Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, December 29, 2009 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 38-24.
Drew Stafford scored twice. Jordan Staal, Bill Guerin, Chris Kunitz, Paul Gaustad and Jason Pominville also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 27 saves on 27 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 20 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jordan Staal (1)Tyler Kennedy (1)1–004:08 PIT
Bill Guerin (1)Brooks Orpik (1), Kris Letang (1)2–018:31 PIT
2nd period
Chris Kunitz (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)3–001:28 PIT
Drew Stafford (1)Unassisted3–112:46 BUF- Drew Stafford (2)Clarke MacArthur (1), Tim Kennedy (1)3–214:55 BUF
3rd period
Paul Gaustad (1)Drew Stafford (1), Clarke MacArthur (2)3–307:28 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Tim Connolly (1), Tyler Myers (1)3–410:55 BUF · PPG
Team stats
PITBUF
38Shots on goal24
55%Faceoff %45%
0/2Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes6
23Hits19
12Blocked shots13
8Giveaways14
0Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 14:02
Eric Godard · slashing2 min - 2nd 01:52
Jochen Hecht · hooking2 min - 2nd 09:27Eric Godard · holding2 min
- 2nd 16:14Jordan Staal · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:05Craig Adams · boarding2 min
- 3rd 11:15Steve Montador · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:34Jordan Staal · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:34Paul Gaustad · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 17:17 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:58 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:57 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:32 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 22:07 |
| 3Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:31 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 58:32 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 15:05 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:37 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:15 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:55 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:49 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:11 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 21:28 | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1.000 | 38:32 |