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25/10/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 22 - 21
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:68/75=90 %, Challenges:21/64=32 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:30/58=50 %
Attendance: 13647 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 753314 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:45 1-0
Milan Jurcina [1] (Dave Bolland, Nicklas Bäckström)
17:15 1-1
Dennis Wideman [2] (Andrew Ladd, Tim Kennedy)
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28:09 2-1
Nicklas Bäckström [2] (Kevin Bieksa)
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40:15 3-1
Dustin Brown [4] (Thomas Hickey, Anze Kopitar)
56:39 3-2
Kyle McLaren [1] (Drew Stafford, Andrew Ladd)
59:43 3-3
Michal Handzus [3] (Kyle McLaren) WG
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64:13 4-3
Dustin Brown [5] (Milan Jurcina, Nikita Filatov)PP
Penalty summary:
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14:21
Tim Kennedy (2 min for tripping)
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21:13
Ladislav Nagy (2 min for hooking)
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45:27
Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
50:58
David Steckel (5 min for fighting)
50:58
Paul Gaustad (5 min for fighting)
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60:17
Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
60:17
Nikita Filatov (2 min for roughing)
63:08
Tim Kennedy (2 min for tripping)
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 5
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 14.30 6
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 -2 22.10 7
R Dustin Brown 2 0 2 4 6 3 0 1 21.40 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Dave Bolland 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 14.30 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 -1 20.30 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Alexei Yashin 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 6
L David Steckel 0 0 1 1 4 2 5 1 14.50 6
L Nikita Filatov 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 -1 18.50 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 19.40 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 5 3 7 0 1 18.10 8
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 25.00 5
D Milan Jurcina 1 1 2 4 0 5 0 1 16.00 9
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 -2 23.50 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 7 3 5 0 1 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 64.10 6
G Jake Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Kennedy 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 8.00 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 -1 21.00 6
R Drew Stafford 0 1 1 3 3 4 0 -1 18.00 7
R Andrew Ladd 0 2 2 9 2 8 0 1 19.40 10
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 1 3 5 0 18.40 7
C Dan Paillé 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 13.00 5
C Michal Handzus 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 20.30 8
L Jan Mursak 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8.20 6
L Yanic Perreault 0 0 1 1 7 7 0 0 19.40 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 -1 14.30 5
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 -1 20.30 6
D Kyle McLaren 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 17.00 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 25.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 21.30 5
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 15.40 6
D Dennis Wideman 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 4 0 18 0 0 63.30 5
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dustin Brown
2nd star: Nicklas Bäckström
3rd star: Milan Jurcina
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Dustin Brown scored the 100th goal of his career.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Kyle McLaren ended his 6 game point drought.
-Dennis Wideman ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-David Steckel beat Paul Gaustad in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 26) , Rochester Americans 3( 14)
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1-0 WIL Kevyn Adams (Michael Gergen, Mike Zigomanis)
1-1 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Nathan Gerbe)
2-1 WIL Jani Rita (Carl Sneep, Jason Allison)
2-2 ROC Mike Weber (Phillip Gogulla, Corey Tropp)
2-3 ROC Branislav Fabry (Nathan Gerbe, Marc-André Gragnani)
3-3 WIL Jason Allison (Kevyn Adams, alain nasredinne)
4-3 WIL Niklas Nordgren (Mike Zigomanis)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Mikael Tellqvist