Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, December 22, 2008 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Monday, December 22, 2008 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 35-22.
Alex Goligoski scored twice. Daniel Paille, Ales Kotalik, Pascal Dupuis, Clarke MacArthur and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Paille (4)Teppo Numminen (10), Adam Mair (5)0–101:00 BUF
2nd period
Ales Kotalik (8)Daniel Paille (8), Adam Mair (6)0–205:23 BUF
Pascal Dupuis (7)Miroslav Satan (13), Brooks Orpik (6)1–206:18 PIT
Alex Goligoski (5)Evgeni Malkin (41), Ruslan Fedotenko (9)2–212:23 PIT
Clarke MacArthur (9)Ales Kotalik (8), Teppo Numminen (11)2–315:58 BUF · PPG
3rd period
- Alex Goligoski (6)Evgeni Malkin (42), Jordan Staal (10)3–311:17 PIT · PPG
OT period
Sidney Crosby (14)Evgeni Malkin (43), Alex Goligoski (12)4–300:43 PIT
Team stats
PITBUF
22Shots on goal35
51%Faceoff %49%
1/1Power play1/6
17Penalty minutes7
16Hits10
14Blocked shots11
12Giveaways16
2Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 14:00
Brooks Orpik · interference2 min - 2nd 00:21Miroslav Satan · tripping2 min
- 2nd 07:14Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:46
Andrew Peters · fighting5 min - 2nd 14:46Eric Godard · boarding2 min
- 2nd 14:46Eric Godard · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:49Philippe Boucher · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:35Daniel Paille · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:26Philippe Boucher · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 13Alex GoligoskiD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:42 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 22Jeff TaffeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:50 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:34 |
| 63Tim WallaceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:09 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:13 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:42 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:40 |
| 30Dany SabourinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:44 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 25:25 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:09 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8 | 17:28 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:46 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:33 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:05 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 20:33 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:01 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | O | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 60:43 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |