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4/11/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 23 - 25
PP: 2 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:55/77=71 %, Challenges:32/44=71 %
PP: 0 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:76/88=86 %, Challenges:29/47=60 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:21 1-0
Mark Recchi [5] (Sidney Crosby, Nils Ekman)
14:44 2-0
Colby Armstrong [4] (Mark Eaton, Erik Christensen)PP
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29:21 3-0
Sergei Gonchar [3] (Nils Ekman, Sidney Crosby)PP
38:21 3-1
Tim Connolly [1] (Ales Kotalik, Chris Kunitz)
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48:45 3-2
Jochen Hecht [3])
49:51 4-2
Sidney Crosby [6] (Mark Recchi, Michel Ouellet)
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Penalty summary:
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05:41
Sidney Crosby (2 min for high-sticking)
10:15
Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
14:09
Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
18:01
Daniel Brière (2 min for tripping)
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23:17
Dainius Zubrus (2 min for hooking)
25:35
Mark Recchi (2 min for slashing)
28:56
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
39:12
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for tripping)
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53:46
Micki Dupont (2 min for holding the stick)
54:52
Mark Eaton (2 min for boarding)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 10.50 5
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
R Mark Recchi 1 1 4 4 0 0 2 2 18.20 10
C Erik Christensen 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 10.50 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10.30 5
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 18.20 9
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 18.20 7
L Nils Ekman 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 20.20 7
D Micki Dupont 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 -2 14.50 6
D Mark Eaton 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 14.00 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 25.40 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 22.10 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 0 21.20 8
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 22.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 8.40 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 15.30 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 15.30 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 -1 15.20 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 5
C Tim Connolly 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 13.20 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.00 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 6
L Dan Paillé 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 8.40 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 19.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 5 2 1 2 4 0 16.00 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 19.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 13.50 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 26.30 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 20.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Recchi
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Colby Armstrong
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dainius Zubrus had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Dainius Zubrus had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Tim Connolly finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Jochen Hecht ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 22) , Rochester Americans 1( 15)
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1-0 WIL Stephen Dixon (Dmitri Utkin)
1-1 ROC Timo Helbling (Peter Tsimikalis)
2-1 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Stephen Dixon)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Danny Battochio