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13/1/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 31 - 29
PP: 1 of 7 (19 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:22/38=56 %
PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:67/84=79 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 868386 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:31 0-1
Olli Jokinen [20] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Ed Jovanovski)
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28:07 1-1
Andrew Brunette [15] (Mike Ribeiro, Kurtis Foster)
29:52 1-2
Petr Sykora [17] (Milan Michalek)
36:52 2-2
Andrew Brunette [16] (Kurtis Foster, Mike Ribeiro)PP
37:45 2-3
Martin Gélinas [2])
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48:08 3-3
Jere Lehtinen [20] (Dainius Zubrus, Patrice Bergeron)
48:38 4-3
Mike Ribeiro [19] (Kurtis Foster, Craig Rivet)
58:51 5-3
Dainius Zubrus [19] (Marc-André Bergeron, Kurtis Foster) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:13
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for slashing)
11:45
Martin Gélinas (2 min for hooking)
19:11
Maxime Talbot (2 min for elbowing)
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23:31
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
31:21
Dainius Zubrus (2 min for tripping)
33:48
Ed Jovanovski (2 min for hooking)
35:16
Jochen Hecht (2 min for tripping)
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42:29
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
49:19
Petr Sykora (2 min for slashing)
53:02
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
56:21
Dominic Moore (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shean Donovan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 5
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 19.40 6
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 14.20 8
R Dainius Zubrus 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 18.40 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 8.00 5
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 12.30 5
C Mike Ribeiro 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 11.50 8
C Patrice Bergeron 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.40 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 14.30 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.30 6
L Andrew Brunette 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 11.00 7
L Milan Lucic 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 16.10 5
D Kurtis Foster 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 20.20 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 4 2 1 0 4 1 28.50 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 7
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 11.00 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 8 6 1 0 0 0 28.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Zigomanis 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 7.50 6
R Martin Gélinas 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 1 9.50 8
R Petr Sykora 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 12.50 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 -1 15.50 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 7.50 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 7
C Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 20.30 7
C Olli Jokinen 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 -2 20.30 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 11.10 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 15.30 6
L Milan Michalek 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 16.10 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 19.10 7
D Brad Stuart 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -2 23.40 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 23.00 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -2 23.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 26 0 0 59.00 5
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Ribeiro
2nd star: Kurtis Foster
3rd star: Dainius Zubrus
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Andrew Brunette scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jere Lehtinen scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Kurtis Foster notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Milan Lucic had his 12 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Olli Jokinen scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Martin Gélinas finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Jochen Hecht had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Niklas Kronwall had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 23) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 12)
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1-0 ROC Luciano Aquino (Patrick Kaleta)
2-0 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Nathan Paetsch, Drew Stafford)
3-0 ROC Mike Rupp (Marek Zagrapan)
4-0 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Felix Schütz, Mike Weber)
4-1 WIL Joey Mormina (Bryce Swan, Brandon Prust)
5-1 ROC Mike Funk (Chris Thorburn)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - John Curry