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» Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Buffalo Sabres 3

March 12,2008 (Wednesday)
in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania - Mellon Arena

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
BUF	0	0	3	3
PIT	1	2	4	7

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
BUF	9	10	13	32
PIT	7	14	15	36

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
BUF	0 / 3	58 / 307 (18.9%)	251 / 302 (83.1%)
PIT	3 / 6	68 / 325 (20.9%)	250 / 311 (80.4%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 17,132
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois StLaurent
Officials: Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux

Buffalo Sabres	Game #71	32-30-9	73 Pts	Prev Game vs NYR	Next Game vs CAR
Pittsburgh Penguins	Game #71	40-24-7	87 Pts	Prev Game vs WAS	Next Game at PHI

Three Stars: (1) Sergei Gonchar (PIT) (2) Tyler Kennedy (PIT) (3) Darryl Sydor (PIT)

Goals

1st Period
1.	PIT	Tyler Kennedy [9] [c9] ( Pascal Dupuis [7] )	3:30
2nd Period
2.	PIT	Jeff Taffe [5] [c20] ( Darryl Sydor [9], Kristopher Letang [12] )	6:35
3.	PIT	Sergei Gonchar [11] [c184] (Powerplay) ( Ryan Whitney [23], Petr Sykora [31] )	18:08
3rd Period
4.	PIT	Petr Sykora [23] [c272] (Powerplay) (GW) ( Ryan MALONE [19], Sergei Gonchar [46] )	0:56
5.	BUF	Jochen Hecht [18] [c128] ( Mike Weber [1], Maxim Afinogenov [16] )	3:02
6.	BUF	Daniel Paille [15] [c19] (Shorthanded) ( Derek Roy [33], Henrik Tallinder [13] )	5:11
7.	PIT	Evgeni Malkin [39] [c72] (Powerplay) ( Darryl Sydor [10], Tyler Kennedy [7] )	8:56
8.	PIT	Chris Minard [1] [c1] ( Jordan Staal [15], Ryan Stone [1] )	10:03
9.	BUF	Daniel Paille [16] [c20] ( Steve Bernier [14] )	10:49
10.	PIT	Kristopher Letang [6] [c8] ( Tyler Kennedy [8], Pascal Dupuis [8] )	13:23

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Ryan Miller	Career	BUF	L	50	6	32	26	30-23-9	2.54
Jocelyn Thibault	Career	BUF		10	1	4	3	2-4-2	3.76
Ty Conklin	Career	PIT	W	60	3	32	29	18-6-5	2.37

Penalties

1st Period
1.	PIT	Connor James	[1]	Tripping	2	6:16
2.	BUF	Drew Stafford	[4]	Roughing	2	13:32
3.	PIT	Petr Sykora	[4]	Holding	2	15:51
2nd Period
4.	PIT	Georges Laraque	[2]	Elbowing	5	2:34
5.	PIT	Georges Laraque	[2]	Game misconduct	10	2:34
6.	BUF	Maxim Afinogenov	[4]	Hooking	2	6:26
7.	BUF	Thomas Vanek	[3]	Tripping	2	17:24
3rd Period
8.	BUF	Nolan Pratt	[1]	Boarding	2	0:13
9.	BUF	Jochen Hecht	[5]	Roughing	2	4:36
10.	BUF	Henrik Tallinder	[10]	Hooking	2	7:47

Faceoffs

Buffalo Sabres
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Jochen Hecht	11	6	64.7%	331	454	42.2%
Paul Gaustad	11	6	64.7%	558	462	54.7%
Derek Roy	10	7	58.8%	571	571	50.0%
Ales Kotalik	7	6	53.8%	78	95	45.1%
Adam Mair	2	5	28.6%	126	159	44.2%
Steve Bernier	1	0	100.0%	6	5	54.5%

	42	30	58.3%	1936	2074	48.3%

Pittsburgh Penguins
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Jordan Staal	11	18	37.9%	427	578	42.5%
Evgeni Malkin	8	15	34.8%	285	446	39.0%
Jeff Taffe	11	8	57.9%	64	71	47.4%
Pascal Dupuis	0	1	.0%	5	9	35.7%

	30	42	41.7%	1910	2198	46.5%

Buffalo Sabres Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
4	Nolan Pratt	D	581	0	0	0	-3	2	1	2	1	21:11	0:00	4:06
5	Toni Lydman	D	500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	24:41	4:48	3:22
9	Derek Roy	C	260	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	25:34	5:04	3:50
10	Henrik Tallinder	D	308	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	20:38	1:41	3:11
12	Ales Kotalik	RW	358	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	12:30	3:00	0:02
20	Daniel Paille	LW-C	108	2	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	11:37	0:00	2:58
21	Drew Stafford	RW	94	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	1	13:30	1:46	0:00
22	Adam Mair	C	394	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	2	6:38	0:00	0:00
26	Thomas Vanek	LW	233	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	16:19	4:48	0:00
28	Paul Gaustad	C	203	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	17:52	1:46	1:36
29	Jason Pominville	RW	210	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	22:44	4:25	4:28
34	Mike Weber	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	7	16:57	0:00	0:11
36	Patrick Kaleta	RW	36	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	4:02	0:00	0:00
38	Nathan Paetsch	D	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6:26	1:46	0:00
44	Andrej Sekera	D	28	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	23:53	1:18	4:06
55	Jochen Hecht	C	537	1	0	1	-1	2	5	0	2	19:45	4:08	2:02
56	Steve Bernier	RW	165	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	1	11:17	1:18	0:00
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	509	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:54	3:32	0:00

			4861	3	5	8	-5	12	32	8	24

Pittsburgh Penguins Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Hal Gill	D	778	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	19:07	0:16	3:25
5	Darryl Sydor	D	1162	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	16:12	2:36	1:04
9	Pascal Dupuis	LW	426	0	2	2	2	0	5	0	0	18:25	2:25	2:50
11	Jordan Staal	C	152	0	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	22:28	1:37	3:37
12	Ryan Malone	LW	288	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0	2	21:37	4:51	3:56
17	Petr Sykora	C	844	1	1	2	-2	2	2	0	1	17:20	4:51	0:00
19	Ryan Whitney	D	214	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	18:52	4:51	1:19
27	Georges Laraque	RW	626	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	2	3:58	0:12	0:00
33	Ryan Stone	LW	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	7:24	0:04	0:00
36	Connor James	C	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	9:31	0:00	0:00
37	Jarkko Ruutu	LW	408	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	13:50	0:12	2:35
38	Jeff Taffe	F	138	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	14:14	1:37	0:00
39	Chris Minard	F	11	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	3:17	0:00	0:00
44	Brooks Orpik	D	286	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2	19:11	0:00	3:08
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	45	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	2	15:57	2:21	0:00
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	893	1	1	2	-2	0	5	0	0	23:31	4:36	2:41
58	Kristopher Letang	D	60	1	1	2	3	0	3	2	2	23:07	2:37	4:07
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	149	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	0	22:59	4:14	2:46

			7129	7	13	20	4	19	36	14	19

Transactions Since last game)

Buffalo Sabres Transactions

Mar 12,2008 - Andrew Peters suspended
Mar 12,2008 - Mike Weber recalled from Rochester

Pittsburgh Penguins Transactions

Mar 11,2008 - Ryan Stone recalled from Scranton Wilkes-Barre
Mar 11,2008 - Connor James recalled from Scranton Wilkes-Barre