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4/11/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 30 - 28
PP: 1 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:33/48=67 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:59/86=68 %, Challenges:29/41=69 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 852988 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:57 1-0
Darryl Sydor [1] (Tobias Enström, Aaron Boogaard)
16:57 1-1
Maxim Afinogenov [10] (Teppo Numminen, Pavol Demitra)
18:52 2-1
Gary Roberts [1] (Joe Thornton, Aaron Boogaard)PP
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23:17 2-2
Adam Mair [1] (Nathan Paetsch, Toni Lydman)
30:09 2-3
Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Henrik Tallinder, Tim Connolly)
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53:27 3-3
Adam Hall [1] (Georges Laraque, Pascal Dupuis)
53:41 3-4
Henrik Tallinder [1] (Jaroslav Spacek, Tim Connolly)
58:53 3-5
Scott Hartnell [1] (Jochen Hecht) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:03
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
04:19
Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
04:19
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
04:33
Kristopher Letang (2 min for tripping)
17:23
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
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20:47
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
26:06
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for boarding)
37:33
Marc-André Cliche (2 min for cross-checking)
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45:47
David Gove (2 min for elbowing)
49:36
Steve Downie (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 12.00 8
R Georges Laraque 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 -1 15.40 8
C Trevor Lewis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 5
C Brad Richards 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 -3 21.10 7
C David Gove 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 5.40 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 13.40 5
R Aaron Boogaard 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 16.30 5
C Joe Thornton 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 -4 20.40 8
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 16.40 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13.40 5
R Jani Rita 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9.50 5
L Gary Roberts 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 -4 19.50 8
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.40 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 22.30 6
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 5
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 23.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 23 0 0 59.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Marc-André Cliche 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.40 5
R Scott Hartnell 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 8.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 18.20 7
R Steve Downie 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
C Adam Mair 1 0 1 4 0 5 0 0 18.50 9
L Tim Connolly 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 14.50 8
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.20 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 17.10 8
C Brian Rolston 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 20.10 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 14.40 6
D Henrik Tallinder 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 14.10 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 24.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 21.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 4 17.40 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Adam Mair
2nd star: Henrik Tallinder
3rd star: Jaroslav Spacek
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Pavol Demitra notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tim Connolly notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Scott Hartnell ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Adam Mair ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 41) , Rochester Americans 2( 11)
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0-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Michael Ryan, Andrej Sekera)
1-1 WIL Milan Kraft
2-1 WIL Eric Neilson (Dustin Jeffrey)
2-2 ROC Mark Mancari (Clarke MacArthur, Andrej Sekera)
3-2 WIL Jeff Taffe (Hal Gill)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Adam Dennis