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December 16,2005  (Friday) in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania - Mellon Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 4 Tot BUF 0 3 0 1 4 PIT 0 2 1 0 3	Shots 1 2 3 4 Tot BUF 8 13 4 2 27 PIT 9 12 6 0 27	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season BUF 3 / 8 40 / 182 (22.0%) 136 / 163 (83.4%) PIT 2 / 7 32 / 208 (15.4%) 172 / 217 (79.3%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 16,648 Referees: Dave Jackson, Greg Kimmerly Officials: Angelo D'Amico, Greg Devorski	Buffalo Sabres Game #31 21-9-1 43 Pts Prev Game vs DAL Next Game vs PIT Pittsburgh Penguins Game #32 8-17-7 23 Pts Prev Game vs STL Next Game vs BUF Three Stars: (1) Chris Drury  (BUF)  (2) Ales Kotalik (BUF)  (3) Michel Ouellet (PIT)

Goals 1st Period No Goals 2nd Period 1. BUF Daniel Briere    [14]  [c119]   (Powerplay)   ( Chris Drury [12],  Ales Kotalik [8] ) 01:26 2. PIT Michel Ouellet    [1]  [c1]   (Powerplay)   ( Mark Recchi [18],  Erik Christensen [4] ) 03:28 3. BUF Jochen Hecht    [7]  [c80]   ( Jay McKee [5] ) 08:05 4. PIT Ryan MALONE    [6]  [c28]   (Powerplay)   ( Tomas SUROVY [1],  Ryan Whitney [11] ) 17:11 5. BUF Ales Kotalik    [15]  [c52]   (Powerplay)   ( Brian Campbell [12],  Chris Drury [13] ) 19:08 3rd Period 6. PIT Zigmund Palffy    [11]  [c329]   ( Sidney Crosby [19],  Mario Lemieux [15] ) 17:43 OT Period 7. BUF Chris Drury    [10]  [c136]   (Powerplay)   (GW)   ( Daniel Briere [9],  Ales Kotalik [9] ) 01:32 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Martin Biron Career BUF W 61 3 27 24 14-3-1 2.88 Marc-Andre Fleury Career PIT OTL 61 4 27 23 2-7-1 3.05

Penalties 1st Period 1. PIT Ryan MALONE [3] Hooking 2 02:25 2. BUF Thomas Vanek [5] Hooking 2 04:51 3. BUF Toni Lydman [3] Holding 2 06:57 4. PIT Shane Endicott [2] Hooking 2 09:37 5. PIT Brooks Orpik [10] Hooking 2 16:53 6. PIT Dick Tarnstrom [3] Hooking 2 19:16 7. PIT Shane Endicott [1] Cross Checking 2 19:52 2nd Period 8. BUF Henrik Tallinder [5] Holding 2 02:46 9. PIT Dick Tarnstrom [4] Hooking 2 04:45 10. BUF Teppo Numminen [1] Holding the Stick 2 08:59 11. BUF Adam Mair [1] Boarding 2 13:14 12. BUF Jay McKee [1] Cross Checking 2 15:14 13. PIT Shane Endicott [3] Hooking 2 17:51 3rd Period 14. BUF Maxim Afinogenov [3] Holding 2 09:42 OT Period 15. PIT Josef Melichar [3] Hooking 2 01:01

Faceoffs
Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Chris Drury 14 7 66.7% 369 251 59.5% Tim Connolly 7 5 58.3% 180 244 42.5% Derek Roy 4 7 36.4% 74 83 47.1% Paul Gaustad 6 4 60.0% 192 162 54.2% Daniel Briere 0 1 .0% 127 125 50.4% Jason Pominville 0 1 .0% 0 2 .0%   31 25 55.4% 965 920 51.2%	Pittsburgh Penguins   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Sidney Crosby 4 9 30.8% 70 130 35.0% Erik Christensen 6 6 50.0% 134 117 53.4% Matt Hussey 5 5 50.0% 20 31 39.2% Shane Endicott 4 6 40.0% 35 42 45.5% Mario Lemieux 3 4 42.9% 253 204 55.4% Mark Recchi 3 0 100.0% 103 103 50.0% Ryan Malone 0 1 .0% 8 31 20.5%   25 31 44.6% 932 1070 46.6%

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 315 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 21:09 0:31 5:19 8 Rory Fitzpatrick D 181 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13:24 0:00 4:37 9 Derek Roy C 68 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:04 4:31 2:09 10 Henrik Tallinder D 151 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 21:09 0:31 6:08 12 Ales Kotalik RW 174 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 18:35 7:09 0:09 19 Tim Connolly C 356 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 20:43 4:59 4:27 22 Adam Mair C 237 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7:41 0:23 0:00 23 Chris Drury C 501 1 2 3 0 0 7 0 0 18:49 7:45 4:33 25 Mike Grier RW 642 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:35 0:00 4:44 26 Thomas Vanek LW 31 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12:48 4:21 0:01 27 Teppo Numminen D 1191 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:09 5:01 3:28 28 Paul Gaustad C 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:47 0:31 1:39 29 Jason Pominville RW 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:21 1:46 2:03 48 Daniel Briere C 377 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 21:57 7:27 1:21 51 Brian Campbell D 195 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 17:16 5:55 0:00 55 Jochen Hecht C 364 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16:05 4:57 4:13 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 359 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16:22 6:07 0:01 74 Jay McKee D 533 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 15:51 0:00 5:46   5740 4 7 11 0 14 27 6 12

Pittsburgh Penguins Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Josef Melichar D 192 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 1 20:58 0:00 7:11 7 Michel Ouellet RW 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16:34 4:57 2:41 8 Mark Recchi RW 1205 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 18:13 4:42 5:43 12 Ryan Malone LW 112 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 13:50 1:33 0:01 14 Shane Endicott C 11 0 0 0 -1 6 0 1 1 9:47 0:10 4:50 16 Erik Christensen C-W 21 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 14:34 4:42 1:48 17 Matt Murley LW 50 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0 12:02 0:00 7:04 19 Ryan Whitney D 21 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 26:04 7:57 5:35 24 Lyle Odelein D 1050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:21 2:18 3:40 28 Matt Hussey C 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:07 2:23 0:00 32 Dick Tarnstrom D 223 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 17:57 4:54 1:24 33 Zigmund Palffy RW 670 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 19:13 6:24 0:35 36 Andre Roy RW 317 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 4:08 0:00 0:00 43 Tomas SUROVY LW 76 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 12:04 1:40 0:00 44 Brooks Orpik D 115 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 14:30 0:09 3:20 55 Sergei Gonchar D 698 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 24:46 10:00 1:53 66 Mario Lemieux C 915 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 17:23 6:02 0:02 87 Sidney Crosby C 32 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 0 20:19 5:24 2:35   6055 3 6 9 0 16 27 11 19

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