Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, December 8, 2008 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Monday, December 8, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 32-29.
Ruslan Fedotenko scored twice. Derek Roy, Kris Letang, Ales Kotalik, Daniel Paille and Thomas Vanek also scored.
Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Dany Sabourin stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ruslan Fedotenko (6)Evgeni Malkin (33), Petr Sykora (9)0–109:37 PIT
Derek Roy (8)Unassisted1–111:07 BUF- Ruslan Fedotenko (7)Evgeni Malkin (34), Petr Sykora (10)1–215:15 PIT
2nd period
Kris Letang (1)Sidney Crosby (28)1–301:31 PIT · PPG
Ales Kotalik (7)Adam Mair (4), Maxim Afinogenov (9)2–306:40 BUF
Daniel Paille (3)Paul Gaustad (4), Clarke MacArthur (6)3–314:49 BUF
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (20)Jason Pominville (11), Jochen Hecht (5)4–306:13 BUF
Team stats
BUFPIT
29Shots on goal32
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play1/8
18Penalty minutes8
32Hits20
10Blocked shots19
4Giveaways11
1Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 03:02
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 07:06
Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min - 1st 18:03Jason Pominville · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:40Thomas Vanek · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 00:19Jochen Hecht · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:14Bench · abuse of officials2 min
- 2nd 09:14Thomas Vanek · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:22Clarke MacArthur · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:22Evgeni Malkin · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 18:22Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:43Alex Goligoski · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:37Derek Roy · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:23Nathan Gerbe · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:41 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:01 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:13 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:20 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:33 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:01 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:46 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:54 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:14 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:44 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 25:54 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 27:34 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 5 | 21:47 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:38 |
| 20Janne PesonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 02:55 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:29 |
| 32Chris MinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:46 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 13Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:59 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 65Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John CurryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Dany SabourinG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 58:40 |