10
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 17.30 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 25.40 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14.00 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 31.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 9.50 5
L John Madden 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
R Mike Grier 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 13.50 8
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 -1 20.10 6
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 4
C Tyler Ennis 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
C Chris Higgins 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 8
C Daymond Langkow 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.50 6
R Milan Lucic 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.50 5
L Rostislav Olesz 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 14.00 6
L Steve Sullivan 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 19.10 7
L Jarome Iginla 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 -1 23.10 8
D Dylan Olsen 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 16.20 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.40 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -1 30.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 14.10 7
D Craig Rivet 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 14.20 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 -1 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jhonas Enroth 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Bill Guerin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Sergei Gonchar finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jean-Pierre Dumont had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Jean-Pierre Dumont had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Steve Sullivan ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 9( 32) , Rochester Americans 1( 7)
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1-0 WIL Ryan Bayda (Dustin Jeffrey)
2-0 WIL Michel Ouellet (Chris Lee)
3-0 WIL Ryan Bayda (Konstantin Koltsov, Dustin Jeffrey)
4-0 WIL Konstantin Koltsov (Mark Eaton, Dustin Jeffrey)
5-0 WIL Chris Conner (Nick Johnson)
6-0 WIL Konstantin Koltsov (Ryan Bayda)
7-0 WIL Ryan Bayda (Konstantin Koltsov, Alex Goligoski)
8-0 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Konstantin Koltsov)
9-0 WIL Konstantin Koltsov (Alex Goligoski)
9-1 ROC Matt Ellis (Patrick Kaleta)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - David McKee