National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 7, Buffalo 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois St.Laurent
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux
Attendance: 17132
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0033
Pittsburgh 1247
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:30 - Penguins Tyler Kennedy (EV) Assists: Pascal Dupuis
Penalties
6:16 - Penguins Connor James (2) Tripping
 13:32 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Roughing
 15:51 - Penguins Petr Sykora (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
6:35 - Penguins Jeff Taffe (EV) Assists: Darryl Sydor , Kris Letang
18:08 - Penguins Sergei Gonchar (PP) Assists: Ryan Whitney , Petr Sykora
Penalties
2:34 - Penguins Georges Laraque (5) Elbowing
 2:34 - Penguins Georges Laraque (10) Game misconduct
 6:26 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Hooking
 17:24 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
0:56 - Penguins Petr Sykora (PP) Assists: Ryan Malone , Sergei Gonchar
3:02 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Mike Weber , Maxim Afinogenov
5:11 - Sabres Daniel Paille (SH) Assists: Derek Roy , Henrik Tallinder
8:56 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (PP) Assists: Darryl Sydor , Tyler Kennedy
10:03 - Penguins Chris Minard (EV) Assists: Jordan Staal , Ryan Stone
10:49 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) Assists: Steve Bernier
13:23 - Penguins Kris Letang (EV) Assists: Tyler Kennedy , Pascal Dupuis
Penalties
0:13 - Sabres Nolan Pratt (2) Boarding
 4:36 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) Roughing
 7:47 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Hooking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 49:59 34:39 7:52 7:28 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 9:57 9:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 24 21:11 17:05 0:00 4:06 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 24:41 16:31 4:48 3:22 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 +2 0 3 25 25:34 16:40 5:04 3:50 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Henrik Tallinder D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 23 20:38 15:46 1:41 3:11 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 12:30 9:28 3:00 0:02 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Daniel Paille LW 2 0 2 +2 0 3 16 11:37 8:39 0:00 2:58 0 1 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 18 13:30 11:44 1:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 12 6:38 6:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 5 29
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 16 16:19 11:31 4:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 16 11:17 9:59 1:18 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 17:52 14:30 1:46 1:36 0 0 - - 11 6 65
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 28 22:44 13:51 4:25 4:28 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 21 16:57 16:46 0:00 0:11 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 4:02 4:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 6:26 4:40 1:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 29 23:53 18:29 1:18 4:06 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 0 1 -1 2 5 27 19:45 13:35 4:08 2:02 0 0 - - 11 6 65
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 1 1 +1 2 3 19 15:54 12:22 3:32 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ty Conklin G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 44:40 7:28 7:52 0 0 - - - - -
Hal Gill D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 24 19:07 15:26 0:16 3:25 0 0 - - - - -
Darryl Sydor D 0 2 2 +1 0 0 22 16:12 12:32 2:36 1:04 0 0 - - - - -
Pascal Dupuis LW 0 2 2 +2 0 5 27 18:25 13:10 2:25 2:50 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 +2 0 5 30 22:28 17:14 1:37 3:37 0 0 - - 11 18 38
Ryan Malone RW 0 1 1 -2 0 4 28 21:37 12:50 4:51 3:56 0 0 - - - - -
Petr Sykora RW 1 1 2 -2 2 2 24 17:20 12:29 4:51 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Ryan Whitney D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 23 18:52 12:42 4:51 1:19 0 0 - - - - -
Georges Laraque RW 0 0 0 E 15 0 6 3:58 3:46 0:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Stone C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 13 7:24 7:20 0:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Connor James LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 17 9:31 9:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jarkko Ruutu LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 13:50 11:03 0:12 2:35 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Taffe LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 24 14:14 12:37 1:37 0:00 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Chris Minard LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 5 3:17 3:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 23 19:11 16:03 0:00 3:08 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Kennedy C 1 2 3 +2 0 1 23 15:57 13:36 2:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Gonchar D 1 1 2 -2 0 5 27 23:31 16:14 4:36 2:41 1 0 - - - - -
Kris Letang D 1 1 2 +3 0 3 27 23:07 16:23 2:37 4:07 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 30 22:59 15:59 4:14 2:46 1 0 - - 8 15 35
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 32 26 6 .812 0 49:59
Jocelyn Thibault 4 3 1 .750 0 9:57
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ty Conklin W (18-8-5) 32 29 3 .906 0 60:00