Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 2009 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in a shootout on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 32-24.
Goals came from Jason Pominville and Chris Kunitz.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Patrick Lalime stopped 23 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Pominville (1)Clarke MacArthur (1), Toni Lydman (1)0–115:05 BUF
Chris Kunitz (1)Sidney Crosby (1)1–119:21 PIT
SO period
Kris LetangUnassisted3–100:00 PIT
Team stats
PITBUF
24Shots on goal32
43%Faceoff %57%
0/5Power play0/8
16Penalty minutes10
15Hits23
16Blocked shots20
16Giveaways13
3Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:17
Patrick Kaleta · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 07:37
Brooks Orpik · interference2 min - 1st 08:32Kris Letang · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:38Craig Rivet · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:50Jay McKee · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:09Tim Kennedy · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:49Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:52Evgeni Malkin · interference2 min
- 3rd 06:44Jochen Hecht · holding2 min
- 3rd 10:14Brooks Orpik · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:21Clarke MacArthur · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:54Matt Cooke · interference2 min
- OT 01:43Alex Goligoski · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:08 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:20 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:00 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:17 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:58 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:42 |
| 3Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:00 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:50 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:08 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 64:49 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:30 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23:07 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:51 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:24 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:03 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:57 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:17 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | O | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 64:51 |