Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 2008 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Friday, November 28, 2008 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 32-30.
Paul Gaustad scored twice and Sidney Crosby scored twice. Tyler Kennedy, Drew Stafford and Thomas Vanek also scored.
Ryan Miller made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; John Curry stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Kennedy (6)Matt Cooke (7), Rob Scuderi (4)1–010:29 PIT
Drew Stafford (3)Maxim Afinogenov (8), Jaroslav Spacek (10)1–111:25 BUF
2nd period
Paul Gaustad (1)Drew Stafford (3), Mark Mancari (1)1–212:21 BUF · PPG
Sidney Crosby (9)Evgeni Malkin (26)2–212:55 PIT- Sidney Crosby (10)Evgeni Malkin (27)3–219:04 PIT
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (16)Derek Roy (10), Drew Stafford (4)3–303:11 BUF- Paul Gaustad (2)Jason Pominville (10), Jochen Hecht (4)3–416:36 BUF
Team stats
PITBUF
30Shots on goal32
53%Faceoff %47%
0/7Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes16
12Hits26
16Blocked shots14
17Giveaways12
4Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 02:18
Patrick Kaleta · high sticking2 min - 1st 07:11Patrick Kaleta · roughing2 min
- 1st 07:11
Hal Gill · roughing2 min - 1st 13:39Jason Pominville · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:08Teppo Numminen · hooking2 min
- 1st 17:39Miroslav Satan · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:20Patrick Kaleta · boarding2 min
- 2nd 04:48Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 10:31Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:19Jochen Hecht · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:37Hal Gill · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:51Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:30Jason Pominville · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 23:25 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 24:29 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:10 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:44 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 15Mike ZigomanisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 20Janne PesonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:02 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:21 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 13Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:27 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John CurryG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 59:27 |
| 30Dany SabourinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 12:54 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:20 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:37 |
| 25Mark MancariR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:51 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:06 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:03 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:43 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:34 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |