Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 12, 2008 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-3 on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 36-32.
Daniel Paille scored twice. Tyler Kennedy, Jeff Taffe, Sergei Gonchar, Petr Sykora, Jochen Hecht, Evgeni Malkin, Chris Minard and Kris Letang also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Kennedy (9)Pascal Dupuis (7)0–103:30 PIT
2nd period
Jeff Taffe (5)Darryl Sydor (9), Kris Letang (10)0–206:35 PIT
Sergei Gonchar (11)Ryan Whitney (23), Petr Sykora (31)0–318:08 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Petr Sykora (23)Ryan Malone (19), Sergei Gonchar (46)0–400:56 PIT · PPG
Jochen Hecht (18)Mike Weber (1), Maxim Afinogenov (16)1–403:02 BUF
Daniel Paille (15)Derek Roy (35), Henrik Tallinder (13)2–405:11 BUF · SHG
Evgeni Malkin (39)Darryl Sydor (10), Tyler Kennedy (7)2–508:56 PIT · PPG
Chris Minard (1)Jordan Staal (15), Ryan Stone (1)2–610:03 PIT- Daniel Paille (16)Steve Bernier (14)3–610:49 BUF
Kris Letang (6)Tyler Kennedy (8), Pascal Dupuis (8)3–713:23 PIT
Team stats
BUFPIT
32Shots on goal36
58%Faceoff %42%
0/3Power play3/6
12Penalty minutes19
24Hits19
8Blocked shots14
8Giveaways2
1Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:16
Connor James · tripping2 min - 1st 13:32
Drew Stafford · roughing2 min - 1st 15:51Petr Sykora · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:34Georges Laraque · elbowing5 min
- 2nd 02:34Georges Laraque · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 06:26Maxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:24Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:13Nolan Pratt · boarding2 min
- 3rd 04:36Jochen Hecht · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:47Henrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.