Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2005 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Saturday, December 17, 2005 at HSBC Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 33–29.
Goals came from Adam Mair, Maxim Afinogenov, Sidney Crosby, Jason Pominville, Chris Drury, Michel Ouellet and Tomas Surovy.
Martin Biron made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Mair (2)Maxim Afinogenov (14), Derek Roy (8)0–103:32 BUF
Maxim Afinogenov (7)Tim Connolly (17), Toni Lydman (8)0–206:46 BUF
Sidney Crosby (14)Ryan Malone (6), Josef Melichar (4)1–210:50 PIT
Jason Pominville (3)Maxim Afinogenov (15), Derek Roy (9)1–318:15 BUF ·
2nd period
Chris Drury (11)Tim Connolly (18), Ales Kotalik (10)1–415:34 BUF ·
3rd period
Michel Ouellet (2)Tomas Surovy (2), Sergei Gonchar (9)2–400:24 PIT
Tomas Surovy (1)Ryan Whitney (12), Michel Ouellet (1)3–409:43 PIT
Team stats
PITBUF
3329
33%67%
0/32/6
2418
1011
1811
1313
22
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Dick Tarnstrom · hooking2 min - 4:36 into the first period
Maxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min - 11:01 into the first periodAndrew Peters · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:01 into the first periodLyle Odelein · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:40 into the first periodJosef Melichar · holding2 min
- 16:09 into the first periodMatt Murley · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the first periodRyan Malone · high sticking2 min
- 19:11 into the first periodChris Drury · hooking2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodJosef Melichar · interference2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodBrian Campbell · interference2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodAndrew Peters · misconduct10 min
- 6:34 into the third periodAndre Roy · misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Michel OuelletR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 16:42 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:34 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:13 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 27:01 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:40 |
| 14Shane EndicottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 17Matt MurleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 18Eric BogunieckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 28Matt HusseyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:02 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:38 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:07 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 17:44 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 22Adam MairC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 17:03 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:48 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |